PayPal is buying Paydiant, a startup that provides the mobile payments and loyalty technology used by many big-name retailers use in their apps, for an undisclosed amount. PayPal also announced on… Read more »
Cablevision has become the first cable operator to launch a smartphone running entirely off of Wi-Fi, but there’s one more thing it has to do for its mobile service to become truly… Read more »
FreedomPop started selling its own Wi-Fi-only phone last year, so it was only a matter of time before the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) started selling Wi-Fi service. On Wednesday it… Read more »
When Virgin Mobile launched its Custom plans at Walmart last summer, it created the most flexible prepaid family plans in the U.S. Thanks to technology provided by ItsOn, customers could pick… Read more »
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. Read more »
MCX can’t have members break ranks and support Apple Pay or Google Wallet. Its own forthcoming app CurrentC will challenge both the mobile and finance industries, so it needs solidarity among… Read more »
McDonald’s is rising above the mobile payments wars, adopting every major smartphone point-of-sale system available. Hopefully the rest of the industry will follow its lead, otherwise there may not be much… Read more »
Apple’s new mobile wallet won’t just support contactless payments at the register. It will broker online and in-app payments on your smartphone. Read more »
MCX’s long-awaited mobile wallet is now in a few pilot programs, but starting in 2015, it will become available to consumers at some of the biggest retail and restaurant chains in… Read more »
Virgin Mobile is launching a new PayLo option targeted at either the hard-core texter or the hard-core voice user. The catch is you have to choose between one or the other. Read more »