Tag: MasterCard PayPass

MasterCard aims to bring more mobile commerce services to Japan

Stephen Vagus
Mobile payments credit cards

Mobile commerce is showing strong results in Japan Mobile commerce is making strong progress in Japan and much of this progress is being powered by MasterCard. The prominent credit company has taken a keen interest in mobile commerce in recent years, noting that the concept of mobile payments has become much more than a passing fancy among consumers. Today, more consumers are demanding comprehensive mobile commerce platforms and much of this demand can be found in Japan. MasterCard is eager to meet the demands of consumers by providing them with…

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MasterCard released PayPass SDK for app developers

Stephen Vagus
NFC Mobile Payments Mastercard QR Code PayPass MasterPass

MasterCard continues to show support for NFC technology Most of the world’s major financial institutions have shown their support for NFC technology. MasterCard is no different, but the credit giant has been more conservative in its approach to the technology than its competitors. NFC technology is most commonly associated with mobile commerce, a growing industry that has the potential to change the way consumers make payments for goods and services. The popularity of the technology has been marred by concerns regarding safety and efficiency, causing many in the financial services…

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Mcommerce is receiving an important boost from MasterCard

Jennifer Goula
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The credit card giant is playing an important role in the growth of the smartphone shopping environment. As a part of the effort to boost mcommerce, MasterCard Inc. has now released the Software Development Kits (SDKs) for the Mobile MasterCard PayPass User Interface. The SDK offers a full next generation digital range of submission and authorization solutions. Through the SDK, there is assistance for the new applications that are being offered by the operators of the mobile networks, as well as the issuers and the third party software developers for…

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NFC stickers introduced in Germany to fill void in mobile commerce

Jesse Collins
NFC Technology

Company develops NFC stickers to make mobile commerce more inclusive Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a financial services and security company based in Munich, Germany, has introduced the first payment sticker that complies with the specifications of the German banking industry. The sticker makes use of NFC technology and is designed to be used with smart phones and other mobile devices to turn them into payment platforms. Using the stickers, consumers can make purchases using their mobile device rather than physical currency or a credit card. NFC stickers may address the…

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Consumers can make Cantaloupe Systems vending machine purchases with Google Wallet

John Montgallo
Mobile Payments at Vending Machine

Top vending optimization platform provider, Cantaloupe Systems, has announced that it will be working with a leading e-commerce and payment processing firm, First Data Corporation, in order to be able to use a near field communication (NFC) reader in so that consumers can use their cell phones to make purchases at vending machines at any of thousands of units across the country. Consumers will be able to make the vending machine purchases through NFC technology-based Google Wallet, which will require them to simply tap their phones against the reader in…

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