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Mobile payments from Sure Tap now available to Canadian Android users
Until now, this service has been available only to consumers in Canada with BlackBerry devices. Sure Tap was first launched in Canada last year, in order to allow a partnership between the CIBC bank and Rogers Communications to offer mobile payments through NFC enabled devices. However, at that time, it was only BlackBerry using Rogers subscribers who could use the service. This made the initial step toward mobile payments in Canada a very limited one. However, Sure Tap … Read entire article »
Filed under: International, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Near Field Communications, Trends
Mobile payments app feature launched by Wendy’s
The fast food chain’s application will now allow users in three American markets to pay with smartphones. Wendy’s has just announced that it is piloting a mobile payments program within three of its American markets, which will allow customers there to be able to pay for their purchases through the use of their smartphones. If this trial program proves to be successful, then it could mean the expansion of this option to other locations. The My Wendy’s application … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Near Field Communications, QR Codes, United States
Mobile payments may be coming to WeChat
The next version of the service is rumored to include smartphone transactions and paid publishing. It is already known for certain that the popular social messaging app, WeChat, from Tencent, will soon include a social gaming platform, but the latest rumor is that mobile payments will also be included in the mix. This is one of the three major features that Guan Peng is predicting for the application. Peng, an industry analyst, has said that the next WeChat … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Trends
Mobile payments industry report shows great potential in Mexico
A new analysis of alternative transactions for Mexican consumers has shown possible future success. A report has just been issued that is providing considerable insight into the role that mobile payments is currently playing and that it will play in the future, when it comes to the consumer financial services environment in Mexico. The landscape in that country at the moment is driven by innovations in technology and regulatory changes. These have allowed consumers to be able to … Read entire article »
Filed under: International, Mobile Payments, Trends
New Apple patent highlights potential for NFC technology
Patent sheds new light on Apple’s interest in NFC technology The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published a new patent application from Apple regarding the use of NFC technology. The patent refers to a project that was launched by Apple in 2008, which had fallen to the wayside until very recently. NFC technology has seen some use in the field of marketing, but the patent application hints to a project that leverages the technology for … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Near Field Communications, Technology News, United States
Mobile payments contactless option to launch in Iceland
The new program will allow merchants to accept transactions through smartphones in store. It has just been announced that Iceland will be taking its first steps into the mobile payments world, as the Valitor card issuer has entered into a partnership with the Point electronic transaction solutions provider, for a software that will let merchants accept transactions through contactless Visa cards and smartphones through PayWave. This will make it possible for consumers to leave their wallets at … Read entire article »
Filed under: International, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments
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