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Apple Pay may have a major impact on the NFC technology market

11/12/201411/11/2014 Stephen Vagus

New mobile payments service is causing the NFC market to surge Apple Pay has been launched and it has already manage to cause a stir in the mobile payments space. The launch of the new service has been supported by a wide range of retailers, all of whom have shown strong interest in the mobile space. While Apple has succeeded in drawing more attention to mobile shopping and payments, the company’s new service may have an unintended effect on the NFC market. NFC is gaining more attention, thanks to Apple…

Google to begin pushing its mobile payments service

10/27/201410/25/2014 Jennifer Goula

Google aims to compete with Apple in the mobile commerce market Google is gearing up to compete with Apple in the mobile payments space. Apple’s new digital commerce platform, called Apple Pay, was recently launched and it has already had a major impact in the mobile world. For its launch, Apple Pay acquired a wealth of retail and financial partners, all of whom had shown strong interest in engaging mobile consumers. These partners have helped expand the availability of Apple Pay, but Google wants consumers to know that Apple is…

The Riddle of Mobile Commerce

05/24/201405/22/2014 Note From The Editor

Mobile payments continue to be a complex issue Mobile commerce has become quite popular, but not everyone is sold on the idea of paying for things with their mobile device. The idea is quite simple: Mobile applications act as facilitators of mobile transactions, allowing people to make purchases while shopping online from their smartphones and tablets. Under the surface, mobile commerce is anything but simple, thanks to changing commerce standards and the ever present threat of exploitation coming from malicious groups that want to get their hands on consumer financial…

Mobile payments move made by Dominos with Google Wallet

04/25/201404/22/2014 Jesse Collins

The pizza chain has now announced that it will be integrating this transaction option into its Android app. This week, Domino’s Pizza announced that it is integrating the Google Wallet mobile payments option into the latest update for its meal ordering app in order to allow customers to be able to use their smartphones to do more when interacting with the company and purchasing their meals. This recent mobile news was released by the company to show that customers can now pay online. The news release shows that the choice…

NFC technology could be Isis’s shortfall

03/20/201403/19/2014 L. Green

Mobile payments are starting to change, already as 7-Eleven and Best Buy drop near field communication. Best Buy and 7-Eleven have now both announced that they will no longer be accepting mobile payments based on NFC technology at their cash registers, which is bad news for the Isis digital wallet. There are a number of different theories being produced to help to explain why this decision has been made. While some think that eliminating NFC technology at the checkout counters will help them to save themselves the extra cost associated…