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Mobile payments are getting ready to take off in medical billing

Mobile payments are getting ready to take off in medical billing

The healthcare industry is primed to take advantage of what smartphone billing has to offer. Consumer industries has shown considerable growth potential for mobile payments in everything from coffee shops to utility providers, and the healthcare industry has not failed to take notice of this opportunity. That said, healthcare has been slower to adopt these billing techniques than other areas. However, there are a number of different factors that are coming into play in 2013, which could cause … Read entire article »

Filed under: Health Care Industry, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Trends

Mobile payments from MasterPass focuses on quick service restaurants

Mobile payments from MasterPass focuses on quick service restaurants

MasterCard has added its smartphone friendly transactions to the Burger King delivery program. MasterCard has just announced that BK Delivers, the Burger King delivery program, is the latest to add its name to the businesses that are now accepting the MasterPass mobile payments program. This most recent addition came alongside U.S. LivingSocial also having joined to use the transactions. MasterPass is a mobile payments digital wallet that was initially introduced in February at a large technology event. It … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Payments, Trends, United States

Mobile payments service from PayPal is rolled out with free processing

Mobile payments service from PayPal is rolled out with free processing

This fee free transaction opportunity is a promotion that the company will run until the end of the year. Among the latest mobile payments news headlines that are being made is the announcement that has been made by PayPal that it is hoping to attract more businesses to use its POS credit card processing service by offering these transactions for free for the rest of the year. Transaction fees add up quickly and can cut into the … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments

Mobile payments from Square take aim at traditional registers

Mobile payments from Square take aim at traditional registers

A new hardware has just been released by the company today to help to step further into stores. The Square Register, a mobile payments service, has now been joined by a whole new piece of hardware from the company, which should help it to provide a more stable base. The new product has been called the Square Stand and gives the iPad based register a base to stand on. Beyond that, the mobile payments hardware provides the register … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Payments, United States

Mobile marketing campaign at Amazon gives money away

Mobile marketing campaign at Amazon gives money away

Kindle Fire tablet users are being encouraged to use Amazon Coins virtual currency for apps. Amazon coins have just been launched as a brand new form of online currency meant exclusively for use through the apps at the Amazon Appstore and the company has started a mobile marketing promotion for users of the Kindle Fire tablets that will give them free digital money. The currency can only be used by Kindle Fire tablet users in apps from … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Payments

NFC technology based Google Wallet stops intentions for plastic card

NFC technology based Google Wallet stops intentions for plastic card

The mobile payments program is designed to kill off credit cards, and this now includes its own. Google wallet, the mobile payments program from the search engine giant that is based on NFC technology has been referred to as a credit card killer because its intentions are to revolutionize the transaction marketplace. However, it looks as though the first credit card the program will be killing off is its own. Google Wallet’s head, Osama Bedier, left and once … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Payments, Near Field Communications