Sign up for a new account or log in here:
also @ TechSpot: Xbox One: Entertainment Hub First, Gaming Console Second -- But Could It Disrupt TV?
TechSpot News
mobile payments articles
PayPal rolls out free mobile payment processing
- Processing credit cards can eat up a good chunk of businesses' profits. Fees add up quickly, which is one of the reasons why some places still impose minimum purchase amounts for credit card transactions. With this in mind, PayPal has…
Amazon patent outlines an anonymous mobile payment system
- Amazon may be preparing to launch an anonymous mobile payment system as evident by a patent application published yesterday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Originally filed for in April 2009, the service would allow people to purchase items…
Square to become payment processor for Starbucks
- Starbucks, a company known for its forward-thinking nature and $1.95 cups of coffee, has made a deal with credit card processing outfit Square. Square will be providing the popular caffeine-based franchise with its payment processing services while Starbucks invests a…
PayPal acquires mobile payment facilitator card.io
- PayPal recently announced that they have acquired mobile payment facilitator card.io, a San Francisco-based company that provides software for developers to use the camera on smartphones to capture and process credit card information. The eBay subsidiary has been using card.io…
Samsung takes a different approach to NFC with TecTiles
- The idea of a mobile payment system using Near Field Communication (NFC) has been a topic of conversation for some time now. Companies like Google have taken some of the first steps to implement this technology in the real world…
Isis announces banking partners, mobile payments trial set for mid-2012
- Isis, a mobile-payments joint venture born from an alliance between Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile USA, announced today that it will begin trials in mid-2012 with three card services partners: Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard. The partnership was unveiled at…
Google Wallet PIN vulnerable on rooted Android devices
- Security researchers over at zvelo have discovered a vulnerability in Google Wallet that could expose users' PIN codes to a brute-force attack. The flaw only affects users who have rooted their Android smartphone, so most people won't need to worry…
Moneto brings mobile payments to iPhone, Android through NFC add-on
- The idea of using our smartphone to pay for products, although already widely implemented in some countries, is just starting to gain traction in the U.S. with the launch of Google Wallet. It'll be a while before any mobile wallet…
Most Popular
| Trending | Featured |
-
Building a Thin Mini-ITX PC: Small and Silent Performance
-
Xbox One: Entertainment hub first, gaming console second - but can it disrupt TV?
-
Metro: Last Light Tested, Benchmarked
-
Microsoft officially announces Xbox One: here's what we know so far
-
'Supercapacitor' could fully charge your phone in less than 30 seconds
Subscribe to TechSpot
Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.
TechSpot on: