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Do We Even Need NFC For Mobile Payments? PayPal, Google Weigh In (Video)
If you tried to judge whether NFC mobile payments are ready for prime time — based on the amount of chatter you hear in your newsfeed — you’d think the contactless technology was on the brink of ubiquitous adoption. Nothing could be further from the truth. While it’s true there are other applications for NFC (data collection, advertising, check in, etc), according to Forrester , even those methods are still in “trial and discovery” mode.
Mobile Payments Startup Beamit Raises $2.4M From Founder’s Co-op, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt & Others
Mobile payments platform Beamit , which focuses on international money transfers between the U.S. and developing markets, has just closed a $2.4 million seed round led by Founder’s Co-op , with participation from Bezos Expeditions (the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos), TomorrowVentures (the investment vehicle for Eric Schmidt) and a small group of angel investors.AisleBuyer , makers of a virtual shopping assistant app that lets in-store customers bypass checkout lines by paying directly on their mobile phone, has been acquired by Intuit.
Intuit Acquires Mobile Payments Company AisleBuyer, Will Integrate Into GoPayment, POS Solutions
Braintree , an online payments gateway provider, is hoping to make it easier for developers to start integrating payments immediately. For background, Braintree powers and automates online and mobile payments for merchants and companies online. The company provides a merchant account, payment gateway, recurring billing, credit card storage, support for mobile and international payments, and PCI Compliance solutions.
Braintree Wants To Make It Easier For Developers To Integrate Online Payments
With $1M And An Alpha, Leaf Aims To Overhaul The Payments Experience For Local Merchants
Leaf , a Cambridge-based startup, is aiming to make the experience of paying in a shop more modern with paperless receipts for customers and transaction data in the cloud for merchants. Backed with $1 million in seed funding, the company just kicked off an alpha with more than a dozen merchants in Boston.
Google has had a few teething problems with its ambitious mobile payments service Google Wallet, but it is also putting some money down to get it on the right track.
Google Buys TxVia, Banks On Better Payment Technology (And 100M Customers) For Google Wallet
On-demand black car service Uber is making it easier for new users to sign up for rides, thanks to its newly-announced Card.io integration.
Uber Simplifies Sign Up Process: Just Hold Up Your Credit Card & You’re In!
PayPal Debuts Tiered Suite Of Online, Offline And Mobile Payments Options For Small Businesses
As we heard over the past few months, PayPal is ramping up its payments options for large and small merchants.
YC-backed Tagstand , a company intent on helping make NFC more of a mainstream technology, is rebooting its Android app, NFC Task Launcher with a whole new feature set and user interface. The app was already one of the top NFC-based utilities in the Android Market Google Play store before coming under Tagstand’s control recently, when the app’s creator joined the team.
Tagstand Relaunches NFC Task Launcher App, Makes NFC Way Less Geeky
Card Case Adds More Merchant Discovery, Social Features To iOS And Android; Becomes ‘Pay With Square’
Square’s consumer-focused loyalty and mobile payments app Card Case, which debuted in 2011, has been pushing the envelope when it comes to the future of payments, allowing for hands-free, location-based payments, emailed receipts and more.
C’est à l’occasion du forum Dimo, qui s’est déroulé le 20 mars à Lyon, que Laurent Sautré, responsable cartes commerciales chez BNP Paribas a révélé l’arrivée de la technologie de paiement sans contact intégré dans la carte corporate de la BNP.
Exclusif : La BNP va intégrer le NFC à sa carte corporate avant la fin de cette année
Paypal présente sa solution de paiement mobile : Paypal Here
Pour concurrencer Square, PayPal vient d’annoncer PayPal Here , il s’agit d’une application de paiement (iOS et Android) qui fonctionne grâce à un dongle externe branché à la sortie jack 3,5mm de votre téléphone et qui intègre un petit lecteur de cartes.Geode regroupera et sécurisera toutes vos cartes de crédit La société iCache vient d’inventer un concept qui risque de faire un tabac, il se présente sous la forme d’un accessoire pour votre iPhone qui vous permettra de regrouper toutes vos cartes de crédit et de les sécuriser en une seule carte !
Geode regroupera et sécurisera toutes vos cartes de crédit
Apple vient de se voir accorder un nouveau brevet intéressant faisant référence à iWallet, une solution de paiement NFC (Near Field Contact), pour iPhone . L’idée est simple pouvoir payer via son iPhone sans forcément de contact, le tout connecté à iTunes permettant de gérer les transactions. D’autres fonctionnalités associées seront aussi disponibles mais reste à voir quand puisqu’Apple n’a fait aucun communiqué allant dans ce sens !