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Why Don’t More Consumers Use Apple’s Passbook?
October 28, 2014

Although it’s widely known that Apple Passbook is an area that very few shoppers have bothered with yet, what is less clear is why and whether Apple Pay’s repeated use of Passbook is going to motivate shoppers to try it directly. A report from Flagship...

Mobile To Fuel Holiday eCommerce
October 28, 2014

U.S. e-commerce sales are on track to beat last year’s numbers by $61.4 billion — a figure that eMarketer reported will continually increase as mobile commerce draws in a larger e-commerce audience. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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New Fraud Tactic: Non-EMV Transactions Pretending To Be EMV
October 28, 2014

Here’s a cyberthief twist. Thieves are routing bogus transactions through Brazil and are riding under the cover of EMV. The twist? “They were all submitted through Visa and MasterCard‘s networks as chip-enabled transactions, even though the banks that issued the cards in question haven’t even...

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Quick Signups: In 72 Hours, More Than One Million Cards On Apple Pay
October 28, 2014

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that more than one-million payment cards were activated within Apple Pay within 72 hours of its launch a week ago. Cook also dismissed the CVS and Rite Aid decision to back down to MCX and stop accepting Apple Pay as...

What’s Ailing Health Care Payments Startups? (They Don’t Know Payments)
October 28, 2014

What is behind the death of so many seemingly well-thought-out digital health startups? According to one prominent VC in that space, the answer is a lack of understanding of payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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An Alipay, Apple Pay “Marriage”?
October 28, 2014

Alibaba’s executive chairman, Jack Ma, said late Monday (Oct. 27) that Alibaba would like to partner with Apple on financial payments, but offered no details on what such a deal might look like. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Verifone Gets Real Boost From Apple Pay
October 28, 2014

Wall Street is starting to notice the many benefactors of payments changed fueled by Apple Pay and at the top of that list is now VeriFone, reports Barron’s. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Wells Fargo Authentication Focus ​
October 27, 2014

As banks host accelerators, incubators and hackathons to collect fresh thinking from startups, Wells Fargo has developed a Digital Innovation Lab to do its own testing on promising technologies — and a major theme of its work is authentication, according to American Banker. Get the...

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USPS To Deliver Groceries
October 27, 2014

The U.S. Postal Service is already delivering groceries for Amazon in San Francisco, and has now received an OK to extend the experiment for two years, Internet Retailer reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...