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Aug 14, 2015

Samsung Pay Is Here, Supports Magnetic Card Readers

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Yesterday Samsung unveiled its newest phablet offers — the Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+, both of which will come with Samsung’s answer to Apple Pay built in. Similar to its competitors, Samsung Pay allows users to pay at stores…

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Feb 20, 2015

How Samsung Plans To Compete Against Apple In Mobile Payment

Read original story on: TechCrunch

Look out, Apple Pay! Samsung is entering mobile payment with its acquisition of payment startup of LoopPay. Samsung has stated it will work toward building LoopPay’s…

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Oct 27, 2014

Why Apple Pay Is Now Blocked At CVS

Read original story on: LA Times

Initially supporting, Rite Aid and CVS Pharmacy abruptly pulled support for Apple Pay after a week of smooth operation. According to various sources, the odd move is most likely a result of the retailers’…

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Oct 17, 2014

MasterCard Develops NFC Card With Fingerprint Sensor

Read original story on: Engadget

MasterCard, one of the major Apple Pay partners, has built its own plastic card with a built-in fingerprint sensor and NFC chip. Made in partnership with biometric tech company…

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Sep 16, 2014

Why Apple’s Restriction On NFC Use Won’t Last

Apple has confirmed that its newly-added NFC chip in the iPhone 6 is restricted to Apple Pay, citing security concerns for not opening up NFC access. This means no NFC-enabled marketing tools or even other non-commercial convenience apps… for now…

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Sep 9, 2014

6 Things You Need To Know About The New “Apple Pay”

Back at the beginning of the year, reports suggested that Apple would enter the mobile payments space, which were paid off today: Apple officially revealed the NFC-based mobile payment function along with the new iPhone 6. To get ready for…

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Jul 16, 2014

Clear Channel Introduces Mobile Outdoor Ad Platform

Out-of-home ad company Clear Channel Outdoor is partnering with the New York-based ad tech firm Blue Bite, featured in our virtual lab, to bring its mobile ad platform “Connect” to 28 U.S. cities and Toronto, after a successful trial in…

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Feb 27, 2014

MWC 2014: SAP’s Vending Machine with iBeacon, NFC, and Facial Detection

Check out SAP’s futuristic vending machine in the video below, on display at Mobile World Congress. It slickly implements pretty much every innovative technology you could ask for including an iBeacon, NFC…

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Feb 25, 2014

MWC 2014: DNP’s iBeacon App Solution For Retailers

While MWC remains an Apple-free zone, this year’s show features a plethora of retail beacon technologies looking to capitalize on Apple’s recent iBeacon launch. Japan’s DNP (Dai Nippon Printing Co) is displaying a templatized white label app…

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Nov 21, 2013

Google Wallet Reverts To Plastic

After pushing NFC as the future of payments, Google Wallet will now provide a plastic, prepaid debit card. The decision is a sign that NFC is being adopted at a slower rate than many anticipated as many consumers feel there is not that much friction involved in the…