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McDonald’s brings mobile payments support to its Indian stores

01/28/201601/27/2016 Stephen Vagus

McDonald’s will support FreeCharge wallet in 216 of its Indian stores McDonald’s has begun to roll out support for mobile payments at its restaurants in India. The fast food chain has partnered with FreeCharge in order to support the use of the FreeCharge mobile wallet in 216 McDonald’s stores in 26 cities. Those using the mobile wallet can pay for their orders with nothing more than a smartphones and a PIN code, which changes dynamically. FreeCharge notes that it has been working closely with McDonald’s to develop a system that…

Mobile wallet transactions have doubled at Walgreens thanks to Apple Pay

11/19/201411/17/2014 Sam Lambert

The iPhone based payments service has accounted for half of all of the tap to pay purchases made at McDonald’s. Despite a great deal of controversy that was made in some of the largest retailers across the country, the Apple Pay mobile wallet has still kept its position in a number of retail stores in the United States since it was first launched on October, 20, but there has yet to be any real evidence as to whether or not it should be considered to be a success. Recent figures…

QR codes can help consumers buy a meal at McDonald’s

03/14/201403/11/2014 Jesse Collins

In Sweden, the fast food restaurant is now using the quick response codes to pay with SEQR wallet. McDonald’s Sweden has now announced that its customers will be able to use QR codes in order to pay for their meals, through the integration of the mobile wallet SEQR with its mobile app. This has been arranged through a partnership with the wallet application’s creator, Seamless. The existing mobile app from McDonald’s already provides the consumer with its menus, as well as the allergy and nutrition information associated with its foods,…

Mobile payments platform rolls out in Kuwait

07/17/201307/15/2013 Jennifer Goula

The program is meant to start there but is looking to expand throughout the rest of the region. Among the most challenging goals for startups in the Arab region to start selling online is choosing the right online and mobile payments platform, leading to many attempts to improve the system. There have been a number of efforts to try to create a successful gateway within that region. A primary part of that effort was to try to simplify the types of services that are already available online and available for…

Mobile payments through PayPal could explode if McDonald’s pilot program works

08/26/201208/25/2012 Stephanie Beck

This new partnership could be defining for both companies as well as the entire industry. PayPal has just entered into the very first stages of what may be one of the most defining mobile payments deals in the industry, as it begins its partnership with the largest fast food chain in the world, McDonald’s. The new smartphone transaction service is now being tested at 30 restaurants in France. Earlier in 2012, Orlando, Florida franchisees saw demonstrations of a wider PayPal mobile payments program at a McDonald’s conference. Now, a spokeswoman…