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sábado, 25 de abril de 2015

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Big Mobile News Includes Apple Patent, New Digital Payment...



Big Mobile News Includes Apple Patent, New Digital Payment System
Small Business Editor, smallbiztrends.com

Mobile dominated the news this week with information on a new Apple patent, a long awaited digital payment system and the wider availability of a popular mobile device. Look for details on these stories and more in this week’s Small Business Trend…

In seven of Africa’s leading economies, nearly a third of mobile...



In seven of Africa’s leading economies, nearly a third of mobile users pay with their phones
Hanna Kozlowska and Sonali Kohli, qz.com

As many as 30% of cell phone users in Africa report that they participate in mobile banking. A new report from the Pew Research Center shows the transformative power of the cell phone in the world’s fastest-growing market for mobile technology.

sábado, 18 de abril de 2015

The Unbanked Generation:

The Unbanked Generation::

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A Guide to the Financial Habits of Millennials


The millennial generation — those born between 1981 and 2005 — is the biggest in history, even bigger than one of the most significant generations of our …



Global Findex 2014 Reveals Significant Growth in Financial...






Global Findex 2014 Reveals Significant Growth in Financial Inclusion | Global Hub

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The 2014 Global Findex Database measuring Financial Inclusion around the world reveals significant progress in expanding financial access.


Between 2011 and 2014, 700 million adults worldwide became …



How Apple Pay Could Cure Health Care’s Payment...






How Apple Pay Could Cure Health Care’s Payment Woes

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Apple Pay may be just what the doctor ordered for health care payments, with its emphasis on both security and communication.



Jawbone’s new Up4 is a fitness tracker that’s also a...






Jawbone’s new Up4 is a fitness tracker that’s also a mobile wallet

By Chris Welch, theverge.com


We haven’t seen very many fitness trackers that include tap-to-pay NFC functionality built in. The ability to double as a mobile wallet is usually reserved for pricier smartwatches like the Apple Watch and smartphones themselves. But Jawbone seems…



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Europeans rapidly adopting mobile payments

Europeans rapidly adopting mobile payments:

Payments Cards and Mobile, paymentscardsandmobile.com


The number of Europeans who will use a mobile payment application in 2015 will rise 51% year over year for a total of about 185 million, according to an ING survey. 59% of 14,000 consumers said they are more likely to use bank-associated apps for…



Apple Pay reportedly headed to Canada this fall Devindra...






Apple Pay reportedly headed to Canada this fall

Devindra Hardawar, engadget.com


Canadian iPhone users will finally be able to use Apple Pay this fall, according to the Wall Street Journal. Sources say Apple is in discussions with six major Canadian banks, including Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank and National Bank…



Most Restaurant-Goers Rely on Online Reviews [INFOGRAPHIC] Joann...






Most Restaurant-Goers Rely on Online Reviews [INFOGRAPHIC]

Joann Pan, mashable.com


In the digital age, finding a scrumptious meal or delectable dessert is only a few clicks away. Food review sites and apps like Yelp and Foodspotting make eating well superbly easy.


Before setting foot outside, about 45% of consumers have alread…



WeChat payment in China As we already mentioned in a post from...






WeChat payment in China As we already mentioned in a post from last week,…

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WeChat payment in China

As we already mentioned in a post from last week, Wechat is becoming a great platform for online payment. But unfortunately there are always uncertainties about online shopping …



Can Apple Pay Work at Sit-Down Restaurants? Cover, an Uber-Like...






Can Apple Pay Work at Sit-Down Restaurants? Cover, an Uber-Like Payments App, Says Yes.

Jason Del Rey, recode.net


Shoppers can use Apple Pay to tap and pay with their phones at brick-and-mortar stores. They can also use Apple Pay on their phone to pay for stuff within apps. But what about using Apple Pay in an app to pay at a brick-and-mortar…



segunda-feira, 13 de abril de 2015

Mobile Payment Systems – Reviewing the Pros and Cons

Mobile Payment Systems – Reviewing the Pros and Cons:

Vinay Prajapati, techprevue.com


The post Mobile Payment Systems – Reviewing the Pros and Cons appeared first on Tech Prevue. Mobile payment has recently witnessed a rise in its demand with more and more people capturing the gist of its ease. With mobile payment you are able to p…



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List of Top Mobile Payments Appsorderhive.com With the...






List of Top Mobile Payments Apps

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With the advancement of technology and increasing popularity of smartphones, people can now shop and pay for products and services, on-the-go. Hence, eliminating the need from carrying money or …



People Are the Priority in Financial Inclusionwsj.com By WSJ....






People Are the Priority in Financial Inclusion

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By WSJ. Custom Studios


How do the world’s poorest citizens save their hard-earned money? In a wooden trunk, inside a hole in the bamboo pillar of their thatched house or even under a mattress. This means a family’s entire savings can be…



Got spare change? This new app will invest it into Bitcoin for...






Got spare change? This new app will invest it into Bitcoin for you

BY KIA KOKALITCHEVA, fortune.com


Designed for young professionals, Lawnmower takes a few cents here and there, and invests them into Bitcoin.


To help today’s young build up their wealth, a new breed of no or low-fee financial tools built on top of slickly designed smartphone ap…



sexta-feira, 3 de abril de 2015

Arranjos de pagamento da Mastercard com Itaú começa neste ano Da...






Arranjos de pagamento da Mastercard com Itaú começa neste ano

Da redação de Época Negócios, globo.com


(Foto: Divulgação)O novo arranjo de pagamentos de MasterCard e Itaú Unibanco, anunciado este mês, deve estar operacional ainda este ano, de acordo com o presidente da bandeira internacional de cartões, João Pedro Paro. “Estamos montando diferentes…



Apple Pay has been a ‘disappointment’ to nearly half...






Apple Pay has been a ‘disappointment’ to nearly half its users

Jillian D’Onfro, businessinsider.com


Since Apple Pay launched last fall, the service has signed on nearly 50 different retailers to offer its “tap-and-go” payments method.


But many of those retailers are not actually ready to offer Apple Pay, according to a new study by market…



8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Digital Wallets Bryan...






8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Digital Wallets

Bryan Clark, makeuseof.com


Digital wallets are billed in most tech circles as the future of real-world payment technologies. With major players like Google, Apple, Paypal and others jumping on the bandwagon and developing their own mobile-first payment technologies, it seem…



The App for Your Online Payment Needs: PayPal Here is Finally...






The App for Your Online Payment Needs: PayPal Here is Finally Available in the Windows Phone Store!

Romeo Fajardo, Jr., nokiarevolution.com


With PayPal being the most widely used online payment system today, it is important for mobile phone users to have an app that will allow us to use the service in our daily monetary transactions. This goal had led with the creation of…



terça-feira, 31 de março de 2015

Apple and Alibaba could destroy the banks Tomas Hirst,...






Apple and Alibaba could destroy the banks

Tomas Hirst, businessinsider.com


The world of payment technology may be a boring one for most people, but it’s difficult to avoid exposure to it. Whether paying for your morning coffee with contactless card, buying a new TV on eBay using PayPal or paying your rent through a mobil…



Apple Pay is going to be big — but some forecasts are way too...






Apple Pay is going to be big — but some forecasts are way too bullish

mukeshbalani, wordpress.com


At BI Intelligence we’re very bullish on mobile payments. We forecast that US mobile payment volume will reach over $800 billion by 2019. That’s one of the highest estimates in the industry.


But while …



Fed Says 22% Of Cell Phone Owners Made A Mobile Payment In...






Fed Says 22% Of Cell Phone Owners Made A Mobile Payment In 2014

Matthew Zeitlin, buzzfeed.com


New data from the Federal Reserve shows that 39% of cell phone owners use the devices for banking services. And more than half of all mobile banking users have deposited checks using an app.


The Federal Reserve and Wall Street agree: More and mo…



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quinta-feira, 19 de março de 2015

Terrorism, fines and money laundering: why banks say no to poor...






Terrorism, fines and money laundering: why banks say no to poor customers

Gabriella Jóźwiak, theguardian.com


When people in developing countries don’t have access to a bank account, physical proximity to a bank is usually the first challenge that springs to mind, but sometimes the reason a person is unable to access a secure place to store their savings …



New Financial Inclusion Innovation in Colombia: Electronic...






New Financial Inclusion Innovation in Colombia: Electronic Deposits

christopherhughesafi11, afi-global.org


María del Rosario Moreno Sánchez


Colombia is a prominent example of a country that has included financial inclusion as a priority in its national agenda since a very early stage. Indeed, in 2006, the …



Why technology matters for advancing women’s financial...






Why technology matters for advancing women’s financial inclusion

Guest author, oecdinsights.org


The bank can go to herIn preparation for the 2015 Global Forum on Development, which will focus on how access to financing can contribute to inclusive social and economic development, the OECD Development Centre, the United…



Why technology matters for advancing women’s financial...






Why technology matters for advancing women’s financial inclusion

Guest author, oecdinsights.org


The bank can go to herIn preparation for the 2015 Global Forum on Development, which will focus on how access to financing can contribute to inclusive social and economic development, the OECD Development Centre, the United…



How to bolster financial inclusion wefmediateam,...






How to bolster financial inclusion

wefmediateam, weforum.org


Economists are paying increasing attention to the link between financial inclusion—greater availability of and access to financial services—and economic development. In a new paper, we take a closer look at exactly how financial inclusion impacts …



Beacons are moving out of the pilot phase and helping retailers...






Beacons are moving out of the pilot phase and helping retailers and marketers revolutionize in-store shopping

Cooper Smith, businessinsider.com


The beacon — a low-cost device that retailers can attach to store shelves or walls to communicate with customer smartphones — is coming into its own. Beacon programs are quickly moving out of beta phase and becoming an integral part of the retail…



Apple executive explains how Apple Pay will work with Apple...






Apple executive explains how Apple Pay will work with Apple Watch

By Dante D’Orazio, theverge.com


Apple’s Eddy Cue revealed a scant few new details about the Apple Watch at an NBA game in Oakland, California, on Friday. The executive — who’s in charge of internet services and software at Apple — detailed how Apple Watch owners will use Apple…



Facebook permitirá pagamentos via mensagem em Android e iPhone O...






Facebook permitirá pagamentos via mensagem em Android e iPhone

O Globo, globo.com


Medida do Facebook visa a ganhar mais dinheiro cobrando anúncios de quem tem Facebook Pages - Reprodução / Globe BlogRIO — Agora será possível enviar dinheiro a um amigo no Facebook, de forma rápida e sem cobranças adicionais. A empresa lan…



Apple Pay vs Samsung Pay: Exploring 2015’s Biggest Mobile...






Apple Pay vs Samsung Pay: Exploring 2015’s Biggest Mobile Payment Platforms

knowyourmobile.com


Mobile payments have existed for a very long time, but it wasn’t until the launch of Apple Pay in conjunction with the iPhone’s Touch ID sensor that things started to change. Apple has a habit of …



sábado, 7 de março de 2015

Apple Pay Vs. Samsung Pay Vs. Android Pay |...






Apple Pay Vs. Samsung Pay Vs. Android Pay | TechDev

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#ApplePay #SamsungPay - There has never been a more exciting time for the mobile payments from now on. Barely looking up transactions in 2013, mobile payment has experienced rapid progress to market …



sexta-feira, 6 de março de 2015

Android Pay: Google Planning For Mobile Payment...






Android Pay: Google Planning For Mobile Payment System

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Sundar Pichai, Google’s Senior Vice President of product announced for introduced mobile payment system. He said this at the Google I/O Developers Conference at Moscone Center and name of the system …



Apple Pay, meet ‘Android Pay’ Jillian D’Onfro,...






Apple Pay, meet ‘Android Pay’

Jillian D’Onfro, businessinsider.com


Google may be announcing a mobile payments API (application program interface) called Android Pay at Google’s I/O conference in May, sources tell Ars Technica.


Companies could use Android Pay to power their in-store or in-app payments with a…



Once a pioneer, Google’s now playing catch-up to Apple in mobile...






Once a pioneer, Google’s now playing catch-up to Apple in mobile payments

Alice Truong, qz.com


Now that Apple’s a major player in mobile payments, everyone else is scrambling to play catch-up. In the past week, Samsung acquired digital wallet LoopPay to power payment transactions on its smartphones, and on Monday, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobil…



Canadian payment tech provider Mobeewave closes $6.5M round led...






Canadian payment tech provider Mobeewave closes $6.5M round led by Russia’s SBT Venture Capital

East-West Digital News, venturebeat.com


Earlier this month SBT Venture Capital, the venture arm of Russia’s national savings bank Sberbank, led a $6.5 million investment round for Mobeewave, a Canadian startup that develops fast and secure near-field communication (NFC) mobile payment…



‘Samsung Pay’ says it will use magnetic strip tech to trump...






‘Samsung Pay’ says it will use magnetic strip tech to trump Apple Pay, Android Pay

Mark Sullivan, venturebeat.com


BARCELONA, Spain — As has been written numerous times here, only five to ten percent of the merchants in the U.S. can accept contactless payments today.


But almost all of them can accept magnetic strip cards. Samsung’s new Samsung Pay service,…



PayPal stops payment delivery to Mega, citing ‘business...






PayPal stops payment delivery to Mega, citing ‘business reasons’

By Russell Brandom, theverge.com


PayPal has cut ties and ceased all payments to Mega, Kim Dotcom’s encrypted storage startup. Mega announced the news in a blog post, blaming Visa and MasterCard for pressuring PayPal into dropping the site. Mega was founded in the wake of…



And So it Begins. The Payment Systems War of 2015 Sam Volkering,...






And So it Begins. The Payment Systems War of 2015

Sam Volkering, techinsider.com.au


Last week my sister in law lost her phone. She had the phone in one of those cases where you can keep your cards too, which she also lost — credit and debit cards.


So they cancelled all her cards. …



Samsung Pay vs. Apple Pay vs. Android Payynn.io Also published...






Samsung Pay vs. Apple Pay vs. Android Pay

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BlackBerry plans to launch a sliding ‘dual-curved display’ phone this year — During a press conference at Mobile World Congress today, …



Softcard to close up shop after Google mobile payments...






Softcard to close up shop after Google mobile payments deal

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Google acquired the technology of the carrier-supported mobile payment initiative announced closure.


As Softcard Isis was launched nationwide in 2013.


Softcard, carrier-backed mobile payment …



Mobile Payment Fraud a Growing Problem: LexisNexis

Mobile Payment Fraud a Growing Problem: LexisNexis:

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Mobile commerce is a prime target for payment fraud, thanks to its novelty and complexity, according to a recent LexisNexis report.



Samsung Pay vs. Apple Pay: There’s a...






Samsung Pay vs. Apple Pay: There’s a difference

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They look alike, but each of the two mobile payment solutions offer their own unique advantages.


Barcelona - not even a year after the launch of Apple’s pay, Samsung Samsung at the Mobile World …



Android Pay: Google Planning For Mobile Payment...






Android Pay: Google Planning For Mobile Payment System

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Sundar Pichai, Google’s Senior Vice President of product announced for introduced mobile payment system. He said this at the Google I/O Developers Conference at Moscone Center and name of the system …