Here are our top five tweets from the week that was. Keep tweeting, and we may feature you next Friday.
@Vantiv: “Mobile Is The New Plastic.” RT @pymnts Experts Weigh In On The Future Of ”ª#Mobile”¬ Commerce http://ow.ly/cabZ0”¬”¬
Vantiv was one of a half-dozen companies to latch on to the catchphrase offered by Thomas Brown, adjunct professor at the UC Berkley Law School and a partner at Paul Hastings. Brown was one of three payments experts to testify before the Senate banking committee this week on mobile payment technology. One key component of his message: the industry could probably use less, not more, regulations.
@Dwolla: We’d love to help RT@jonmcdo: A $100 donation to @RiceBowlsorg could provide 12 more meals w @Dwolla compared to Paypal
The @jonmco account isn’t run by Dwolla — this is just Jon McDonald, an advertising entrepreneur who appears to really enjoy using the Iowa-based payment service. No word on whether the numbers check out, but any extra attention given to a charity that helps feed the world’s youth works for us.
@CookeonCUs: Oh geez, c’mon people RT @pymnts: New .@twitter Account Tracks When Users Tweet Out ”ª#Debit”¬ ”ª#Card”¬ Info http://ow.ly/c8G4M”¬”¬
That’s about the reaction we had when we found out Twitter users were posting photos of their payment cards to the web for everyone to see. And we’re hoping the @INeedADebitCard account — which retweets those card photos to bring users’ attention to them — has an impact on consumer safety, and common sense.
@MagTek: 11 Features the Amazon Phone Needs to Succeed | Gadget Lab | http://Wired.com http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012 … | ”ª#MobilePayment”¬ Security?”¬
If Amazon does build a smartphone (and most are saying it has already started), perhaps it’ll incorporate NFC — one of the 11 features Wired Magazine says it hopes to see included on such a device. And of course, the security experts at MagTek are wondering about safety already. Good for them!
@MasterCard: ReTweet if you’re watching the @MLB ”ª#ASG”¬ tonight! We’re announcing our partnership with ”ª#StandUp2Cancer”¬ – join us! http://on.fb.me/LJvi5J”¬”¬
It was a fun week for baseball fans, and MasterCard was there to promote its Stand Up 2 Cancer campaign. Payments, summer, charity, sports — what could be better?
Happy tweeting, loyal readers.
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