Infographic of the Week: Why Restaurants Are Investing in Mobile Payments & Marketing
Nina Meijers, foodtechconnect.comFrom restaurant chains like Starbucks, Panera and Wendy’s announcing mobile payment rollouts to smaller restaurant players getting on board with payment apps like Cover, the restaurant world is abuzz with mobile app news. But how widespread is the…
Wendy’s is rolling out a program that lets customers pay using their smartphones, following a similar plan unveiled by Burger King this week.
The Wendy’s Co., based in Dublin, Ohio, has been te …
Imagine only having to carry your smartphone to buy things - this is now a…
google.comImagine only having to carry your smartphone to buy things - this is now a reality. Although popular in Europe, tap-and-go mobile payment facilities have… - Solentive Software - Google+
By NICK WINGFIELD, nytimes.com
SEATTLE — If anything should be able to get people to use their smartphones as mobile wallets, it’s vending machines.
I can’t be the only one who has hankered for a bag of chips in one of those machines, only to discover that my money w…
SMS Masterminds Crosses U.S. Border to Boost Businesses’ Success, Customer Relationships
The U.S. leader in merchant mobile loyalty marketing has completed its North American expansion by mov …
By pymnts @pymnts, pymnts.com
Small businesses owners are becoming increasingly reliant on mobile banking and transactions. According to a recent Bank of America blog post, small business owners (SBOs) are “outpaci …
Google Glass wearers nod to new Eaze payment application
Michelle Saettler, mobilecommercedaily.comEaze claims it’s the first glassware payment appEaze released the beta of its ‘Nod to Pay’ application for Google Glass, enabling owners of the wearable tech to make bitcoin payments with simple head movements.The ‘glassware’ activates upon the vo…
One in five handsets will have mobile wallet capabilities by 2018
John Kennedy | | |, siliconrepublic.comOne in five smartphones will have mobile wallet functionality by 2018 and one-third of mobile wallets will feature contactless payment capabilities, according to a new forecast.
The latest report from …
Apple is getting ready to get into the health industry. If our instincts are…
google.comApple is getting ready to get into the health industry. If our instincts are correct then at this year’s WWDC we will see the introduction of a new app… - Lou Hattersley - Google+
Tue 20 May 2014
Users of Android devices can now use PayPal as a payment option when purchasing mobile applications from Google Play in 12 countries including the U.S., Canada and Germany.
In …
Credit Card Processing and Mobile Checkouts Explained
Douglas Karr, marketingtechblog.comMobile payments are becoming commonplace and a solid strategy for closing business faster and making payment processes easier on the customer. Whether you’re a ecommerce provider with a full shopping cart, a merchant with mobile checkout (o…
Mobile App Development: 5 Worst Security Dangers - InformationWeek
Snip.ly, snip.lyAddress these areas when building apps — or brace yourself for a PR and liability nightmare should an attacker find and exploit a flaw.
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PARIS: Consumers in Russia and Turkey have proved quicker to adopt mobile payment and commerce tools than their counterparts in nations like the UK and Germany, a study …
Consumers still prefer to complete purchases on desktops, but mobile search is playing a key role at the beginning of the purchase path, according to a new eMarketer report. As a result, ma …
Africa’s Mobile Payment Movement Empowers Populations Long Ignored by Traditional Banks
Christopher Smith, iphonelife.comI was recently involved in a spirited discussion with a couple of people online. The subject? The perception that African countries are somehow lagging behind the rest of the world in terms of technological innovation. I argued…
Android Is Top Dog in Mobile Ad Traffic
connectedworldmag.comAndroid Is Top Dog in Mobile Ad Traffic
5/12/2014Shakeups are exciting. In sports, we often root for the underdog. In politics, a change of order can mean forward progress. In business, it mea …
The world’s first contactless smart cards compliant with the CIPURSE open security standard are now being used in different projects in Brazil.
Consumers in Austria can now use the Quick Mac mobile app from McDonald’s Austria to order ahead and pay for …
PayPal releases mobile payment app for the Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint reader
Kevin C. Tofel, gigaom.comWith the Samsung Galaxy S5 now available, PayPal is making good on its promise to use the handset’s fingerprint reader. The company released mobile apps specifically for the Galaxy S5 and Samsung’s latest wearables on Friday. Usin…
Stressing Out Over Cash on Vacation
Jennifer Stalzer, mastercard.comSo there you are humming along, you’re having a great time and then WHAM, you think to yourself, do I have enough cash on me?You know that feeling, kind of stresses you out doesn’t it? Especially when on vacation, stressing out over cash is the la…
Jeffrey Powers - @geekazine, geekazine.com
Hope you had an awesome Easter weekend. The temperatures took a swift kick and spring all of a sudden was here. Bought a firepit to enjoy in the backyard – along with some new found bicycling trails around the area here. Catching up on everything …
Meet The Mobile Payment App That’s Taking NYC Restaurants By Storm, 6 Must-Attend Food Tech Events + More
Nina Meijers, foodtechconnect.comEvery week we curate and deliver the latest food tech news, trends and startup resources to our readers’ inboxes. We track the top technology and innovation happenings across agriculture, CPG, retail, restaurants, cooking and health, so our…
iOS 7’s iBeacons could solve indoor mapping, make shopping better, and kill NFC
By Jeff Blagdon, theverge.comWith all of the focus on iOS 7’s UI changes, the more substantial developer-facing advances (details of which are still under NDA) haven’t been getting quite as much attention. Some of the most promising improvements are being made to the…
Mobile operators have held talks with Transport for London about ability to pay for tickets as part of shift towards contactless payments
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By Diana Taylor and Michael Schlein — Diana Taylor is Chairman of the Board of Accion. Michael Schlein is Accion’s President and CEO.
Two and a half billion people live in poverty and lack access to the financial tools tha…
30 Simple Tools For Data Visualization
GAVIN MCLEOD, fastcodesign.comNeed a simple tool to create a fantastic data visualization? Here are 30.
There have never been more technologies available to collect, examine, and render data. Here are 30 different notable pieces of data visualization software goo…
What the future of mobile payments could look like on the iPhone
Alex Heath, cultofmac.comApple is working on its own mobile payments solution, per multiple reports from places like The Wall Street Journal. Exactly how the company plans to implement such a service remains to be seen.
Tim Cook has made it clear that…
EasyPay: What Mobile Payments Could Look Like on the iPhone Over the past several months multiple rumours…
Nick Salerni, google.comEasyPay: What Mobile Payments Could Look Like on the iPhone
Over the past several months multiple rumours and reports have suggested that Apple is working on its own mobile payment system. Apple CEO Tim Cook has hinted about mobile payme…
Apple’s 800M User-Strong iTunes Mobile Payment Gorilla
Digital Apps, centricdigital.comiTunes has racked up nearly double the amount of credit cards on file than Amazon. The above chart highlights the surprising gap between the two tech companies.
MIT is about to become the world’s first Bitcoin economy
Barry Levine, venturebeat.comWhat would happen if every undergraduate student on a campus got $100 in Bitcoins? And what if that campus was the endlessly inventive MIT?
Those questions are behind a new Bitcoin experiment at MIT, which prides itself on…
PayPal Unveils New Logo with the Cool home Interface - Cyber Kendra - Latest Cyber Security And Tech News
cyberkendra.comToday one of the popular online Banking “PayPal” have redesigned its logo. The company have introduced a slight logo for its online and mobile payment service.
The new logo didn’t have much di …
Payments News Editor, paymentsnews.com
PayPal has announced the introduction of a new brand identity and updated PayPal logo that it says “features a more modern and mobile-first appearance.”PayPal worked with the design firm fuseproject to develop the new logo and notes that it “flexe…
Square pins mobile payment growth on non-swipe features
Lauren Johnson, mobilecommercedaily.comSquare broadens mobile initiativesAs Square looks to differentiate itself in an increasingly competitive mobile payment industry, the company’s launch of several new tools suggests that downplaying basic credit card swiping features will be key in…
Dark Wallet é um software feito para facilitar a lavagem de dinheiro em Bitcoins
Daniel Junqueira, uol.com.brUm grupo de ativistas radicais se prepara para lançar uma carteira de Bitcoins com objetivo em proteger a identidade das pessoas ainda mais do que o comum, o que tornaria praticamente impossível traçar as rotas da troca de dinheiro feito pelos seu…
Cash is no longer king, UK retailers tell survey
By Rebecca Burn-Callander, Enterprise Editor, telegraph.co.ukCash payments cost UK retailers £17.8bn a year in accountancy errors, counterfeit notes and theft, according to new research, spurring a move towards alternate payment methods
UK retailers spend £17.8bn a year on processing cash payments. As…
Why Payment Innovation Is Not Enough For Retail
story-tail.comBy Dax Dasilva Once a key differentiator, mobile payments are fast becoming a commodity and are widely used by retailers. Yankee Group found that 61 percent of large merchants already u …
