To reach every corner of the world with the games on its Android platform, Google is thinking about how people pay, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
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 apps, the company confirmed this week. So you shouldn’t expect third-party apps that let you use NFC tags or pay...
Investors may be concerned about the threat that Apple Pay poses to eBay’s PayPal unit, but the impact may be less negative than many assume, according to the Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Investors hoping to snatch up stock in Alibaba for a bargain price between $60 and $66 won’t be getting their wish when the Chinese e-commerce giant goes public later this week. In a filing with the SEC yesterday (September 15) Alibaba raised the price range...
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 45 percent of reported mobile users said they had experienced at least once, according to the latest report by Nielsen,...
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 mobile market in 2012. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Blackhawk Network announced that it has completed the acquisition of Dallas, Texas-based CardLab, Inc., and online provider of prepaid and rewards cards. The move comes as part of Blackhawk’s overall transition to expand their business beyond the physical retailer into B2B channels that see cards used as inentives...
Incumbents such as Western Union and MoneyGram do it. Traditional players do it. So, still, do some banks. And Telcos do too in some markets. The “it” is enable people to move money to each other in and between countries. Hugo Cuevas-Mohr shares insights gleaned...
While many in the retail and payments space are waiting to see if Apple will delivery on all the speculation on its future as the brand that launched mobile payments, at least one major chain says the see the potential for the future in the...
