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Mobile Payments: Samsung To Tackle Africa And Google The App Landscape

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The latest news on mobile payments shows that the big banks are wanting in on the mobile wallet race, but are they already too far back in the pack? Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Finding the right place, at the right pace in a volatile and uncertain mobile marketplace. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. But how far are they willing to go to do their banking on small mobile devices? By Collin Canright. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

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While mint chocolate chip ice-cream might be the way to a foodie’s heart, MintChip digital currency is not the way to a millennial’s mobile wallet, apparently — at least not in Liberty Village, Toronto. South Korea Is Mega Mobile. Korean consumers see no evil in mobile payments. is that Android mobile users in the U.K.

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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Pride events can draw hundreds of thousands of people, and many merchants turn out to meet them, but providing goods in such populated settings can be complicated for those that do not have the right mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) setups to make purchasing quick and convenient. Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride.

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The Connected Car: An Extension Of The Consumer’s Home

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It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The firms are eyeing a confluence of mobile commerce, digital marketing and ease of payments. We call these companion apps,” he said of the mobile conduits, which are gaining traction and being deployed by Frieden’s firm. “So,

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Amid Blockchain And Robotics Hype, Corporate Lenders Still Start With The Cloud

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Take mobile banking, which has propelled the introduction of mobile-only banks to meet demand for better services on smaller screens. In this day and age, we’re in a mobile world, and things move quickly. Consumers demand easy, digital banking, but this pressure for banks to deliver is also coming from corporate clients.

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Can ‘Elective’ Fees Work For Retail Banks?

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Most people like their banks, a built-in advantage for banks and credit unions as they fend off challenges from upstarts, and as more and more financial services get the mobile touch. The last such store closed earlier this year in Boston. Aspiration Results. Only 6 percent are from L.A.,

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