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Apple: Touch ID One Step Closer To Fruition
June 04, 2014

Cardflight, a provider of mobile POS technology, announced this week that it will incorporate Apple’s Touch ID technology into its SwipeSimple mobile payments application. According to a Cardflight statement, following Apple’s release of iOS 8, merchants will be able to login to the SwipeSimple application...

Mobile Commerce
Company Offers Cannabis Community Non-Cash Payment Options
June 04, 2014

Earlier this week, Mentor Capital, Inc. announced that its portfolio company, Bhang Corporation, established Bhang Financial. This new division will offer the Cannabis Community non-cash payment options with Cashless ATMs for PIN Debit Network transactions and ATMs, according to a company press release. Get the...

Mobile Commerce
NCR: It’s Time To Curb ‘Show Rooming’
June 04, 2014

Tech company NCR Corp. announced this week that it had developed a new way to prevent customers from “show rooming” in brick and mortar stores, which will ideally lead to better sales for those retailers. Show rooming is when customers visit stores to see items...

Mobile Commerce
Morningstar Snags HelloWallet for $53.5M
June 03, 2014

Earlier this week, Morningstar announced that it had acquired the web and mobile application HelloWallet for $53.5 million. Morningstar already had a majority stake in HelloWallet, so it will only need to pay $39 million to complete the transaction. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Lilly Pulitzer: It’s Time For Mobile POS
June 03, 2014

Lilly Pulitzer’s In the Pink stores are currently the design chain’s largest string of retail stores in the U.S. Recently, the elite retail option took an important step forward in terms of its payments processing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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U.S. Takes Out Two Major Malware Operations
June 03, 2014

Authorities reported on Monday that they had taken down two major computer malware enterprises that had been used to steal millions of dollars from people and small businesses around the world. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

International
Argentinian Central Bank Warns Consumers of The Risks Of Digital Currency
June 03, 2014

Bitcoin’s promising South American development has hit a bump in the road with Argentinian Central Bank having gone and issued a warning on the perils of getting involved with digital currencies. Though bitcoin is not the only digital currency, it is the largest one. Get...

Mobile Commerce
Mozido Jumps on the Mobile POS Bandwagon
June 03, 2014

All the cool kids are doing mobile point-of-sale systems, right? Well, that was potentially part of the thinking process for investors that helped finance the Austin, Texas-based startup called Mozido. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

International
MasterCard’s MasterPass Launches In Singapore
June 03, 2014

Singapore consumers looking to end the never-ending cycle of entering billing and shipping information that comes part-in-parcel with online shopping now have a new tool in the box to make shopping easier. MasterCard has launched its MasterPass program, which will allow Singapore’s shoppers to store...