Jason Ankeny
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Latest Headlines
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payvia acquires Mogreet to link mobile transactions with marketing campaigns
Mobile payments company payvia announced today it acquired Mogreet, which provides mobile video and rich media messaging engagement solutions used by marketers, retailers and others including ABC, Bloomingdales, Cox Media Group, Emmis Communications, Fox Television, and Gamefly. As part of the transaction, Mogreet founder and CEO James Citron will become payvia's CMO.
PayPal streamlines mobile shopping with simplified sign-in
PayPal unveiled a revamped version of its Log In commerce identity system optimized for mobile devices.
Starbucks counts 10M active mobile customers, 4M mobile payments per week
Coffee company Starbucks continues to see significant traction in its mobile efforts--the company said more than 10 million people are "active" users of the company's mobile apps, and that the company now counts close to 4 million mobile payment transactions per week (up from 2 million near the end of last year and 3 million a month ago). This, the company said, accounts for roughly 10 percent of the company's total "U.S. tender."
Yankee Group: Merchants to mobile payments--what's the value prop?
With all the hype surrounding mobile payments, it's easy to be fooled into thinking credit cards and cash are a thing of the past. Stepping foot into any major retailer, however, proves otherwise. The stark reality is that mobile payment initiatives continue to spin their wheels, largely due to the poor value proposition being sold to merchants
PayPal launches mobile payments SDK for iOS, expands API library
PayPal is rolling out a series of new tools enabling developers to offer more frictionless payment experiences within their mobile applications.
Visa's Gajda: Mobile payment space is not fragmented, and NFC will rule the market
Bill Gajda, Visa's global head of mobile since 2010, sat down with FMC's Sandhya Raman at last week's Mobile World Congress trade show to talk about these announcements and Visa's mobile strategy at large. The following is a lightly edited version of that conversation.
Visa's payWave to be incorporated into Samsung's next-gen phones
Visa's payWave application will come pre-installed on all next-generation Samsung phones, in a new partnership between the financial giant and the handset maker.
Visa kicks off mobile payments partner program
Visa is launching a mobile payments initiative to accelerate the migration from cash to digital commerce.
Square launches iPad-based 'Business in a Box' point-of-sale system
Square is expanding its Register point-of-sale application for Apple's iPad tablet with the introduction of Business in a Box, offering brick-and-mortar retailers a complete point-of-sale system for accepting payments, tracking sales and sharing product and location information.
Report: Isis redesigning mobile wallet for expansion to Apple's iOS
Isis will revamp its mobile wallet user interface in collaboration with a new software partner and plans to expand its contactless payment platform to Apple's iOS, NFC Times reports.
