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… Read more »
LoopPay’s digital credit card has attracted the attention of credit card titan Visa(s v), which may be just be looking for alternatives to plastic. LoopPay said on Thursday that Visa has… Read more »
Loop’s ChargeCase fits over an iPhone 5 or 5s but otherwise works exactly like it’s fob. You press a button and the case emits a magnetic field that emulates the data… Read more »
Wallet wasn’t the hit Square was expecting, as consumers found little reason to abandon their credit cards. But a new Square app rolling out in NYC and SF refocuses Square’s digital… Read more »
Bitcoin may be riding high, but spending it is still hardly an intuitive process. A new device called the nio Card, currently in Kickstarter mode, may provide an answer by allowing… Read more »
The iPhone isn’t the only newcomer: the joint effort by Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile will also work with Windows Mobile devices and BlackBerry phones. Isis says it will be available all… Read more »
Spain’s StackOps released one of the first OpenStack distributions, and now it’s come out with a suite of tools to help small service providers and enterprises jump aboard the speeding OpenStack… Read more »
With your credit card connected to the Coaster iOS or Android app, you can order and buy a drink and tip your bartender all from your phone without having to saunter… Read more »
Google is working on an update to Google Wallet and it may include support for the iPhone. New users who request an invite to the next version of Google Wallet are… Read more »
As expected, Apple passed on NFC for the iPhone 5. Apple could have provided a big boost to the technology and helped educate users on the merits of the technology. Now,… Read more »