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MasterCard sees mobile payment security as crucial, but it’s power is relevant only to the point that shoppers are actually using it. And with Apple Pay, that is starting to happening meaningfully. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The one-month anniversary of Apple Pay’s official launch prompts the payments ecosystem to ask where we were, where we are, and where we’re going. To celebrate, speculate and make predictions about the road to Apple Pay (and mobile payments) ubiquity, MPD CEO Karen Webster caught...
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A new survey has 40 percent of U.S. online shoppers saying that they like the idea of mobile payments and prefer that idea to carrying around a wallet. How much that interest in using mobile payments will translate to shoppers actually using mobile payments is...
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Given the fresh popularity boost that Apple Pay has given NFC, concerns about the transmission’s use outside of Apple Pay has raised security concerns. Two companies, Oberthur Technologies and Mobeewave, are leveraging those fears and have rolled out a product designed to turn any NFC...
