This mobile payments option will place the company in direct competition with Google and Apple. Samsung has recently announced the launch of its own mobile wallet app, which makes it possible to store credit cards, digital IDs, car keys and other essential digital documents. This has arrived at a time when Google and Apple have both announced changes to their own. Google recently announced that it would be overhauling its own mobile Wallet app. Apple has announced that its Apple Pay would be receiving a range of new features. Now,…
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New PayPal mobile wallet app is ready for its big debut
The completely overhauled “super app” will include all new options, services, and messaging. PayPal has given the go-ahead to move toward the launch of its newest mobile wallet app, which is expected to come with a full spectrum of additions. This digital payment application is now considered to be “code complete,” said the PayPal CEO. Dan Schulman, PayPal CEO, discussed the new mobile wallet app during the second quarter earnings call last week with investors. He called the application “code complete” and said that PayPal was preparing for a slow…
Read MoreMobile wallet from MCX sits idle as market grows increasingly crowded
Smartphone payments are being used on an increasing basis, but the Merchant Customer Exchange is standing still. At a time in which many of the biggest players in tech and the financial industries have been putting out their own mobile wallet apps, one of the most highly anticipated additions to the market has remained notably absent from this market. The Merchant Consumer Exchange (MCX) has been talking about its mobile payments, but still has no offerings. The MCX has been discussing the development of its mobile wallet for quite a…
Read MoreSoftcard packs in its mobile wallet
The struggling payments app announced its shutdown only days after selling its tech and intellectual property to Google. Only a few days after having announced that it would be selling all of its technology and intellectual property to Google, Softcard has now revealed that it will be shutting down, completely. This joint venture among Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, and T-Mobile USA faced too many obstacles. The team at Softcard is now recommending that Android users who had enjoyed their mobile payments application should now make the move to the Google…
Read MoreMobile wallet once called Isis to become Softcard
The joint venture smartphone payments service is working to distance itself from violent military group of the same name. The Isis mobile wallet application that is the result of a joint venture effort among three of the biggest wireless carrier companies in the United States has now announced that it is changing the name of the brand and the app to Softcard. This change is being made after a terrorist group – completely unrelated to the service – was nicknamed ISIS. The Isis mobile wallet is a brand that was…
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