Tag: payments

Total Results: 78

Mobile payments and the demise of the cash register

Published: January 24, 2012

By Jonathan Stark

Imagine a world in which all you need before heading out the door to shop, grab a bite or catch a movie is your smartphone. That is right: no wallet, credit cards or cash required.

Increasing the value of mobile payments

Published: September 20, 2011

By Keith Brown

Mobile NFC may make sense for coffee chains and convenience stores. However, when it comes to higher-value items, retailers and shoppers need to look elsewhere.

T-Mobile, Isis, Google: News briefs

Published: August 5, 2011

News briefs: T-Mobile loses 50,000 customers in second quarter; Isis using C-Sam’s NFC mobile wallet platform; Google calls out Apple, Microsoft for using patents as a weapon.

Google’s Dealmap buy to boost its mobile commerce strategy

Published: August 3, 2011

Google has acquired daily deals provider The Dealmap as it tries to enhance the promotional and commerce elements for Google Offers.

Handicapping the mobile payments battle

Published: June 30, 2011

By Daniel Flamberg

New technical standards and consumers’ extensive use of mobile media put us on the cusp of an explosion in mobile payments.

Cause for queasiness over the mobile wallet?

Published: June 2, 2011

By Gary Schwartz

Whether the phone is more secure than your cowhide wallet is not the point. Consumers are irrational folk and will adopt a technology on criteria that are not purely technological and not logical.

5 legal issues that could impede mobile marketing's progress

Published: May 26, 2011

As mobile takes its rightful place at the marketing table, it is increasingly becoming an easy target for constituencies not happy with its growth trajectory. Can the recent rash of lawsuits undo some of the progress?

PayPal Mobile generating $6M daily in total payment volume

Published: May 25, 2011

Mobile payment volume on PayPal Mobile is expected to more than double by year’s end to cross $2 billion.

EBay CEO says mobile sales will reach $4B by year-end

Published: April 29, 2011

EBay Inc. CEO John Donahoe said that eBay Mobile global sales will double year-over-year, reaching approximately $4 billion in mobile gross merchandise volume by the end of 2011.

What are the hottest trends in mobile right now?

Published: April 1, 2011

The hot-button issues in mobile generating the most buzz at the moment include location-based services and marketing, the rise of mobile commerce and payments, as well as applications for smartphones and tablets.