It took a while for the U.S. carriers to roll out their Softcard mobile payments and even longer for the digital wallet to work with Windows Phone. With the right handset… Read more »
“If you build it, who will care?” That pretty much sums up the last few years in the mobile payments space, as banks scrambled to remain relevant and mobile carriers tried… Read more »
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. Read more »
NFC has failed to see any real uptake in most Western markets, and Bluetooth-based technologies like Apple’s iBeacon are suddenly getting a lot of attention. But there are a few reasons… Read more »
During the first quarter of 2014, changes in technology meant new products on the market, new roles in the enterprise, and structural changes for the IT department. 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 »
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 »
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 »