Apple Pay may finally pry open the door for a mobile payments market that remains almost entirely untapped in the U.S. And a soon-to-be independent PayPal could be ready to pounce… Read more »
PayPal unveiled a new mobile payments system that uses QR codes rather than newer technologies that are more costly for retailers to install. That’s a step in the right direction, but… Read more »
PayPal’s new mobile payments service will use QR codes and PIN numbers to verify in-store smartphone transactions over merchants’ existing point-of-sale equipment. It’s partnering with Discover, giving it a potential pool… Read more »
NFC is unlikely to ever become the default technology for mobile payments that many have envisioned. But its penetration in smartphones is growing substantially, and it should prove a useful tool… Read more »
The mobile payments industry seems to get more heated by the day even as consumer demand remains unclear. Privacy concerns will increasingly threaten the brutally competitive industry, but payment providers who… Read more »
Several technologies in the mobile industry are now colliding in a way that could change how we make many of our purchases on a daily basis. For the purposes of this… Read more »
MasterCard is rolling out the first trial of its QkR mobile application, which allows people to interact and initiate payments via QR codes, NFC tags and other technologies. It is allowing… Read more »
Much of this growth will be driven by the emergence of NFC technology and contactless payments. The existing NFC-enabled POS infrastructure in developed regions such as the U.S., Europe and Japan,… Read more »