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OCTOBER 13, 2016

NanoPay is finding that for mobile payments to take off, even among early adopters, using a phone to pay must be much more rewarding and convenient than tapping a card. Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. Meanwhile, consumers in Asia have no such qualms, while the U.S. is mired in cybersecurity anxieties.

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JULY 27, 2018

That’s the thinking behind a deal announced on July 26 with mobile wallet provider CARDFREE that gives the chain a “perpetual license to the software used to build and operate the (Dunkin’) mobile ordering and payment platform.”. million users) and Samsung Pay (9.9 This year, 23.4 That puts it slightly ahead of the 22.0 Google Pay (11.1

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AUGUST 31, 2016

The same goes for strategic buyers, who operate within an industry and have an interest in snapping up competitors, with an eye on bolting on new technologies or gleaning the expertise of certain management or development teams. But ease of use and what Rich termed a “plug-and-play” method of adoption become important. “We

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Many of these machines are outfitted with electronic payments and not only the traditional debit and credit cards” but also alternative forms of payments, from Apple Pay to Samsung Pay, said Lawlor. The era of having “to rummage around for coins and dollar bills to make a purchase is long gone.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 – and the birth of the apps ecosystem a year later in 2008 –inspired an entirely new class of innovators, stating the 2010s with a brand-new toolkit. There are Pays courtesy of mobile operating systems, like iOS/Apple and Android/Google and Samsung.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

Physical credit and debit card acceptance to, more recently, accepting payment via digital wallets, such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay, now expand those possibilities. And integrate promotions and loyalty and rewards programs with each purchase, any way that the vending machine operator would like to use it. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 – and the birth of the apps ecosystem a year later in 2008 –inspired an entirely new class of innovators, starting the 2010s with a brand-new toolkit. There are Pays courtesy of mobile operating systems, like iOS/Apple and Android/Google and Samsung.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

As more banks, industries, companies and even retail brands take on and use blockchain technology in their business, there are the enhanced and innate elements of efficiency and security. “A In addition to lower operating costs, this will reduce the ‘settlement risks’ and hence capital involved in that transaction.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Of Merchant Link’s own client base, Carcillo said half are brand-name businesses, while the other half are smaller businesses, storefronts or franchisees. That’s the number of Merchant Link customers that are asking about contactless payment — with the operative word being “asking.”

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JANUARY 17, 2018

As such, when consumers do connect with a customer care agent, the calls are more meaningful and complex, according to Gary Praznik, senior vice president and chief operating officer of call center manager iQor. For iQor, that means taking steps to secure its own operations. Securing the Call.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

Walmart Pay released its six-month report card , with some pretty interesting stats: ubiquity at all 4,600+ stores, high usage, high repeat usage, rave reviews from their users and a growing crop of brand evangelists that, Walmart Pay execs say, have become an effective recruiting engine. Walmart Pay. Woot, woot! The workhorse?

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The companies on our list operate across industries including healthcare, cybersecurity, transportation, and more. Company Description: NuCom is a German company with a portfolio of consumer and lifestyle brands including eharmony, Parship, Flaconi, and Amorelie. Select Investors: KKR, Samsung Ventures, Summit Partners.

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MAY 20, 2016

The most well-known use case typically takes place within app stores, think Google Play, where users can make in-app game purchases or buy movies or music, without having to go through the painstaking process of entering payment card details on their phone. Why would someone want to do that? consumers) find the same success in the U.S.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Combined, these 31 European startups have raised more than $21B in total funding, and operate across industries including fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, and more. Company Description: This UK-based company operates data centers in Europe and Asia. Auto1 Group now has operations in more than 30 countries. Global Switch.

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OCTOBER 29, 2016

Apple is the richest “family” in the neighborhood, and its taste is so legendarily good that it’s literally sued its neighbors over in the (recently on fire) Samsung House to prevent it from copying the design. PayPal is happy to invite its issuer-branded cards in the house to have a seat at the head of the dining room table.

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JULY 22, 2016

In fact, Visa cardholders won’t be pushed to sign on for ACH – at account signup, Visa cards and ACH will be presented as more or less equal options (in the spirit of giving consumers choice) and any Visa cardholder with an ACH account will be given an opportunity to work with their bank to flip it the other way to a Visa-branded debit product.

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NCR

DECEMBER 18, 2015

The service works with any Apple or Android device, at any checkout lane, and with any major credit, debit, pre-paid or Walmart gift card. Samsung Pay has a variation on that platform too, with the support of the global electronics conglomerate. As we all know, that market is already crowded.

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NCR

JULY 11, 2016

More than 100 African mobile operators have launched mobile money services, such as Kenya’s M-Pesa, which has been around since 2007. The major attraction to consumers of this service is that it’s free to use for a Venmo preloaded account, a US bank account or debit card.

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NCR

JULY 29, 2016

That’s far ahead of nearest competitor Samsung, which has maybe 16 percent, and Lenovo with 9 percent. But rather than dwell on competitive brands, we should focus on the category instead. That in turn will likely follow the development of a better operating system than the one in place, which is an early iteration.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Last week, the launch of Apple’s subscription news aggregator, its streaming content challenger and the Apple Card is more of the same old, same old: Apple playing “follow the leader” from way behind, instead of being the leader. Then there’s the Apple Card, now one of literally hundreds of co-branded credit cards in the market.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay, Chase Pay, Walmart Pay, Kohl’s Pay, Citi Pay, CVS Pay, Amazon Pay – over the course of about 36 months, the world went from having no “Pays” (well, except for PayPal) to a Pay for every day of the week. For a minute, it seemed as though the proliferation of “Pays” was slowing down. Target Pay .

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

In truth, these everyday apps don’t have to do everything – but to be effective, they must eliminate the friction associated with jumping among the slew of apps with cards on file that consumers use today to get things done, or to fill the gaps in access that exist. In fact, it’s already happening. The Super App-Fueled Shift.

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JULY 27, 2016

Advancing technologies have made it possible to perform all the payments you need from the tap of a mobile device or the swipe of a card. DipJar is a combined hardware and software service platform that enables impulsive and on-the-spot giving using payment cards. Whatley said the company has Samsung Pay in the works.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The Crystal City, Virginia HQ2 plans are still underway, as are plans for a new operations hub in Nashville. Kroger Pay is one of the few mobile wallets that pairs loyalty and payment,” said Mary Ellen Adcock, the group VP of operations at Kroger. Many of those schemes have either fizzled and died, or are today found sputtering.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

True, the growth may be tepid, but during a deflationary environment, the firm has been grabbing the benefits of lower merchant fees post its switch from Amex to Citigroup via co-branded cards. All the better to showcase Google’s clean and now well-seasoned mobile operating system.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Presenter Profile: How they describe themselves: AI Foundry uses AI and user-guided machine learning to transform enterprise operations by integrating information, people and processes. Fiserv & Samsung , fiserv.com @Fiserv @Samsung. Good job AI Foundry! Demo video will be available soon. Finastra ( www.finastra.com ).

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2017

These large tech companies are betting on a variety of strategies for deploying VR and AR—some are focused solely on smartphones as the display, while others are developing hardware and software for high-performance headsets that require PCs and graphics cards to run. SAMSUNG DOMINATES MOBILE VR VIA GEAR VR.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

That means our focus in payments should be about swapping out mobile phones for plastic cards at the point of sale inside the store — right? Those are also the same things that most people couldn’t care less about being a name brand, meaning it’s not just the grocery stores that are singing the blues. Then, there’s fuel.

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MAY 23, 2016

Mobile wallets have been pitched as digital containers that can hold the proverbial kitchen sink of payments cards, loyalty and offers. As a result, we’re seeing them opening their networks to developers to enable payment using their branded card products, and enabling a wide variety of mobile wallets that are in the market today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Consumers were about to ditch their cards for the wonder of phone-based payments, according to our tracked data this year, but when consumers stepped up to the physical POS, they used a plastic card more than 90 percent of the time. Even if they happen to issue those cards. The Card Is The Competition.

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JUNE 17, 2020

Meanwhile, brands that were already virtual-first have seen dramatic increases in adoption during the crisis. Sales of the interactive at-home fitness brand Mirror doubled in the weeks following Covid-19’s arrival in the US. VR has also helped businesses across industries keep operations running.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Ultimately, the use cases for a transparent, verifiable register of transaction data are practically endless — especially since blockchain operates through a decentralized platform requiring no central supervision, while still remaining resistant to fraud. Payments and money transfers. Cybersecurity. Networking and IoT. image credit: IBM.

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