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… Read more »
CardSpring links online and in-store commerce to social media through the credit card number. The acquisition could mean we could start do our future shopping (and purchasing) in our Twitter feeds. Read more »
Wells Fargo and AMEX are giving out hundreds of dollars in rebates. Jamba Juice is offering up free smoothies. There are plenty of incentives to try Isis — if you have… Read more »
iZettle will start offering its credit card reader to its U.K. banking customers. That gives iZettle another key distribution point as it waits for Square and PayPal to challenge it in… Read more »
Looking to buy a new Kindle Fire or Xbox product? How about making your purchase through a hashtag? Twitter has teamed up with American Express to allow purchases on the site,… Read more »
Looking forward, Facebook’s IPO should arrive in May, possibly preventing the usual stock market summer doldrums. It will set the stage for more social consumer offerings, including some Facebook spin-offs. Connected… Read more »
Several technologies in the mobile industry are now colliding in a way that could change how we make many of our purchases on a daily basis. For the purposes of this… Read more »
The upcoming showdown between Google Wallet and soon-to-be competitor Isis is just one of many interesting story lines that will take hold this year as companies ratchet up their mobile wallet… Read more »
Much of this growth will be driven by the emergence of NFC technology and contactless payments. The existing NFC-enabled POS infrastructure in developed regions such as the U.S., Europe and Japan,… Read more »