News tagged with mobile payment
4 personal finance technology trends for 2012
(AP) -- If you're one of the holdouts still paying bills with checks, tracking your accounts with pen and paper or clipping coupons from the newspaper, 2012 could be the year you take the digital plunge.
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Mobile money transfers gaining currency with consumers
If you need to pay a baby sitter, send money to a kid in college or reimburse a friend for lunch but don't have your checkbook or cash on hand, pick up your smartphone.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Small businesses turn to Square for credit transactions
Cabbie David Mendoza reached for his iPhone and plugged in a spiffy Square Reader to process a ride's fare.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Virgin tycoon Branson invests in Square
Square, a start-up from a co-founder of Twitter, said Tuesday that Virgin tycoon Richard Branson has invested in the mobile payments company.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Square streamlines payment via mobile 'tabs'
Square, Jack Dorsey's mobile payments startup, was founded on the idea that it could simplify the way the world pays for goods and services.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Google opening smartphone wallets (Update)
Google opened its smartphone wallet to the public on Monday.
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Mobile payments first step in merging phones, keys, wallets into one device
You're in the checkout line ready to pay for the items in your shopping cart.
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Google wants to turn your smartphone into a wallet
In a Mountain View convenience store, Marc Freed-Finnegan carries a bottle of water up to the cashier, who scans it and announces the price. Freed-Finnegan touches his smartphone to a gray plastic sensor labeled "PayPass," ...
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Smartphones take charge: Small merchants expand their sales with mobile credit card services
Coming soon to a garage sale near you: "All major credit cards accepted."
Jul 22, 2011 |
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PayPal letting Google phones swap cash
Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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eBay buying Zong for $240 million
PayPal owner eBay said Thursday that it has agreed to buy mobile payments provider Zong for $240 million in cash.
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Mobile pay start-up Square valued at $1 bln: report
A group of investors plan to buy a stake in Square that would value the mobile payment start-up at $1 billion even as it competes with much larger rivals, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Nokia says Apple to pay royalties, ending patent disputes
The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Tuesday its competitor Apple had agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending all of their ongoing patent disputes.
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Google gets into local bargain game with Offers
Google on Wednesday will begin testing an Offers service that delivers local bargains to smartphone "wallets" in a challenge to online bargain hot spot Groupon.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Rivals likely to reach for Google's 'Wallet'
With the announcement of "Google Wallet" the Internet giant became the first player to dash into a future where people use smartphones as credit cards, but rivals are expected to cut its lead short.
May 30, 2011 |
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