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Apple Pay’s NFC Not Available To Anyone But Apple (Now)

Apple Pay’s NFC Not Available To Anyone But Apple (Now)
Apple Pay’s NFC Not Available To Anyone But Apple (Now)
September 17, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Apple has locked down the iPhone 6’s NFC chip, which it uses for Apple Pay mobile payments, and it can’t be used by any other...

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Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC  Is Popular
Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC Is Popular
September 16, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

NFC is not quite the method of mobile payments most users are most familiar.  That honor still goes to the QR code or barcode which...

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U.K. Telco Partnership Weve Bails On NFC
U.K. Telco Partnership Weve Bails On NFC
September 16, 2014  |  Cross-border Payments

When first unveiled under the name project Oscar, Weve was a collaboration between British telecoms EE, Telefonica and Vodafone to grab a piece of the set-to-ignite-any-minute...

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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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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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