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		<title>Why QR codes are the blinking VCR clock of the 21st century</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoffrey Goetz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all seen them, they are everywhere. Cereal boxes at the breakfast table, even used as for sales signs on houses in your neighborhood. Buy what are they exactly and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Athens public transit moves to smartphone ticketing</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/14/athens-public-transit-moves-to-smartphone-ticketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the help of Masabi and MasterCard, the entire urban transit network of Athens, Greece, can now be ridden with nothing more than a smartphone. The city’s bus, tram and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>LoopPay starts selling a programmable credit card sleeve for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[contactless payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magnetic emulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LoopPay has an alternate mobile payments system for the new iPhones that relies on a magnetic-field generating smartphone case instead of NFC. Why use LoopPay over Apple Pay? It works in&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>MCX: Hackers stole email addresses but never got anywhere near its mobile payment app</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/29/mcx-hackers-stole-email-addresses-but-never-got-anywhere-near-its-mobile-payment-app/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/29/mcx-hackers-stole-email-addresses-but-never-got-anywhere-near-its-mobile-payment-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>You’re either in or you’re out of MCX’s mobile payments club. Here’s why retailers are staying in</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/29/youre-either-in-or-youre-out-of-mcxs-mobile-payments-club-heres-why-retailers-are-staying-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Startup Poynt reinvents the counter-top credit card payment terminal</title>
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		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/29/new-startup-poynt-reinvents-the-counter-top-credit-card-payments-terminal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osama Bedier, the former head of Google Wallet, has started his own company to build the modern cash register. Instead of competing with Square, though, Poynt is targeting NCR and VeriFone.]]></description>
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		<title>The folly of MCX&#8217;s exclusivity mandate</title>
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		<comments>http://research.gigaom.com/2014/10/the-folly-of-mcxs-exclusivity-mandate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gibbs]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MCX should focus on improving its CurrentC mobile payments offering and stop prohibiting its retail partners from using Apple Pay and other competing systems.]]></description>
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		<title>How PayPal could (finally) thrive in mobile payments</title>
		<link>http://research.gigaom.com/2014/10/how-paypal-could-finally-thrive-in-mobile-payments/</link>
		<comments>http://research.gigaom.com/2014/10/how-paypal-could-finally-thrive-in-mobile-payments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gibbs]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>MCX launches CurrentC, a mobile wallet for Walmart, Best Buy and other retailers</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/03/mcx-launches-currentc-a-mobile-wallet-for-walmart-best-buy-and-other-retailers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurants are ripe for mobile payments, and OpenTable is in the catbird seat</title>
		<link>http://research.gigaom.com/2014/08/restaurants-are-ripe-for-mobile-payments-and-opentable-is-in-the-catbird-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://research.gigaom.com/2014/08/restaurants-are-ripe-for-mobile-payments-and-opentable-is-in-the-catbird-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gibbs]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's no shortage of reasons why mobile payments have largely flopped in North America. But the restaurant industry could be low-hanging fruit for such offerings, and OpenTable is well positioned to&#8230;]]></description>
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