Mashable has taken a look at the big companies battling to replace your wallet with mobile phone NFC technology.
Tag: mobile
mybarclaycard: Manage Your Barclaycard On Your Mobile
Barclaycard has launched a new mobile service to compliment its mybarclaycard account management tools.
Square Drops Transaction Fees
Today credit-card-payment-on-your-mobile-phone company Square has announced that it is removing its 15 cent per-transaction fee and just levying a flat 2.75% rate on all transactions, on what it calls a “simple revolution”.
Brits “Uncomfortable” With Mobile Payments
Earlier this week the results of some new research was released which concluded that more than half of Brits are uncomfortable with the idea of completing contactless payments with their mobile phones.
Researchers Hack iPhone/iPad Passwords
Researchers have revealed a way of hacking into iPhones and iPads to reveal sensitive data, even for phones using a user passcode.
Starbucks iPhone App Easily Scammed
The Starbucks app enabled payments by iPhone in nearly 7,000 stores in the US (as yet unavailable in the UK), but it has been reported that it is incredibly easy for it to be scammed.
Your Favourite Android Finance Apps
We’d like to hear your recommendations for your favourite finance apps for Android phones.
Contactless Payments Everywhere
A couple of new developments in contactless payment technology have been announced in the UK in last few days.
Intuit Undercutting Square
Yesterday we questioned the $240 million valuation of mobile payment processor Square, and here are a few more reasons to question that value.
Square Worth $240 Million?
Mashable reports that mobile payment processor Square has just raised $27.5m dollars from venture capitalists, reportedly valuing the company at $240 million.