Payments

Another piece of the puzzle is falling into place for mobile wallet solution Isis, which this week revealed a list of retailers it is partnering with, including Macy’s, Foot Locker and Jamba Juice.

NEW ORLEANS – A Citi executive at the International CITI Wireless 2012 conference said that in order for the mobile wallet to succeed, it has to be simple, ubiquitous and compelling.

NEW ORLEANS – A Visa executive at the International CTIA Wireless 2012 conference said that there is no doubt that in the near future digital wallet services will fundamentally transform commerce and change the way consumers pay for goods and services.

MasterCard is the latest company to throw its hat into the ring for digital payments with a new suite of services intended to simplify the use of making purchases on smartphones.

SAN DIEGO – A Dell executive at the Mobile Shopping Spring Summit said that consumers do not care what form mobile payments take as long as it is simple.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is rolling out a new mobile ticketing service, giving commuters a way to purchase and display rail tickets on their smartphones.

Barclays is giving customers a way to pay for small purchases with their mobile phones at a variety of merchant and transit locations.

Several food trucks in the Los Angeles area are using a new mobile payments app so that customers can easily place orders and pay for them without having to wait in line.

Barclays person-to-person mobile payments application Pingit was download more than 400,000 times in the first eight weeks following its February launch.

Intuit is extending its mobile commerce strategy with a new deal to acquire shopping application AisleBuyer.