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...
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...
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...
McDonalds is now reporting that Apple Pay is the payment mechanism behind 50 percent of all of its tap-to-pay transactions, which is more impressive than it sounds given the many years McDonalds has been accepting contactless payments. McDonalds has also been creative–although possibly impractical–about taking...
Despite Visa and MasterCard still struggling to get into the Chinese market, Apple has found one way, working out an agreement with UnionPay to make it easier for Apple apps to be purchased there. In exchange, Apple will let Chinese consumers pay with UnionPay for...
Contrary to recent inviting signals from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, executives with MasterCard and Visa are finding it increasingly difficult to get permission to do business in China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
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Been a tougher than normal week for Apple, as some news about a Chinese malware called “Wirelurker” snagged headlines and gave the world a glimpse into the future of iOS security concerns, a future that could be called “Masque Attack.” Also Apple Pay’s competition seemed...
TSYS announced a new licensing agreement with predictive analytics and decision management software company, FICO, according to TSYS release.
