Mobile payments are good in theory, but not quite ready for primetime
Someday, a driven entrepreneur will devise the perfect mobile payment technology. You won’t need to charge it up, and it won’t require a companion app. You’ll be able to use it to purchase things from...
View ArticleLoopPay powers payment tech on Samsung’s new phones
The new flagship smartphones from Samsung Electronics will include a mobile payment system developed by Burlington-based LoopPay that could give Samsung a badly needed boost in its bitter rivalry with...
View ArticleCar maintenence services company Openbay starts offering Apple Pay
Cambridge-based Openbay, a startup trying to improve the car maintenance industry, announced today that it will allow users to pay for car repairs using Apple Pay. Openbay is an online service and...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Apple Pay competitor MCX? The future looks gloomy
Three years ago, sensing that consumers would soon want to pay for things with their smartphones, many of the country’s largest retailers — including Walmart, Southwest Airlines, Bed Bath & Beyond...
View ArticleSmart credit cards coming to a wallet near you
You’ve heard about the universal remote. Now several financial technology companies are experimenting with a universal card, aimed at decluterring the consumer wallet. Eastern Bank, the state’s largest...
View ArticleHang onto your wallet – Samsung Pay is here
Nearly a year after Apple Inc. let us pay for stuff with an iPhone, my wallet is getting as much of a workout as ever. It’s not my fault; I like Apple Pay, the system that lets you shop by tapping an...
View ArticleBurlington’s LoopPay hacked; company makes technology behind Samsung Pay
The computer network of Burlington-based LoopPay, inventor of a technology used in the new Samsung Pay mobile payments system, was successfully targeted by a Chinese hacking team earlier this year....
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Square rolls out readers to accept Apple Pay
Square’s new doohickey that allows its service to accept Apple Pay payments becomes available to small businesses today for $49, according to USA Today. Source: USA TODAY NEW YORK – Square is rolling...
View ArticleWalmart to launch own mobile pay system
NEW YORK — The mobile payment wars are heating up. Walmart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said it’s launching its own mobile payment system that will allow shoppers to pay with any major...
View ArticleWhat are my options for mobile pay?
ATLANTA — With Walmart Stores Inc. becoming the latest retailer to launch a mobile pay system, there are more places than ever to break out a digital wallet to pay for the things you want. Apple, Rite...
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