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Isis solidifies American Express support

Mark Raby, May 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

The biggest competitor to Google Wallet - and when I say biggest competitor I mean it's going to chew up Google Wallet and spit it out like a piece of bad meat - has just joined forces with American Express to have the three biggest credit card issuers already flipping the switch with its mobile payment platform. Isis, a joint venture between T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon, is steadily making its way to a nationwide launch. Read The Full Story

MasterCard unveils PayPass Button and software

Michael Crider, May 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

MasterCard was one of the first companies to actively pursue contact payments in the US, and today they're announcing plants to incorporate their PayPass system across web and mobile platforms. In addition to the standard contactless PayPass kiosks that you've likely already seen in US gas stations and other retailers, MasterCard is readying the PayPass Button to sync payments for online merchants as well. In practice, it bears a striking resemblance to PayPal, with the benefit of being already integrated with your credit card. Read The Full Story

Google Wallet benefits from European Commission probe into rival platform

Shane McGlaun, Apr 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has been operating its Wallet service in the US for a while. Google Wallet is a swipe and pay using your mobile phone payment service. Google reportedly has plans to launch the service in Europe in the coming months. It appears that a European Commission probe into a rival service that is being prepared by a conglomerate of European mobile phone carriers, including Vodafone, O2, and Everything Everywhere is underway. Read The Full Story

Google CEO reiterates Android open ecosystem for 2012

Chris Burns, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

The current CEO of Google, Larry Page, has sent out a state of the union address under the title CEO Letter to address many topics, Android not least of all. In his words on Android specifically, he spoke not only of the lovely new experiences Google has with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Google Wallet and mentions the search giant’s relatively recent announcement of plans to acquire Motorola Mobility. In this mention, he make sure to make the world know that Google plans on continuing to work with a wide variety of hardware partners with their Android open environment experience.

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Google Wallet co-founder jumps ship to Square

Mark Raby, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

The man who co-founded the Google Wallet mobile payment platform and was instrumental in setting up the core of its technology has now left Google and will be working for a competing payment platform, Square. Square has gained significant traction for its frictionless credit card reader that lets iPhone owners accept plastic payments anywhere, anytime, and they pay nothing except a small transaction fee for every purchase. Read The Full Story

Google Wallet may share revenue to boost adoption

Rue Liu, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Google may consider sharing revenue from its Google Wallet mobile payment service in order to garner much needed support from carriers, according to insider sources who spoke with Bloomberg. The service has been struggling with slow adoption and indifference from major carriers, such as Verizon and AT&T, both of which appear to be holding out for their own mobile payment solution called Isis. Read The Full Story

Google wallet users given an extra five spot

Shane McGlaun, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're a Google Wallet user, you will know that the services had some issues this year with provisioning and other things. Those issues prevented some users from being able to use the service and Google is looking to make up for some of that irritation with free money. If you're a Google Wallet user, you will notice when you open up the app you have an extra five dollars sitting there. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Nexus will hit Sprint April 15 says rumor

Mark Raby, Mar 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

The latest entry in what is the closest to being "the official" Android product line will be available on a new carrier less than a month from now. That is to say, Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, which Google had an active hand in developing, will be losing its Verizon exclusivity and moving to the Sprint network on April 15, complete with the ability to connect to the new carrier's 4G LTE infrastructure. Read The Full Story

Mastercard’s transactions to double by 2018 thanks to mobile payments

Mark Raby, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

The number of transactions that are handled by Mastercard's payment services is expected to almost double in the next six years, to 53 billion. The reason, according to analysts, is because of the company's extensive growth in the world of mobile payments. It's a segment that is seeing a lot of attention right now, and one that will enable Mastercard to get billions of new customers. Read The Full Story

Isis mobile payment platform is almost ready

Mark Raby, Mar 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Isis has a booth on display at the SXSW show in Austin, Texas this week. Austin is one of the platform's pilot cities, and will be able to start accepting Isis payments in the summer. The Isis team, which is made up of a joint venture between Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, released a new video to show how the service will work once it goes live. Read The Full Story

Juniper says NFC payments will hit $74 billion by 2015

Mark Raby, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Let's face it. If you've actually paid for somethiing using software and hardware that's built into your phone, you're in the significantly vast minority. That is, at least, assuming you live in the US. But in just a few years, if it's not part of your daily routine you may look as outdated as someone who doesn't have a smartphone today. This trend is going to grow, and it's gonna grow quickly. Read The Full Story

Google Wallet ditches support for rooted smartphones

Shane McGlaun, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google Wallet has some significant issues with security already this year. A potential hack was discovered in February that could have exposed credit cards. However, no evidence of credit card abuse or theft was noted. The security flaw was only exploitable on rooted Android devices. It seems Google is taking a different route with potential security flaws on rooted Android devices; it has decided to end support for rooted smartphones. Read The Full Story