The SHAZAM Network announced yesterday that has teamed up with MasterCard to offer an EMV debit solution to its participants, according to a SHAZAM release. The Network expects the chip card adoption to decrease fraud and increase transaction security, and the agreement provides all Network...
Target’s “In a Snap,” app is designed to fight Fire with fire, so to speak. In an effort to tamp down the showrooming activity that Amazon’s Fire phone makes more accessible, according to Mobile Commerce Daily, the app will provide instant access to products that...
Startup Quandoo wants to take on OpenTable in the real-time restaurant reservation game. And as of yesterday, it had $25 million more in funding to help it in that battle. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Westpac claims that it is now the first bank in New Zealand to begin a trial period of HCE mobile payments, expected to launch early next year. The three-month trial involves 40 staff members, and will enable users to make payments via NFC enabled Android...
So, whaddaya know? Big retailers and micro-merchants have the very same goals: serve their customers where their customers want to buy. And mPOS is the tool they are both using to deliver that proposition. For instance, big retailers no longer think of “line busting” as...
LevelUp announced the launch of its app for Android Wear to allow a smartwatch that customers can scan with their wrist to pay at any LevelUp merchant, according to MarketWatch.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Many U.S. adults find using mobile wallets a convenient alternative to pay for things. But Nielsen says that since only about 40 percent of consumers use mobile payments of any kind, the big challenge is getting the other 60 percent on board. What will get...
“We will do this and we will get it right,” said Adam Brotman, Starbucks Chief Digital Officer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
Global mobility solutions provider Mahindra Comviva teamed up with Ovum Consulting to produce a whitepaper on the significant growth and uptake of digital wallet services in both developed and developing parts of the world during the last year and a half, according to a Comviva...
