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Tag: Merchant Customer Exchange

CurrentC-backer CVS capitulates; to accept Apple Pay at 7,800 U.S. stores starting this fall

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 9:33 am15 Comments

Apple Pay will be supported in CVS pharmacies and 7-Eleven stores nationwide…

MCX’s CurrentC postpones further releases, stops accepting transactions on June 28th

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:37 pm8 Comments

Weeks after CurrentC was delayed (again) and half the team was laid off, the mobile payment…

Walmart continues to block Apple Pay, rolls out antiquated QR code-based ‘Walmart Pay’

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 2:36 pmTuesday, May 17, 201619 Comments

QR code-based payments have their benefits like tying debit and credit card transactions to store…

MCX postpones rollout of CurrentC mobile payment system, lays off 30

Monday, May 16, 2016 8:51 pm10 Comments

Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) today announced it would postpone a nationwide rollout of CurrentC…

Some Best Buy stores are now accepting Apple Pay

Friday, September 18, 2015 4:47 pm9 Comments

You’ll soon be able to use Apple Pay in a lot more retailers…

MCX’s CurrentC may not launch until next year

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:46 amWednesday, August 12, 20157 Comments

CurrentC, the payments app being created by a consortium of big retailers…

CurrentC-backer Rite-Aid capitulates, to accept Apple Pay at 4,600 U.S. stores starting this Saturday

Tuesday, August 11, 2015 11:43 am17 Comments

After shunning Apple Pay last fall, drugstore chain Rite Aid…

Apple Pay rival ‘CurrentC’ to get limited trial run in stores next month

Friday, July 24, 2015 7:04 pmSunday, July 26, 201542 Comments

After almost three years in development, the retail industry’s…

Apple Pay makes considerable progress with more than 700,000 retail sites and growing

Friday, June 5, 2015 8:55 amFriday, June 5, 201518 Comments

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook made a confident prediction…

MCX CEO gone a day after Apple Pay lands Best Buy

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:02 pmTuesday, May 5, 201521 Comments

Best Buy was a supporter of CurrentC, the system created by MCX…

Best Buy capitulates, to accept Apple Pay despite CurrentC allegiance

Monday, April 27, 2015 9:42 pmMonday, April 27, 201524 Comments

Starting today, Best Buy customers can use Apple Pay to make purchases…

Google and Softcard tie-up benefits versus Apple Pay are overstated

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 1:34 pm9 Comments

Google Wallet is awkward to use. To the cashier, it looked like I was some jerk holding up the line…

Google in talks to scrape up beleaguered Apple Pay roadkill Softcard (née Isis)

Saturday, January 17, 2015 12:01 pmSaturday, January 17, 20158 Comments

Beleaguered Apple Pay wannabe Softcard earlier this month laid off about 60 employees…

CBS News: Apple Pay in the driver’s seat

Wednesday, December 31, 2014 3:02 pmWednesday, December 31, 20145 Comments

In other good news for car-and-iPhone-6 owners…

PYMNTS: Is Apple Pay fizzling? No way man, it’s sizzling!

Friday, December 26, 2014 4:29 pmFriday, December 26, 201412 Comments

There are many ways to look at a new product launch especially one as multifaceted as Apple Pay…

Self-interested retailers continue to fight against Apple Pay and, ultimately, their own customers

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 10:29 amWednesday, December 24, 201442 Comments

We believe Apple’s Apple Pay represents significant progress for mobile-wallet penetration…

Apple Pay has strong momentum; took 1% of digital payments in November

Saturday, December 20, 2014 6:40 pm15 Comments

Apple Pay has the ability to significantly transform the mobile payment space…

1.16 million more reasons why Apple Pay is the future: Staples’ security breach payment card debacle

Saturday, December 20, 2014 11:01 amSaturday, December 20, 201416 Comments

Office-supply retailer Staples Inc. said about 1.16 million payment cards…

Dozens more companies sign up for Apple Pay

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 9:25 amTuesday, December 16, 201419 Comments

The list of companies working with Apple Pay continues to grow…

Square to accept Apple Pay in 2015

Friday, November 21, 2014 4:02 pmFriday, November 21, 201431 Comments

The mobile payments company Square is planning to accept Apple Pay…

Note to CVS, Rite-Aid, Walmart: Apple Pay users spend big

Friday, November 21, 2014 3:01 pmFriday, November 21, 201417 Comments

Apple Pay iPhone users were three times more comfortable with spending…

Major retailers see Apple Pay wave

Monday, November 17, 2014 11:58 amMonday, November 17, 201414 Comments

For years, tech companies have dreamed of a future in which people ditch their wallets…

In only 3 weeks, Apple Pay is changing how consumers pay

Monday, November 17, 2014 8:33 am13 Comments

In October, Apple released their NFC-powered payment platform, Apple Pay…

You can now use Apple Pay for parking, rent and at more retail locations

Friday, November 14, 2014 7:00 pmFriday, November 14, 201415 Comments

Apple Pay launched in the United States last month with support…

Is it time to cut bait on banks excluded from Apple Pay?

Friday, November 14, 2014 5:32 pm39 Comments

The brutal fact is that Apple has enrolled 15 goliath financial institutions in Apple Pay…

RBC Poll: Apply may grab 20% of payments by 2019

Friday, November 14, 2014 12:56 pm12 Comments

Apple’s breakthrough Apple Pay payments platform will grab…

Apple’s breakthrough Apple Pay, new chip credit-card standard should help protect consumers

Friday, November 14, 2014 10:57 amFriday, November 14, 201419 Comments

Counterfeiting of bank-issued credit and debit cards is likely to fall precipitously during the next few years…

Apple Pay vs. MCX’s CurrentC: Convenience vs. greed

Friday, November 14, 2014 10:38 amFriday, November 14, 201420 Comments

Most critics of CurrentC (and there are plenty) are slamming it…

Regions Bank adds support for Apple Pay

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:27 pmWednesday, November 12, 201412 Comments

Following a second round of banks adding support for the Apple Pay…

Apple Pay has retail CIOs rethinking how customers pay

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 1:57 pmTuesday, November 11, 201414 Comments

The introduction of Apple Pay…

Apple and Alibaba in talks over electronic payments alliance

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 9:25 amTuesday, November 11, 20148 Comments

Any such partnership could be a formidable force in China…

Apple Pay consumers can now use their Barclays, Navy Federal and USAA MasterCard

Monday, November 10, 2014 10:15 amMonday, November 10, 20149 Comments

MasterCard cardholders with a consumer credit or debit card from Barclaycard, Navy Federal Credit Union and USAA…

Apple Pay now available for U.S. Bank customers

Monday, November 10, 2014 9:55 amMonday, November 10, 20147 Comments

U.S. Bank customers now have a safer, more convenient way to pay: Apple Pay…

Lessons from Home Depot: Expect hackers to crack more retailers this holiday season

Friday, November 7, 2014 11:25 amFriday, November 7, 201421 Comments

What should consumers do? Use Apple’s secure Apple Pay…

Class action lawsuit brewing against retailers who block Apple Pay

Thursday, November 6, 2014 2:57 pmThursday, November 6, 201424 Comments

Rite Aid and CVS may face a class action for blocking Apple Pay…

What Apple Pay means to Bank of America: Security

Thursday, November 6, 2014 1:55 pmThursday, November 6, 201419 Comments

Hari Gopalkrishnan, Bank of America’s e-commerce executive, talks about…

Apple Pay is nirvana for (smart) retailers

Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:26 amThursday, November 6, 201410 Comments

Appel Pay is nirvana for merchants

Entrepreneur warns retailers, restaurants, bars: Do not wait, jump on the Apple Pay bandwagon ASAP

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 4:27 pmWednesday, November 5, 201434 Comments

The sooner you jump on the Apple Pay craze the better…

Apple Pay fuels usage of long-moribund Google Wallet

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 1:58 pmWednesday, November 5, 201415 Comments

NFC-based mobile payments have had a boost in recent months…

After CVS and Rite Aid blocked Apple Pay, Schubert law firm launches antitrust investigation

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 4:55 pmTuesday, November 4, 201431 Comments

Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe is investigating whether CVS and Rite Aid violated the antitrust laws…

Sorry, Walmart, CVS, Rite-Aid et al. — Apple Pay and NFC have already won

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 1:37 pmTuesday, November 4, 201442 Comments

Apple Pay is the safer bet for consumers…

With Apple Pay breakthrough, everybody wins

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:58 am16 Comments

Apple Pay is a big leap forward…

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