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Kevin Fitchard Mar 9, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- A watch that knows it's worn

Apple Pay on the wrist: How Apple’s watch gets around the ID problem

Apple only gave a fleeting demo of how contactless payments would work on its new Apple Watch at its Spring Forward event…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- More tools for merchants

PayPal acquires Paydiant, puts NFC into its Here readers

PayPal is buying Paydiant, a startup that provides the mobile payments and loyalty technology used by many big-name retailers use in their…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Mar 1, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- We got payment options

Samsung Pay has all the tools it needs to surpass Apple Pay

A lot of the features in the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, like curved edges and glass-and-metal design, are examples of…

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Apple, Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Feb 20, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- The banks hold the key

Will Samsung’s mobile wallet plans work? We’ll know in 7 months

Samsung has entered the mobile payments fray with its acquisition of LoopPay, giving it the technology to turn its smartphones into wireless credit…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Feb 12, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Your card is declined

Visa wants to track your smartphone to prevent credit card fraud

In two weeks I’m flying to Barcelona to attend Mobile World Congress, and as I have in every previous year I’ve gone…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jan 27, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Ignoring the shift to EMV

Swyp’s universal credit card launches just in time to become obsolete

Sunnyvale startup Qvivr is is building a universal credit card named Swyp , competing with the likes of LoopPay, Coin and Plastc, but it’s…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jan 21, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Diapers, wallets, what's next?

Amazon closes out its mobile wallet trial after 6 months

It looks like Amazon’s diapers weren’t the only product the e-commerce giant retired Wednesday. The company has shut down its mobile wallet…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Dec 16, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Neat tech, bad timing

Samsung reportedly mulling LoopPay deal for a wireless wallet

Samsung is in talks with mobile payments startup LoopPay about potentially incorporating the latter’s wireless credit card technology into its smartphones, according…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Nov 5, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Square hits its magic number: 1 billion credit card payments processed

Jack Dorsey's Square is still far from seeing the transaction volume of PayPal or any of the major financial companies, but it's certainly no longer the scrappy payments startup it was a few years ago.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Nov 4, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Clover designs a new portable tablet cash register for First Data

First Data's slick new payments terminal is going mobile. The handheld slate is one of several new point-of-sale systems we're seeing emerging from the banking industry.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Oct 29, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

MCX: Hackers stole email addresses but never got anywhere near its mobile payment app

During a rather surreal press conference, MCX CEO Dekkers Davidson said his retailer consortium was trying to promote competition and encourage third-party innovation by excluding both from its stores.…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Oct 16, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Apple Pay will go live Monday; new iPads support online payments

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus can make their first Apple Pay transactions starting October 20, as more than 500 banks have signed on to participate. The new iPad Air 2 and Mini 3 will support Apple Pay as well.…

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Mobile
Kevin Fitchard Oct 7, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Move over, Coin: Plastc is making a programmable credit card that moves beyond the swipe

Plastc is a new entrant to the universal credit card space, but unlike the others it supports chip and PIN transaction technologies from the get-go.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Sep 27, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Visa: Apple Pay will pave the way for more mobile wallets that people can actually use

Visa's technology chief Rajat Taneja has high hopes for Apple Pay, but not for all of the reasons you might expect. He believes Apple will pave the way for a multitude of new payments apps.…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Aug 13, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Amazon launches its own credit card reader, undercuts Square on transaction fees

Amazon's Local Register has a lot in common in Square's Reader, but Amazon is hoping to set itself apart from its rival by dropping its transaction fees to 1.75 percent for the next 16 months.…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jul 30, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Square readies a new Reader that will accept chip-based credit cards

The EMV transition is only a year away in the U.S. Square's merchants will be required to accept credit cards verified by embedded chips, and that means they'll need a new Square Reader.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jul 24, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Visa invests in wireless credit card maker LoopPay

LoopPay’s digital credit card has attracted the attention of credit card titan Visa(s v), which may be just be looking for alternatives…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jul 9, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

PayPal, Braintree combine dev programs, creating a single shop for mobile, online payments

Ten months after announcing acquisition, PayPal has merged it and Braintree's payments platform and developer operations. Startups and big companies alike now can offer PayPal services and Braintree's card processing through as single API.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jun 12, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

BlackBerry turns its enterprise talents to mobile payments

BlackBerry's enterprise communications network has been shipping secure email for a decade. Now BlackBerry is using that infrastructure to secure NFC payment data for Canadian mobile carriers and banks.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Apr 2, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

PayStand takes on PayPal with a new e-commerce service that accepts bitcoin

Having raised a $1 million seed round, PayStand isn't just offering bitcoin as an option. It's trying to drive consumers toward the crypto-currency by making it cheaper to buy goods with bitcoin than credit card.…

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Technology
Kevin Fitchard Feb 23, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

MasterCard dives deeper into mobile with in-app payments, C-SAM acquisition

MasterCard wants to embed its payments service into mobile apps, and it's doing with the acquisition of mobile payments partner C-SAM and a new developer program.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Feb 19, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Visa, Mastercard just made it much easier to buy stuff with an Android phone

Visa and Mastercard are bypassing the smart card in NFC phones used to verify transactions, moving those credentials into the cloud. The result will be a lot more apps that can take advantage of contactless payments.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Feb 19, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Testing out Loop’s programmable credit card

Mobile wallet startup Loop has launched its iPhone app and is selling its credit-card emulating fob and iPhone case on its websites. I gave a Loop a spin this week, and it works as advertised.…

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Mobile
Kevin Fitchard Feb 11, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Stripe starts selling globally in 130 currencies, begins looking beyond the credit card

Stripe's mobile and online sellers can now list services and goods in the local currencies of 130 different countries, helping them break into international markets. But according to founder John Collison, Stripe has bigger global plans.…

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Mobile, Technology

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