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Tag: mobile payments

1. PayPal exec seemingly confirms ‘iPhone 5S’ fingerprint sensor

   Wednesday, May 15, 2013 · 11:30 am · 21 Comments

   Michael Barrett, chief information security officer of PayPal…

2. Apple’s iPhone will become legal tender

   Wednesday, May 15, 2013 · 10:01 am · 34 Comments

   The next area for Apple to dominate…

3. Apple patents offline iTunes purchases using per-device ‘credit’ system

   Tuesday, April 9, 2013 · 10:01 am · 11 Comments

   This patent could be a harbinger of new never-before-seen iTunes functionality…

4. Apple’s massive ‘iWallet’ advantage: Over half-billion active iTunes accounts linked to credit cards

   Friday, April 5, 2013 · 11:01 am · 8 Comments

   Apple will make a push into the digital wallet space…

5. Apple’s iPhone 5S could jump-start mobile payments

   Saturday, March 23, 2013 · 1:09 pm · 2 Comments

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, consumers spent an estimated $2.4 trillion…

6. Apple’s billion dollar mobile payment magic trick

   Wednesday, March 20, 2013 · 4:01 pm · 23 Comments

   Why would Apple reportedly be putting a fingerprint reader in its next iPhone…

7. Apple’s ‘iWallet’ coming this year?

   Wednesday, February 20, 2013 · 2:33 pm · 12 Comments

   Apple has been working on a true iPhone based credit/debit card system…

8. Why Passbook could join Ping in the Apple graveyard

   Sunday, November 25, 2012 · 6:11 pm · 48 Comments

   Companies looking for innovative ways to engage with consumers…

9. Apple inks deal with fingerprint security startup Microlatch

   Wednesday, October 3, 2012 · 5:00 pm · 18 Comments

   Despite leaving out near-field communications (NFC) technology…

10. NFC stands for Not For Commerce: Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard

    Thursday, September 13, 2012 · 10:05 pm · 42 Comments

    EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe often quotes a merchant saying NFC stands…

11. Apple’s Passbook strategy eschews NFC hardware to power iOS 6 retail apps

    Tuesday, September 4, 2012 · 12:00 pm · 9 Comments

    Apple’s new Passbook feature in iOS 6 isn’t just a coupon app; it’s a framework…

12. Apple steps closer toward integrated mobile payment market

    Wednesday, August 29, 2012 · 5:32 pm · 13 Comments

    Apple will pay $8 a share to purchase AuthenTec for $356 million…

13. Apple could kill off Visa, MasterCard

    Tuesday, August 28, 2012 · 12:40 pm · 26 Comments

    I’m starting to get the sense that these card companies, many of which have introduced…

14. Airline exec expects Apple to incorporate NFC into next-gen iPhone, Passbook app

    Monday, June 25, 2012 · 9:06 am · 7 Comments

    Jim Peters, CTO at SITA, told delegates at this year’s Air Transport IT Summit…

15. Don’t overlook Apple’s new Passbook or you might miss the future of payments

    Tuesday, June 12, 2012 · 2:02 pm · 17 Comments

    Passbook acts as a digital wallet for your gift cards, event tickets, airplane boarding passes, etc…

16. Apple granted U.S. patent for all-new iWallet credit system architecture

    Tuesday, June 5, 2012 · 11:17 am · 9 Comments

    Today, the US Patent & Trademark Office granted Apple a patent relating to…

17. Apple starts in-house testing of mobile payments, discounts with Pirq partnership

    Tuesday, May 8, 2012 · 1:26 pm · 5 Comments

    Apple has signed on with Pirq, a startup from Seattle…

18. Apple wins major U.S. ‘iWallet’ patent; the one that may one day ‘rule the world’

    Tuesday, March 6, 2012 · 3:27 pm · 10 Comments

    In May of 2010 we were surprised to see Apple’s first iWallet patent…