QR Code

A QR code is a type of matrix barcode first designed in 1994 for the automotive industry in Japan. A barcode is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

IKEA Pilots QR Code-Based Mobile Checkout
IKEA Pilots QR Code-Based Mobile Checkout
May 09, 2016  |  Retail

Mobile payments, particularly in physical locations, have a tendency to fall into the category of solutions in search of a problem to solve.  It might...

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Turkey Corporates Handed The eBanking Key: QR Codes
Turkey Corporates Handed The eBanking Key: QR Codes
January 21, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Corporations may want the same kind of fast, technologically advanced banking solutions as consumers do, but corporate banking also has more demanding thresholds for security...

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AR Management Gets The QR Code Taken Seriously
AR Management Gets The QR Code Taken Seriously
November 11, 2015  |  B2B Payments

Remember the QR code? You know, that weird-looking, black-and-white, pixelated image you can scan with your phone? When it first emerged in the U.S. market only...

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Belgium Banks Back QR Mobile Payments
Belgium Banks Back QR Mobile Payments
December 09, 2014  |  Mobile

With an eye on in-store, in-app, online and P2P payments, Belgium’s largest banks are backing a QR code-based mobile payments app. “The iOS and Android...

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China QR Code Ban Could Soon Be Lifted
China QR Code Ban Could Soon Be Lifted
October 06, 2014  |  International

Back in March, China bans using QR Code for payments, but that may end shortly, according to a report in Mobile Commerce News. The initial...

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Tesco Embraces Mobile Grocery Purchases
Tesco Embraces Mobile Grocery Purchases
September 22, 2014  |  Mobile

Tesco is trialing at a handful of stores—in London and Edinburgh—a mobile payment system, currently only being offered to employees. “Consumers must sign in to...

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China UnionPay Partners With Apple Pay
China UnionPay Partners With Apple Pay
September 12, 2014  |  Apple Pay

The relative dominance of the QR code in the Chinese mobile payments market may be coming to an end, are at least facing its first...

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