Digital payments
Digital payments
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Google and Softcard have been fighting a long turf war to become the dominant mobile wallet for Android users. Softcard has finally conceded defeat, but Google still has much work ahead of it.
February 26 -
Mere days after disclosing that Google Inc. purchased Softcard's technology and intellectual property, the telcos' mobile wallet venture began publically disclosing its plans to shut down.
February 26 -
Jack Henry & Associates and its ProfitStars division have released an online payments and donations platform designed for financial institutions and their business customers, the company announced Feb. 26.
February 26 -
French tech consultancy FIME is partnering with cybersecurity provider Thales e-Security to encourage use of Host Card Emulation technology for contactless mobile payments.
February 26 -
Boku has released a new, cross-platform carrier billing payment technology that is designed to mimic a credit card payment.
February 26 -
As the number of Chinese students studying abroad increases, Geoswift is building out relationships with language schools and universities to mend the disjointed process of collecting tuition payments.
February 26 -
Apple Pay has begun its foray into airlines, deploying about 3,500 iPad minis that can accept mobile payments, but it is making a slow approach to the industry.
February 26 -
Samsung's purchase of LoopPay preps the company for mobile payments move, but the initiative will face challenges because of the initial dominance of magstripe technology and other factors.
February 26 -
Google plans to release a new set of Android-based payment developer tools at its I/O conference in May, according to a report by the tech news site Ars Technica.
February 25 -
Barclays is updating its Pingit person-to-person payment app to enable it to use Twitter usernames to identify recipients.
February 25 -
PreCash Inc. has added Visa and MasterCard acceptance to its Evolve Money mobile bill-pay app.
February 25 -
Brazil's embrace of digital commerce is providing juice for Santander's university smart-card program, which is growing by leaps and bounds as it lays the groundwork for the mobile channel.
February 25 -
Consumers in North Dakota are far less likely to experience an incident of e-commerce fraud than those living in West Virginia. Knowing this informs Forter's monitoring of e-commerce fraud.
February 25 -
Visa Europe will introduce tokenization part of a new mobile payment service it plans to launch in April.
February 24 -
MasterCard has deployed Host Card Emulation-based mobile wallets in more than 15 countries.
February 24 -
Host Card Emulation, the technology that allows contactless mobile payments without access to a phone's secure element, could bust the barrier that still lingers between mobile payments and loyalty.
February 24 -
Google is buying some technology and intellectual property from the rival Android-based mobile wallet Softcard, giving Google a chance to finally put to bed several business problems that have plagued the company since it launched its mobile wallet in 2011.
February 23 -
Home meal-prep delivery company PeachDish is working with Bitcoin processor BitPay to enable payments in the virtual currency.
February 23 -
MasterCard is aggressively pursuing emerging markets, and in early February opened a technology hub in Pune, India to compete with the entrenched domestic payment networks.
February 23 -
A technology-savvy German bank's plan to open a branchless banking platform in the U.S. could eventually pave the way for more mainstream use of cryptocurrency platforms, such as Ripple and Bitcoin.
February 23



