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NFC technology in need of rebranding, according to Deutsche Telekom
NFC technology continues to grab attention from companies and consumers around the world Mobile commerce has managed to gain a great deal of momentum in the relatively short time it has existed. The concept of mobile commerce has transcended into its own full-fledged industry, drawing the attention of large companies like Google, Apple, and others. The development of the industry has relied heavily of NFC technology, which can turn nearly any smart phone into a mobile … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commercial, Featured News, International, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Commerce Security, Mobile Payments, Near Field Communications, Trends
Understanding mobile loyalty platforms that are transactional
There are many different types of transactional mobile loyalty platforms and, like the old punch card and plastic cards with the magnetic stripe, each of these new programs designed for mobile devices has their own benefits and drawbacks. Consider the following types of mobile loyalty platforms that are of a transactional nature: • Optical character recognition (OCR) mobile loyalty platforms To take advantage of these platforms, consumers must download a dedicated app into their smartphones and snap the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Payments, Near Field Communications, QR Codes
Is NFC necessary for secure mobile payments?
Or will other technology swoop in on the mobile payments market… When the topic is mobile payments, Google is quick to come to the forefront of a discussion, but as that company’s Google Wallet has been slower to catch on than some had predicted, and it is based on NFC technology, which isn’t yet available in the majority of smartphones, many are wondering whether near field communications technology is truly necessary for secure contactless payments to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Near Field Communications
Bump Pay app allows smartphone owners to exchange funds
Bump Pay, the second app by Bump Labs, has brought the company into the mobile payments market, allowing its users to tap their phones together in order to exchange money. The Bump Pay app has been developed based on the core technology of the company, which gives two smartphones the ability to transfer data to one another simply by tapping them together. This differs from near field communication (NFC) – which is the foundation of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments
Google makes new fee-splitting offer to carriers to increase adoption of Google Wallet
Though Google Wallet found its start last year to launch that company’s entry into the mobile payments sphere, the service has failed to take off as expected, due to the large amount of competition and its reliance on NFC technology, which remains limited among handsets. In order to overcome some of the struggles presented by those hurdles, reports are indicating that Google has been considering making cost sharing offers to carriers such as AT&T and Verizon … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Payments, Trends
Mac World report shows Apple’s mobile payment market share is growing
According to a Mac World report, has shown that a growing number of companies are entering into the rush to be able to process credit cards over mobile, and as they develop their own hardware and apps to accomplish this goal, the majority of them are basing their efforts on Apple’s iOS platform. It has been speculated that the reason for this is that the Apple mobile products represent the largest market share, and because the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments
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