Facebook is reportedly planning to launch a payments offering that will surely include mobile phones. Rather than focusing on proximity mobile payments, though, the social network appears to be developing a… Read more »
PayPal and major credit card companies are well-positioned in the mobile wallet market, according to a new research report from Jefferies, while Apple and MCX remain “wild cards.” But the competitors… Read more »
Google Wallet, Isis, PayPal and others continue to try to build ecosystems with an aggregated mobile wallet to support transactions at a wide variety of retailers. Meanwhile, some smaller players are… Read more »
Best Buy and 7-Eleven are shutting down NFC at their registers. Are they saving themselves the expense of running a smartphone payments infrastructure no one is yet using, or are they… Read more »
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. Read more »
Visa and MasterCard this week threw their backing behind Google’s Host Card Emulation feature, which is aimed at enabling the app run even through carriers that have previously blocked it. Support… Read more »
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… Read more »
Canada’s Telus is replacing key cards with SIM cards as the security credentials necessary to enter its buildings. Employees need only wave their NFC phones over a contactless sensor to gain… Read more »
The carrier-backed Isis initiative moved forward this week with two modest developments. While mobile payments in the U.S. is still up for grabs, Isis will have to be bolder if it… 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 »