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Mobile payments goes hands free with PayPal Beacon

09/16/201309/16/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

The technology uses Bluetooth LE to make it possible for the service to expand. PayPal has just unveiled the very latest in its mobile payments offerings, an extension of its overall program, and is now promising to make it even easier to pay for products and services through the use of a smartphone, to the point that it is – according to the company – even simpler than using a credit card. Though there are already many other options being developed, PayPal hopes this will be the most attractive. There…

Mobile payments test being run by PayPal using facial verification

08/13/201308/10/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

The test of the technology is being run in the United Kingdom for items bought using the app. PayPal has just revealed that it is now rolling out a new mobile payments trial that will begin with customers in the United Kingdom who pay for products through the use of the PayPal app. The trial will involve testing verification technology that uses facial recognition over a smartphone. The mobile payments trial requires a customer to have the PayPal app, a photo for proving their identity, and a smartphone. At the…

Mobile payments trial launched by Far EasTone

06/17/201306/15/2013 Jennifer Goula

The new pilot program is being launched by the third largest telecom operator in Taiwan. Far EasTone Telecommunications, Co., the third biggest telecom operator in Taiwan, has just announced that it is launching a trial mobile payments project in the country that will use NFC technology. The announcement included the fact that they intend to have the trial up and going by the second half of 2013. The first phase of the mobile payments pilot project will begin in this year’s third quarter. It will function in conjunction with the…

NFC technology can now be used via microSD cards

06/11/201306/10/2013 Sam Lambert

The tech may not yet be installed as a standard for smartphones, it can be added by the user. Though many smartphone manufacturers are no longer including microSD slots in their devices, until they begin to add NFC technology into their devices as a standard, those little opportunities for boosted memory could be all a user needs to add it for themselves. These card slots remain far more common than near field communication capabilities and add great potential. One of the primary factors holding back mobile payments that are based…

Mobile payments partnership reached among European giants

05/29/201305/31/2013 Sam Lambert

Telenor and Telefonica have both signed on with Fortumo in a deal to reach 460 million consumers. The telecommunications operators, Telenor and Telefonica, from Europe, have boosted the reach of their mobile payments programs by 460 million users now that they have signed on with Fortumo, a firm that specializes in the service. This has helped to boost Fortumo’s position among the leaders in this very rapidly growing industry. The partnership among Fortumo, Telefonica, and Telenor will assist in providing direct carrier mobile payments billing services for an additional 460…