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GoogleGoogle Launches Google Pay, Sunsets Android Pay
Alphabet’s Google announced news on Monday (Jan. 8) that it is housing Android Pay and...
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Payment MethodsRambus, Partners Enable Interac Debit On Android Pay
Rambus announced Monday (June 5) that it along with Google and Interac Association/Acxsys Corp.,...
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Payment MethodsGoogle Wallet Website Gets Instant
Good news for anyone looking to shave off some precious seconds from person-to-person cash...
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Payment MethodsGoogle Wallet Now Transfers Funds Directly To Your Bank
The latest update to the Google Wallet app will enable users to make automatic...
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Say Goodbye To Google Wallet Debit Cards
Thy physical Google Wallet debit cards will soon be no more. Google announced late...
- Apple Pay
Apple Pay’s Big Drop
About 18 months ago, Apple Pay awakened the world to the possibilities and potential...
- Mobile Commerce
The Year Of Mobile Payments 2015
In the first hours of 2016, there's one general observation to be made about...
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NewsGoogle Wallet Goes iOS And Upgrades P2P
Google has expanded the functionality of its mobile payment system. Late last week, the...
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NewsPoynt Raises $28M To Ship ‘Smart’ Payment Terminals
Former head of Google Wallet and longtime PayPal senior executive Osama Bedier is ready...
- Mobile Commerce
MasterCard’s Express Lane To Secure Digital Commerce
The modern payments business is just about six decades old. For most of that...
- Mobile Commerce
Is Fear Holding Mobile Payments Back?
Mobile payments and consumer adoption is a lot like the chicken and egg conundrum...
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Mobile CommerceAre P2P Payments Next For Apple Pay?
Apple could be gearing up to enter the peer-to-peer payments market through Apple Pay....
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Exclusive SeriesPYPL Countdown, Google Payments And Facebook Pay
Ah, summer vacation. But what a foreign concept for the biggest mobile payments players. PayPal...
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NewsGoogle's Android Fingerprint Sensor Comes With Swedish Touch
Last week, during its yearly and awaited developer conference in San Francisco, Google unveiled Android...
- Mobile Commerce
SIM Partners And Vibes Add Marketing To Local Searches
A new partnership is looking to turn searchers into buyers based on their location....
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NewsGoogle Wallet Funds Now Insured
Google Wallet just made its digital wallet a little more secure. According to a...
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Google Wallet Adds More Merchants
With Apple Pay adding merchants to its list day and night, could its step-cousin...
- Mobile Commerce
First Apple Pay – Now ChowNow Adds Google Wallet
Google secured a new partnership with ChowNow, the online restaurant ordering platform, that will integrate...
- Mobile Commerce
Google Wallet Adds New Features
The ninth instantiation of Google Wallet is out for public consumption. Well, technically the...
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Google Wallet Privacy Lawsuit Will Move Forward
Google's request to throw out a lawsuit regarding the privacy of Google Wallet users...
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Google’s Secret New Gmail Bill Pay Feature
Google’s digital payment efforts have taken a new turn as reports reveal the company...
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NewsGoogle Wallet Grabs A “Lyft”
After Apple Pay and Paypal, Lyft has now announced Google Wallet’s integration to its...
- Apple Pay
Zappos Adds TouchID For Seamless Shopping Experience
Online retailer Zappos, part of the Amazon family, announced on March 4 that its...
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Softcard Shuts Down After Google Buy
Just two days after Google announced an acquisition of Softcard assets, reports say Softcard...
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Is Android Pay Next For Google?
Google Wallet is still in the trenches fighting to compete with digital payment behemoth...
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Mobile CommerceGoogle Buys Softcard Technology And Buries The Brand
Google has effectively acquired Softcard, the mobile payments system backed by Verizon, AT&T and...
- Karen Webster
Mobile Payments’ Red Carpet
Who’s Walking Mobile Payments’ Red Carpet? Let’s face it; you don’t have to...
- Mobile Commerce
Apple Passbook, Google Wallet Apps Now Include Ads
A new generation of mobile ads have made their way to Apple Passbook and...
- Mobile Commerce
Can Google Ignite An mWallet, Compete With Apple Pay and...
Google has high hopes for its mobile wallet and two big challenges. One is...
- Mobile Commerce
Google Bags Kenyan Payments Scheme
Google announced on Feb. 16 that it will be terminating its Kenyan cashless payment...
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How Pin Pads Power Payments Data
Marc Freed-Finnegan doesn’t think receipts are exciting. What he does think is that they are is...
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Google Expands P2P Platform
Extending its wallet service outside the US, Google rolled out its P2P money transfer...
- Mobile Commerce
Google Wallet Hooks Up With WePay To Add 200K Online...
Google is trying to tackle the mobile-commerce payments problem by getting more merchants to...
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Google May Be In Talks To Buy Softcard
Google may be positioning itself to add another mobile wallet under its umbrella, as...
- Apple Pay
Apple Pay Goes Live At Another Grocery Chain, And It...
Apple Pay has gone live at yet another regional grocery group. The 217 Lucky,...
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Alternative FinancesWhat Payments Players Want Under The Tree
The end is near! Well at least in terms of holiday retail is concerned....
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Apple PayApple Pay By The Numbers: Acceptance Grows As More Issuers...
Apple Pay goes NBA, maybe to India and definitely on vacation. It teamed up...
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With Priceline, Apple Pay Is Now Travel Brand Must-Have
With Priceline.com's addition of Apple Pay to its travel-booking app last week, Apple Pay...
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Apple PayApple Now Lets Google Wallet Use TouchID, Split Checks
Apple, which uses its iTunes accept/reject power to control potential rivals, is slightly loosening...
- Apple Pay
Google Wallet Now Bribing Shoppers To Join
If you can download Google Wallet and can somehow persuade enough friends—OK, if you're...
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When Payments Picks Puppets
I’ll bet you didn’t know that puppetry and payments have a lot in common....
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InternationalThe Weird Week In Payments
“When the going gets tough, the weird go pro.” Hunter S. Thompson “Gonzo journalist”...
- Apple Pay
Google Wallet Abandons In-App Purchases
Google Wallet has officially pulled out of the in-app business—although it will continue to...
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Mobile CommerceCanada combats imaginary Google Wallet fees
Canada is eyeing regulations that would allow retailers to avoid fees from mobile payment...
- Apple Pay
Apple Pay May Be Dragging NFC and Google Wallet Forward...
Apple Pay is driving NFC volume up and pulling Apple’s NFC rivals along with...
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NewsGoogle Wallet Now Does Auto Reloads
Google has updated is mobile wallet to allow users to add automatic bank transfers...
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Apple PayThe Real Reason Rite Aid Dumped Apple Pay
Ring, ring. Hi, Rite Aid. This is CurrentC (or a CurrentC rep) calling. You...
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ControversialWhat Only The “Almost Famous” Know About Payments
Nobody in the real world likes failure. When new business ventures are launching, entrepreneurs...
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B2B PaymentsWhat’s Next In Payments?
Oh, what a five years it has been! On October 20, 2009, Warren Buffet...
- Apple Pay
Google’s Payments and Retail Focus
Investing in its own innovations like Google Express, Google wallet and creating a mobile...
