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Apple breaks into mobile payments

09/12/201409/09/2014 Stephen Vagus

iPhone 6 revealed, representing Apple’s first real step into mobile payments Apple has finally unveiled the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, showcasing the advanced design and new features of these devices. Notably, the iPhone 6 will be equipped with a larger screen, better hardware, and more support for mobile wallets and mobile payments. The device represents Apple’s first real foray into the mobile payment field. The company has been slow to warm to the concept of digital commerce due to security concerns and the lack of an effective technology…

Apple embraces QR codes over NFC

06/19/201306/18/2013 L. Green

QR codes win the favor of Apple While QR codes may be popular in marketing, they are often considered to be the black sheep of the technology industry. Today’s technology field is very similar to the fashion industry, where form is as important as function. Technology developers are keen to create products that are visually appealing and QR codes do not typically fit in with their aesthetic interests. Apple, however, has been showing signs that it has no ill will when it comes to the matter of QR codes, especially…

Mobile payments through Passbook popular at Sephora

04/12/201304/11/2013 Stephanie Beck

iPhone users are proving to be among the best customers at the beauty product company. Sephora USA Inc. has just revealed that Apple Passbook users are among its bets customers, as these mobile payments users will typically spend twice as much and as often as other shoppers. The retailer has used its Passbook pass to provide loyal customers with rewards and other benefits. According to Sephora, there have been more than 600,000 Beauty Insider loyalty cards that have already been registered by customers into their Passbook mobile payments wallets through…

Mobile commerce app from Dunkin’ Donuts now includes Passbook payments

03/13/201303/12/2013 John Montgallo

Customers can now pay for their purchases using their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch. Dunkin’ Donuts has just announced that it has integrated its mobile commerce app and its digital payment cared to be able to work with the Apple wallet service called Passbook. The company hopes that this will make purchasing more fast and easy for consumers with those devices. Those customers who carry an iPod Touch or an iPhone can now add their Dunkin’ Donuts digital stored value cards to their Passbook accounts so that they can use…

Mobile payments at Starbucks allow customers to leave tips

10/08/201210/07/2012 Jennifer Goula

This new function will be implemented by the summer of 2013. Starbucks has announced that its mobile payments system will soon be including a feature that will allow customers to leave a digital tip for baristas, and that this will likely become available as of next summer. A similar ability will also be available through the Square program to be implemented in November. This additional mobile payments system at Starbucks will also give customers the chance to leave tips for the baristas when they purchase their coffees. In order to…