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Articles Tagged ‘contactless payments’


How secure are mobile payments?

August 30, 2010

While mobile payments are convenient, consumers could be at risk when mistakes are made by merchants and processors or as a result of fraud.


First Federal Savings Bank enables contactless mobile payments

July 30, 2010

First Federal Savings Bank now offers mobile payments to its customers and local businesses to reduce costs, improve security and enable rewards programs.

Banks should use mobile to improve debit program profitability: study

July 19, 2010

Mobile provides banks with opportunities to improve the profitability of debit programs, yet many are missing out.

Citi Cards launches Citi Shopper inventory information mobile portal

June 17, 2010

Citi Cards has rolled out several mobile services to save time and money for its on-the-go customers.

MobileNow debuts NFC parking payments platform

May 21, 2010

MobileNow launched the first near field communication technology to support contactless mobile payments for all types of metered parking.

Visa lets iPhone users make contactless mobile payments

May 19, 2010

Visa Inc. is letting iPhone users make mobile transactions by waving their handset in front of a contactless payment terminal.

Banks should address mcommerce now and contactless payments later: Study

April 27, 2010

Banks that are pushing to promote contactless payments are focusing on the wrong target and should switch their focus to mobile commerce, according to Ovum.

Contactless payments tipping point is at hand: First Data

March 9, 2010

Contactless mobile payments mean a faster checkout resulting in more revenue from increased throughput and the loyalty of customers who prefer contactless to make purchases.

Inside Contactless releases open-source NFC protocol stack

February 5, 2010

Contactless chip technology provider Inside Contactless is making its Open NFC commercial-grade NFC protocol stack available in a free and open source edition.

NFC will get commercial launch by 2011: Study

January 20, 2010

Near field communication—NFC—will begin to replace traditional wallets and purses starting in 2011, according to research by SJB Research.