Tag: near field communication

WhatsApp QR codes and NFC tags may soon be the key to group invites

Jennifer Goula
qr code stamp card

The hugely popular messaging app is working with quick response codes and near field communication technology. WhatsApp QR codes have now become the very latest announcement from the tremendously used mobile messaging app, following a seemingly endless line of additional features and news that have been added to this application. This is among the most recent changes being made in order to differentiate WhatsApp even further from Line and WeChat. At the moment, the announcement being shared by the media is only in the form of rumors but sources connected…

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Samsung has embedded NFC technology into a men’s suit

Julie Campbell
samsung pay platform phone mobile commerce

The consumer electronics giant is working near field communication into clothing. Now that the CES 2016 has come to a close, there has been no shortage of interesting, fascinating and downright weird products that have made their way onto the map but at the same time, the introduction of NFC technology into a smart suit and while adding solar panels to a handbag still has some people scratching their heads. These are not the first odd sounding concepts that the secret labs from Samsung have developed. Still, these specific products…

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Mobile payments interest about 50 percent of consumers

L. Green
Mobile Payments service

New Gartner research shows that about half of all consumers will be interested in the transactions by 2018. Gartner Inc. has now released data that indicates that by the year 2018, approximately 50 percent of consumers within mature markets will be interested in using their smartphones or wearable technology devices in order to complete mobile payments when purchasing products and services. Consumers living in countries such as Japan, the United States, Canada and those in Western Europe are showing interest. According to Gartner, mobile payments technology is starting to gain…

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NFC technology now supported by Square mobile payments reader

Julie Campbell
Square Inc. mobile payments nfc technology

This allows small business merchants to accept payments from mobile wallets like Apple Pay and Android Pay. While Square had previously allowed mobile payments to happen through the swiping of a credit card through a simple dongle attached to a mobile device, among other means, it has now upgraded to use NFC technology, which will open the door to compatibility with a broad spectrum of different mobile wallet app based transactions. This has considerably changed the environment when compared to the company’s original model. The new dongle that is NFC…

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NFC technology lets Android users collect Greggs loyalty rewards

Sam Lambert
NFC Technology mobile payments

The company’s app gives its users the chance to tap their smartphones at the point of sale for rewards. Greggs, a very popular bakery in the United Kingdom, has now updated its mobile app to function with the NFC technology in certain Android smartphones so that customers can collect and redeem loyalty rewards at the checkout counter. This mobile app update makes it possible for the entire process to take no longer than a tap at the checkout counter. In order to make this happen, Greggs chose to use NFC…

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