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Mobile commerce firm announces support for Apple Pay

09/25/201409/25/2014 Sam Lambert

Spindle has announced that it will be supporting the Apple Pay service Apple Pay is still a new mobile commerce service, but it has already attracted strong support from financial organizations and retailers throughout the world. Spindle, a leading provider of mobile payments solutions, is the latest to throw its support behind the new platform. Spindle’s Yowza!! cloud-based point-of-sale system will be able to support mobile payments being made from the Apple Pay service. This will allow a wider range of merchants to support payments being made from the new…

Panera Bread launches new mobile payments application

09/08/201409/06/2014 Stephen Vagus

New app aims to help Panera Bread recover from operational struggles Panera Bread Company has launched a new mobile application that aims to help the company recover from the operational struggles it has faced over the past 18 months. The mobile app is meant to help the company’s restaurants better manage the high volume of orders they receive during peak hours by taking advantage of the mobile commerce scene. More consumers are beginning to use their mobile devices in restaurants to pay for their purchases and many of these consumers…

UK retailers set to tackle a mobile payments challenge

08/21/201408/19/2014 Stephen Vagus

UK is well prepared to embrace mobile commerce The United Kingdom may be more prepared to handle mobile payments than other countries in Europe. A new survey from Idealo shows that UK retailers have become cavalier with their support of mobile commerce. These retailers have seen new trends emerge throughout the UK, and many of these trends are having an impact on the behavior of mobile consumers. With new mobile payment services being introduced, more consumers are showing that they are willing to shop for and purchase products with their…

Mobile payments technology is becoming mainstream

06/23/201406/20/2014 Stephen Vagus

Mobile commerce technology is beginning to become more common with businesses Mobile commerce technology is beginning to enter the mainstream. This technology had once occupied the fringes of the retail industry and business in general, but is becoming more widely accepted as companies begin to understand how much consumers are relying on mobile technology. Many consumers are using their mobile devices in their daily lives, whether for entertainment or social purposes, and this trend is not likely to dissipate within the foreseeable future. If businesses do not engage mobile consumers,…

Mobile payments using NFC technology will reach 300 million users in 3 years

06/11/201406/09/2014 John Montgallo

NFC Technology Mobile Payments Infrastructure

This data is according to a recent report that has been issued by Juniper Research regarding near field communication transactions. The new Juniper Research report has suggested that the number of smartphone users that will be making mobile payments through the use of NFC technology, worldwide, will have broken the 300 million mark by the close of 2017. This will represent considerable growth for the transactions as a whole, as well as for this specific contactless tech. To put this figure into perspective, last year, it was estimated that there…