Visa and Mastercard are bypassing the smart card in NFC phones used to verify transactions, moving those credentials into the cloud. The result will be a lot more apps that can… Read more »
Capital One says it has the data it needs and is withdrawing from Isis, the mobile carriers’ NFC-based mobile payments effort. If banks are losing faith in Isis, that’s a bad… Read more »
Google added some compelling new features to its Google Wallet app, which has struggled to find much of an audience. But most consumers still can’t use the app to conduct NFC-based… 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 »
Google said this week it has expanded handset support for its Wallet to include three smartphones from Sprint and one from US Cellular. But Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile continue to… Read more »
The carriers’ mobile payments initiative may have gotten off to a slow start, but an Isis official executive its trial a success in Salt Lake City as customers become active users… Read more »
Square is now in Verizon as well as AT&T stores. Working with the carriers gets Square closer to small business customers right as they’re buying their smartphones, and so far carriers… Read more »
NFC has seen enormous hype as a vehicle for mobile payments, but the technology has yet to see any real uptake in major global markets. NFC-enabled handsets are beginning to come… Read more »
Verizon Wireless is pushing the carrier-backed Isis mobile payment as it uses shenanigans to keep Google Wallet away from its users. That stinks for Verizon’s customers, but underscores how carriers have… Read more »
Everyone may be focused on the forthcoming T-Mobile iPhone, but T-Mo revealed a strategy Thursday that will have far greater implications for the mobile industry. By eliminating subsidies it’s changing the… Read more »