Topic: Mobile Payments
Apple Pay overtakes Starbucks for in-store mobile payments
10/23/2019, 06:10 am
Apple Pay is the most-used mobile payment app in the United States, a new analysis claims, with the growth of Apple's payment platform in the country allowing it to overtake the Starbucks mobile app for the first time.
Apple Pay chief Jennifer Bailey to deliver keynote at Transact payments forum
01/16/2019, 10:01 am
Apple vice president of internet services Jennifer Bailey will be delivering the keynote address at payments technology forum Transact in April, and is expected to speak about how Apple Pay helps merchants make customer payments as secure and convenient as possible.
App Store fraud allegedly impacting major mobile payment firms in China
10/11/2018, 10:10 am
Two major mobile payments companies in China have asked Apple to help reduce theft on their platforms, where customers' funds are being drained by criminals using stolen Apple IDs connected to their payment accounts for fraudulent App Store purchases.
Google to buy Softcard, take on Apple Pay in new agreement with U.S. carriers
02/23/2015, 12:02 pm
Search giant Google is reportedly doubling down on its mobile payments strategy, agreeing on a new deal with major U.S. wireless providers to pre-install the Google Wallet app on Android handsets while acquiring the technology behind Softcard from those same carriers.
Mobile payments: Square partners with Product (RED), Loop Fob lets you pay wirelessly
02/19/2014, 03:02 pm
Merchants using Square to receive payments can now help the fight against AIDS with the new SQUA(RED) reader, while Loop's promising new magnet-based payment system is now available for purchase.