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Amazon dumps its mobile payments Wallet app

01/26/201501/24/2015 Jesse Collins

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The massive online marketplace has decided that it won’t be continuing with the service it launched last summer. After only six months, Amazon has decided that it has had enough of its Wallet app and has kicked its mobile payments service to the curb, representing the end of its first attempt to take its first small steps into this arena. The mobile wallet app is now being taken down from both the Amazon and the Google Play app stores. While existing users will still be able to use the mobile…

Mobile payments could be Amazon’s next big step

04/22/201304/20/2013 L. Green

A new solution may be introduced by the internet retailer according to recent filings made by the company. Though nothing official has been announced just yet, the mobile payments industry believes that Amazon is preparing to release its own platform that will offer a solution similar to GoPayment, PayAnywhere, or Square. This assumption has been made based on recent official filings that have been made by Amazon. The filing that has drawn the attention of the mobile payments world to Amazon was made with the United States Patent and Trademark…

eBay acquires Hunch to add its custom recommendation technology to its services for shoppers

11/24/201111/24/2011 Jesse Collins

The largest online marketplace in the world, eBay Inc., has announced the acquisition of Hunch, which will allow it to include product and service recommendation technology so that it can offer greater value to its customers. The actual details of the purchase weren’t disclosed. Hunch.com was first launched in 2009, and provides users with customized suggestions based on their unique preferences and tastes. It makes its determinations based on data gleaned from other websites and social networks. According to eBay, Hunch will help the company to improve the selling and…