Visa QR codes rolled out in Taiwan smartphone payments system

visa qr codes mobile payments

The quick response codes are used to make the transactions fast and easy to complete. The largest credit card company in the world will be launching a mobile payments system in Taiwan based on Visa QR codes. Local media reports have stated that the quick response codes will be central to transactions completed in the mobile wallet. Visa stated that it intends to use QR codes because they can be scanned by virtually any smartphone. By using Visa QR codes, the mobile payments have a much more universal accessibility. Many…

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Mobile payments get a boost from PayPal

Paypal mobile payments

In their overall expansion of digital transactions, they have also streamlined their e-checkout process. Last year, PayPal made mobile payments news headlines with its announcement of Beacon as it promised to help to enhance the overall location based experience for brick and mortar stores and their shoppers, and now it is making them again by expanding their efforts for online transactions as a whole. Even as the company pushes its way into offline retail, it is keeping up with mobile e commerce. This week, PayPal launched a new checkout experience…

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Mobile payments through Passbook popular at Sephora

Sephora augmented reality

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…

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Mobile payments system unveiled by Bank of America

Bank of America mobile payments

The financial institution has now launched their new program that is smartphone friendly. An affiliate of Bank of America has just announced that it has developed a mobile payments system for businesses, taking their first major leap into that highly competitive marketplace. The new system will allow companies to accept transactions over smartphones and tablets. The mobile payments system is called “Mobile Pay on Demand” and it gives merchants the opportunity to increase their payment method options by plugging a secure debit and credit card reader into an iPad or…

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