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Samsung Pay And PayPal Power In-Store Payments

PYMNTS

Using NFC mobile wallets in stores has seen lackluster adoption despite their slick and convenient user experience. Digital wallets are only as convenient as they are useful, and as a form factor substitute for plastic cards, consumers don’t feel they’re much of either. Sang Ahn, VP and general manager of Samsung Pay U.S.

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Mastercard Rolls Out Support Of Samsung Pay In UAE

PYMNTS

Mastercard announced Tuesday (April 4) that Mastercard cardholders from select banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will now be able use the Samsung Pay service to make payments in a quick and secure way. Mastercard said it has been actively driving contactless payments in the market.

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Mastercard: Inside The Samsung Pay ‘Super Card’

PYMNTS

The New Samsung Pay Card . As digital payments and digital commerce have expanded their penetration among consumers and merchants alike, the greater usage is pushing the pace of innovation in the segment. In a typical digital-wallet offering, one registers their card credentials into the wallet directly.

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7-Eleven’s Chief Digital Officer On The Launch Of ‘Scan & Pay’

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The mobile payment offering comes as 7-Eleven has been heavily investing in innovation across different avenues, testing augmented reality, artificial intelligence and new payment methods, such as Amazon Cash. We are enabling our customers to control their in-store experience.

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The Mobile Banking and Payments Summit – Impressions from Day 2

Celent Banking

There’s still plenty of fragmentation in the market : Android is an open system utilizing Host Card Emulation (HCE), while Apple is a closed system using a secure element. While the system is safer than traditional cards, the perception that it’s less safe is keeping many users from adopting it.

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Big Tech’s Big Shadow Over FIs

PYMNTS

If issuers and banks don’t do that, he said, Apple, Google, Samsung and a whole host of Big Tech players are ready to step in and do so — taking away FI customers in the process. Narayan said it helps to start by picking the right jumping-off point — card relationships. Perfecting The Card Relationship.

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Finovate’s 2015 Best of Show Winners Give Something to Tweet About

Fintech Labs Insights

December: Mentioned in KPMG’s H2 Ventures Fintech 100 report as one of the 50 Global Fintech Innovators to watch. eToro : showed its innovations in social trading and investing for Generation Y. March: Wins the Anti-Fraud/Security category at the FinTech Innovation Awards. December: Ciright One Purchases Stratos Card.