mobile payment

Is Apple Pay Prepping A SIM Card For Next Year?
Is Apple Pay Prepping A SIM Card For Next Year?
September 22, 2014  |  Mobile

Is a vague comment from the CEO of SoftCard (formerly ISIS, the AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile mobile payment effort) that his group is “actively working...

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Who Will Run “Android Pay?”
Who Will Run “Android Pay?”
September 22, 2014  |  Karen Webster

While the world’s now focused on Apple Pay, there’s another “A” player that’s just as capable of shaking things up in mobile payments. Android. Except...

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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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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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