Mobile

Zappos Adds TouchID For Seamless Shopping Experience
March 10, 2015

Online retailer Zappos, part of the Amazon family, announced on March 4 that its mobile app is now Touch ID enabled through iOS with the new update that was released two days earlier. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Will Samsung Pay Waive Merchant Fees In The US?
March 10, 2015

Samsung won’t be charging anyone for Samsung Pay when it rolls out the mobile payment service in Korea — not card issuing banks and not payment processors, Business Korea reported on Monday (March 9). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Subway Launches Wi-Fi Loyalty Program
March 10, 2015

Sandwich chain Subway is testing a link between its loyalty program and access to its in-store Wi-Fi – and it’s trying out the new approach in some places that aren’t accustomed to being mobile technology guinea pigs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Glassjar Startup Wants To Make Group Payments Easier
March 09, 2015

A new group payments app from a startup called Glassjar takes a more businesslike approach to the problem of friends who need to chip in to pay a bill: It literally sends them invoices, according to Tech in Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the...

International
Rocket Internet Bulks Up Price Comparison Portfolio
March 09, 2015

Rocket Internet’s price-comparison search engine PricePanda, which has been steadily expanding across Asian markets, is merging with Australia’s GetPrice, the two companies announced on Thursday (March 5). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Apple Patent Gives Peek Into Apple Pay Tech
March 06, 2015

An Apple patent application made public this week may hold some clues as to how Apple Pay will work in the future, not just with the iPhone and iPad, but also with the Apple Watch and other wearables. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Mobile Turning BBVA’s Future Into Software Company
March 06, 2015

The future of BBVA won’t just be more technology in banking. “BBVA will be a software company in the future,” the Spanish bank’s chairman, Francisco Gonzalez, told an audience on Wednesday (March 4) at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Get the Full Story Complete the...

China’s Mobile Shopping Share Triples In 2014
March 06, 2015

Mobile shopping in China jumped 239 percent in 2014, more than tripling the value of mobile purchases in 2013 — and mobile will overtake other forms of Chinese online shopping by the end of next year, Internet Retailer reported. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Half Of Smartphones Will Have M-Wallets Before 2016
March 05, 2015

NFC chipmaker NXP Semiconductors said it expects mobile wallets to be in half of new smartphones by the start of 2016 — and China will be the leading market, Bloomberg News reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...