Thursday, August 2, 2012

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Google Revamps Mobile-Payment System

Wall Street Journal
It relies on a technology called near-field communication, or NFC, which allows for the transfer of cardholder information from a consumer's phone to a retailer's payment terminal. For the system to work, both a consumer's phone and the merchant's ...


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Google Revamps Pay-By-Phone Service
Fox Business
Google Revamps Pay-By-Phone Service. Published August 01, 2012. Dow Jones Newswires. Google Inc. (GOOG) unveiled changes to its mobile-payment system Wednesday in a bid to get the upper hand in the battle for control of consumers' "digital wallets.

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Google Wallet App Takes Cloud Approach To Support All Cards



Hot Hardware
Google Wallet hasn't exactly taken over the mobile payment space. In fact, we'd argue that startups like Square are doing a better job of infiltrating the small biz market and grabbing mind share all the while. Why, you ask? Because Wallet was limited from the ...
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Google Wallet accepts both debit and credit cards
Technology Bloom News
Google Wallet will now allow users to add any credit or debit card they own to the mobile payment application. The announcement came from a blog post on the Google Commerce blog and it says that users simply have to input the credit card information into ...
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Technology Bloom News
Google Wallet Now Works With Multiple Credit Cards
New York Times (blog)
Square's Mobile Payment App Gets New Name and Look · With New Hardware, Square Begins Taxi Rollout · Considering a Successor for the TVs in New York Taxicabs · Vulnerability in Google Wallet Leaves Funds Wide Open. Previous Post Today's ...
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You Can Now Use Any Credit or Debit Card with Google Wallet
Complex.com (blog)
Google today released a new version of its Google Wallet mobile payment platform that allows users to pay for goods with any of their credit or debit cards, the search giant announced today. When introduced in May 2011, Google Wallet allowed MasterCard ...
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Google beefs up Wallet security, opens to any credit or debit card
GigaOM
Google added a much-needed feature to its mobile payment product Google Wallet on Wednesday: users can now use it to charge something to any credit or debit card they own. In addition, Google has beefed up payment security by storing card information ...
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GigaOM
Google Wallet Now Supports All Major Credit, Debit Cards
InformationWeek
Apparently Google was working hand-in-hand with PayPal to create a mobile payment system, but according to the suit (read an online copy courtesy of TechCrunch) Google backed out at the last minute and recruited the former employees instead. Another ...
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Google Wallet is reborn with support for all major credit cards
VentureBeat
One, clearly, is that of adoption: As Google knows, it's tough to get mobile users interested in a mobile payment system that only supports a single credit card, as Google Wallet did previously. Two, Google is also trying hard to bridge the gap between ...
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Google expands Wallet payment platform
V3.co.uk
The company said that the expansion would give the mobile payment platform support for Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards. Additionally,the company is integrated with some 25 retail chains. Launched in the Fall of 2011, the Google ...
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V3.co.uk
Digital Money, Mobile Wallets and Latin America
Huffington Post (blog)
In Latin America, to date we've seen the arrival of initiatives to improve mobile payment transactions and incorporate unbanked users such as Transfer in Mexico (Telmex with Citi/Banamex and Inbursa) and Wanda (MasterCard and Telefonica) in Argentina, ...
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Your Smartphone as Your Wallet: 3 Companies That Will Cash In
DailyFinance
But mobile-payment upstart Square already processes $6 billion worth of transactions a year. Online-payment giants like eBay's (EBAY) Paypal and Google's (GOOG) Wallet are also seeing impressive growth. Credit card companies Visa (V), MasterCard (MA) ...
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Google Wallet opens up to all credit, debit cards
Know Your Cell
Google Wallet just became a lot more useful, as Google has turned the mobile payment system into a cloud-based service that supports all major credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. If you don't know, Google Wallet ...
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Amazing: Google Wallet Now Supports Any Credit or Debit Card; New Security ...
TechnoBuffalo
Google announced on Wednesday that its Google Wallet mobile payment app — largely supported by Sprint in the United States — now supports any credit or debit card. I usually refill my Google prepaid card for purchases, but this update is amazing for me ...
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Google Wallet Uses The Cloud To Support All Credit Cards
Fast Company
On Wednesday, Google announced the latest version of its NFC-enabled mobile payment platform would support all credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. To accomplish this flexibility, Google changed the way it ...
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Amid the Nexus 7 tablet success, Google elevates Wallet service
PopHerald.com
With a revised Google Wallet and a successful tablet, the Nexus 7, it is safe to say that more businesses will take advantage of the mobile payment system, and soon — mass adoption? Tweet. | This news article is posted under Tags: Google Wallet, Nexus 7. | ...
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Google Wallet moves to the cloud, opens up to all credit and debit cards
Engadget
Today that finally changes with the latest version of Big G's mobile payment system. Now you'll be able to use any credit or debit card you wish, and take them with you from one device to the next. Early versions of the digital wallet used the phones secure ...
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Google Wallet 2.0: The easy way to pay with NFC?
NFC World
When a user conducts a mobile payment, this prepaid card draws on a credit or debit card which the user has previously linked to the card account to fund the purchase. "Since we released the first version of Google Wallet, the app that makes your phone your ...
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Google Wallet now accepts all major credit cards, debit cards
AndroidGuys
Users will be able to remotely disable their mobile wallet app from the web, adding even more peace of mind for the mobile payment option. Of course, the Google Wallet app still uses a password and Google always suggests using a PIN or lock screen on ...
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Gas pump-makers on board with Isis
Mobile Payments Today
The sign at the gas pump may warn you not to use your cellphone lest it spark a hellish conflagration, but Isis, the mobile payment joint venture between Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA and AT&T Mobility, will be encouraging that behavior soon — at least as ...
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The Daily Start-Up: Deutsche Telekom Backs LevelUp, Start-Up With 0% Card ...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
dailystartup_D_20090806101628.jpg Art by Mike Lucas. Deutsche Telekom's venture arm T-Venture is investing in new mobile payment player LevelUp, VentureWire has learned. The $9 million infusion comes as the Boston-based start-up completes its third ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Rebooted Google Wallet now accepts any credit card
Mobile Payments Today
News. Gas pump-makers on board with Isis · Cashless Olympics score low at Wembley stadium · New mobile payment SDK announced by ROAM Data · » View More News. Blogs. Checking in on mobile banking · Triangulation: the three-legged stool of ...
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Google Wallet Goes Cloud, Supports Multiple Credit and Debit Cards [VIDEO]
IBTimes.co.uk
Google Wallet, a popular mobile payment system, has been a handy app that turns the phone into a wallet allowing users to pay for goods through the device. Google has released a new Cloud-based version of Wallet that supports all major credit and debit ...
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Social Mobile Payments: Americas, November 6 – 8 – Miami, FL
Ubergizmo
Social Mobile Payment's Global Appeal: Your input, viewpoint and experience will enhance and fuel solutions that will propel all participants to new heights. The Americas event will concentrate on the simultaneous rise of the three individual aspects; social, ...
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Ubergizmo
Google Wallet now works with all major debit and credit cards
ByteNow
Many devices and carries still struggle with Google Wallet availability, but one of mobile payment's biggest concerns has finally been answered. Now, if only Apple will tell us the real truth for the use of Passbook. We may have some mobile payment ...
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ByteNow
Google Wallet Now Available For All Major Credit Cards
The Inquisitr
My favorite mobile payment platform? The often used Starbucks app on my iPhone 4. Category: Mobile Tags : american express, Discover Card, google, google wallet, Mastercard, Mobile Payments, Smartphone Payments, Visa Posted: August 1, 2012 ...
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The Inquisitr
CreditCall, EMV Academy teams on US EMV migration
Contactless News
The new Chip and PIN-based mobile payment technology offers firms a speedy, secure, and cost effective way to complete financial transactions via smart phones and tablets, boosting cash flow for business both large and small. [end]. Related Articles ...
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Mobile Payments: Can Banks Seize the Moment to Transform Consumer Finance?
Banktech (blog)
... from the 2012 Consumer Payments Survey," IDC Financial Insights found that mobile payments have more than doubled in popularity in the past year, with more than 33 percent of survey respondents reporting that they have made a mobile payment.
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Google Wallet now works with any and all cards
Geek
... next vacation? Not quite yet, but Google is making that more and more possible with updates like this to Google Wallet. Read more about Google Wallet on the Google Commerce Blog. Tags: Android, credit cards, Google, mobile payment, nfc, update, wallet ...
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