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Oberthur, Mobeewave Turning NFC Secure
November 20, 2014

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...

SEQR Partners With The Secure Gateway To Grow Mobile Payments
November 20, 2014

Provider of the mobile payment solution SEQR, Seamless announced that it has partnered with Newtek Business Services’ majority-owned subsidiary, The Secure Gateway, according to a company release.

Connecting The Dots Between Payments And Retail Advertising
November 20, 2014

Retailers. Brands. Consumers. Each stakeholder, with its own objectives and interests, plays a key role in the rapidly transforming, increasingly tech-savvy retail industry. And at the intersection of all three sits Jingit, the first real-time events-based payments and engagement platform, says Jingit’s CEO Kate Bolseth....

What An NFC-Enabled iPad Could Mean For mPOS
November 19, 2014

Will the new Apple iPad ring the register for merchants? Scott Holt, VP of Marketing and Solutions for ROAM and MPD CEO Karen Webster chatted about this, as well as the other developments that could help – or hinder – the existing plans of mPOS...

How LevelUp Is Powering The “Groupon” Merchant
November 19, 2014

In a perfect world for merchants, building a loyal customer base would be as easy as luring them in with a great deal and then banking on the fact that they’ll just stick around after they’ve had a chance to experience the product or service....

PYMNTS Innovation Investment Tracker | November 8-15
November 19, 2014

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Apple, PayPal Both Made Major Watch Payment Moves Tuesday
November 19, 2014

When Apple released its software developer kit on Tuesday (Nov. 18) for the payment-enabled Apple Watch, it was signaling that its watch is coming soon. But not soon enough for PayPal, which also rolled out its watch-like payment mechanism support for its Pebble app, on...

Mobile
Ebay’s Shopper-to Shopper App Trial In San Diego
November 19, 2014

Ebay’s long history in E-Commerce (its Sept. 1995 launch made it one of the very first E-Commerce companies to launch, although Amazon’s July 1994 launch beat it by more than a year) has always been about consumer-to-consumer purchases. This week, it launched a geolocation-based app...

Apple Pay Expands To Hundreds of Grocery Stores
November 19, 2014

Apple Pay has signed on hundreds of grocery stores throughout the country this week, just in time for the Thanksgiving holidays. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...