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Mobile wallets may be arriving sooner than expected

10/25/201210/23/2012 Julie Campbell

This is placing greater pressure on retailers to upgrade their point of sale terminal security. Though mobile wallets and other types of payment systems have been dragging their heels in the United States, falling short of many expectations, the launch of ISIS in Austin and Salt Lake City could propel the adoption of the service forward. This could make it even more important for retailers to meet their upgrade deadlines. So far, the launches of the leading mobile wallets have been based on near field communication (NFC) technology. This means…

QR codes and NFC tested by Kraft in mobile commerce trials

10/19/201210/19/2012 L. Green

The food giant has been piloting a number of mcommerce and marketing programs. Kraft Foods has declared its intentions to further its understanding of the mcommerce environment and has been running consumer research trials using QR codes as well as NFC in order to determine whether either of them will be helpful or appealing with their mobile shoppers. The research was performed in five grocery stores within the San Francisco area. It used both QR codes and NFC in order to see how consumers would respond to the ability to…

Mobile payments may be slowly adopted among American shops and consumers

10/18/201210/18/2012 Julie Campbell

Widespread use of this technology may not arrive until 2020, according to some experts. Though many companies and smartphone experts are counting on the rapid adoption of mobile payments and wallets over the next few years in the United States, there are some who believe that it will take a while for Americans to embrace this technology. This perspective has aligned closely with the suggestion that U.S. NFC technology adoption could be slow. A panel of mobile payments experts have stated that American adoption of near field communications may experience…

NFC business cards offered for free by Vizibility

10/09/201210/09/2012 Jennifer Goula

Customers at Vistaprint and MOO can benefit from the enhanced cards. Vizibility has announced that the first 150,000 customers purchasing business cards from Vistaprint or MOO through its website would be able to receive free NFC Mobile Wallet Cards. These m-commerce cards have already been launched and typically cost $15 each. The original release of the NFC business cards was back in March 2012, at the South by Southwest Conference (SXSW). They are immediately available to customers and come in the form of tear-proof, durable plastic cards that are the…

NFC and fingerprints may be central to mobile payments from Apple

10/04/2012 Julie Campbell

The iPhone manufacturer is looking at the Australian company, causing many brows to raise. Rumors about NFC technology and mobile payments options with the added security of fingerprint scanning have been flying as Apple has shown an interest in an Australian company that is working on this form of “biosecurity”. This has been especially interesting following the release of the iPhone 5, which omitted NFC entirely. Many have wondered about Apple’s decision not to include NFC technology in its latest device, and there has been no shortage of expressions of disappointment…