In the weeks following the Apple Pay debut, players in the industry have been figuring out ways to complement, or compete against, the new mobile payments juggernaut. Within the world of mPOS, that means Apple Pay is being worked into existing platforms – a work...
International iPhone users may have been a little bummed about the fact that since Monday, Apple Pay was officially rolled out only in the United States. Well according to Whirlpool forums, international users have found a loophole and can to utilize the service. It’s been...
Without announcing it, Apple has quietly rolled out a new SIM card on its iPads (but not iPhones) that allows users to “jump between AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile without having to swap it out or, more annoyingly, track down/purchase a new SIM card when you...
Apple Pay’s U.S. business model is based on issuers giving it a rebate on the fees they collect from merchants. But what happens when those fees are really low and headed lower? That’s Apple’s issue in Europe as it looks across the pond to find...
February 02, 2015
Whether it’s through Apple Pay, Softcard, or Google Wallet, mobile payments are jockeying for position in the marketplace with retailers, but according to one survey, it may be putting the cart before the horse, as consumers have been slow to truly embrace mobile payments in earnest. A December survey by Wakefield Research for Verifone finds […]
October 20, 2014
Without announcing it, Apple has quietly rolled out a new SIM card on its iPads (but not iPhones) that allows users to “jump between AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile without having...
September 16, 2014
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. The...
September 12, 2014
How should telcos around the world react to Apple Pay? Should they ride along and cooperate fully—potentially hurting their own mobile wallet efforts—and sell as much data, bandwidth and phones...