Digital payments
Digital payments
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An NFC-based mobile wallet and the bold creation of Canadas largest wireless carriers, suretap looked promising at first. But in the end, it couldn't keep up with juggernauts like Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay.
July 15 -
If members here are not excited by loan payment options such as online bill pay or dropping a check in the mail, they can pay be textand 80% of members who sign up for this virtual service actually use it.
July 15 -
Nintendo is known for taking an experimental approach to making video games, and this same mindset carries over to how it handles money. The company's hardware, software and business strategies show a forward-thinking strategy for payment acceptance.
July 15 -
The faster payments revolution has arrived for person-to-person payments, but its also disrupting business-to-business payments in a way that might render certain payment options obsolete.
July 15 -
Wearables have made a major breakthrough in the last two years. I believe that in several sectors including payments they are now mainstream technology rather than a minor tributary.
July 15 -
Under the hood, the new Masterpass ties directly to banks' own digital wallets with support for Near Field Communication-based mobile payments via Android devices and the ability to centralize features for supported cards, including balance display and purchase alerts, and support for paying with loyalty points.
July 14 -
USAA now offers voice-guided check deposit on its mobile app for visually impaired customers.
July 14 -
Companies have struggled for years to find a simple way to get consumers to set up a payment account without derailing the checkout process. One company is taking a step back and asking: Why delay a sale by demanding money?
July 14 -
Google will provide McDonald's customers in San Jose, Calif., this weekend with free burgers as a promotion for its Hands Free payment app at any of 47 participating restaurants.
July 13 -
The hit smartphone game Pokemon Go is not a mobile wallet or a loyalty app, but it is arguably far more successful at driving traffic to retailers' stores than many of the apps designed for that purpose.
July 13 -
Starbucks Corp. is taking its highly success mobile payment app into China, a country in which consumers have quickly adopted mobile payment methods.
July 12 -
Android Pay is now a payment option for users of the food-ordering apps Grubhub and Seamless, both of which are products of Grubhub Holdings Inc.
July 12 -
BillHero, a bank-agnostic bill pay app, now lets users pay their bills through a Facebook Messenger chat bot.
July 12 -
MasterCard has taken a broad view of the "smart cities" concept, working with multiple organizations toward a common goal.
July 12 -
Amazon's Prime Day event is marketed as a summertime version of the Black Friday shopping holiday, but it also serves as a proving ground for the retailer's most experimental ways of selling its products.
July 12 -
Spanish gasoline retailer Repsol this week augmented its Near Field Communication-based mobile payments services by launching an app enabling motorists to pay for fuel without leaving the car.
July 11 -
Despite the many big companies opening their programming tools to external developers and merchants, the market for user-friendly technology is just getting started.
July 11 -
What's most intriguing to payments industry insiders is what Walmart left on the table when designing Walmart Pay, and what those decisions could mean for retailers and bank card issuers.
July 11 -
Mobile wallets remain in a nascent stage until service providers can deliver value beyond just payments.
July 11 -
Developers of smartwatches deliver numerous capabilities and features on those devices that consumers typically use on a smartphone, including payments. But a consumer in the U.K. no longer needs an expensive smartwatch simply to move money from their timepieces.
July 8



