mobile payment

Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well

Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well
Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

Apple recently approached Square about becoming part of the Apple family, but talks ended abruptly when Apple was only willing to pay $3 billion, which...

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McDonald’s Pushes Apple Pay Out The Window
McDonald’s Pushes Apple Pay Out The Window
September 15, 2014  |  Apple Pay

McDonald’s Chief Digital Officer Atif Rafiq was talking with a reporter last week about how “seamless” and easy McDonald’s will incorporate ApplePay, which makes sense given...

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Amex, China Mobile, Make Mobile Payments Move
Amex, China Mobile, Make Mobile Payments Move
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

With soaring mobile purchases in China as a backdrop, American Express and China Mobile (China’s largest telecom) to jointly support an NFC mobile payment system...

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Why Walmart Said No To Apple Pay
Why Walmart Said No To Apple Pay
September 15, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Given that Walmart’s own mobile payment plan—MCX, now branded as CurrentC—has no plans to go live nationally until next year, the world’s largest retail chain...

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Taxis Call A Truce In NYC, Sort Of
Taxis Call A Truce In NYC, Sort Of
September 15, 2014  |  Company Profile

New York City’s two competing systems to pay for cab rides by mobile app have struck a truce, so passengers no longer have to guess...

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Banks Went The Apple Way
Banks Went The Apple Way
September 12, 2014  |  Mobile

The mobile payment relationship between the major banks and Apple is, to put mildly, a delicate one. Apple’s move has the potential to vastly increase...

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