Tag Archives: mobile payment

Paytouch lets your fingerprints make purchases, hopes to expand into Europe and America next year

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The business of commerce is alive and well, and while there’s far too much noise for anyone to stand on the mobile side, Paytouch is hoping to add a new wrinkle on the conventional end. The Barcelona-based outfit was on hand here at The Next Web C…


T-Mobile Readies SIM Card Release For ISIS Mobile Wallet System

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With the announcement yesterday that the mobile payment program ISIS has been pushed back into October, T-Mobile is still continuing to make preparations for the platform launch in both Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah. ISIS head of mark…


Isis’ NFC mobile payments delayed past September target

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Isis must have spoken too soon. Just days after the alliance committed to launching its mobile payment system in September, its marketing lead Jaymee Johnson has warned FierceMobileContent that the rollout won’t make the promised summer target. The d…


T-Mobile Joins With Other National Carriers To Form Mobile Payments Committee

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The use of mobile payments in the “real world” still seems a long way off, but a newly formed group calling itself the Mobile Payments Committee hopes to make some real progress in the field. The group includes all four major US ca…


MasterCard and T-Mobile to bring NFC payments to Europe in Q3 (video)

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Poland and Germany could be the next two countries to get smartphone payments, powered by MasterCard and Deutsche Telekom. The SIM-based NFC solution will utilize the US bank’s ClickandBuy service for processing and will be available to T-Mobile cust…


PayPal lines up 15 retailers for mobile payments, will let you buy Jamba Juice smoothies with a smartphone

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Although PayPal’s mobile payment system started out small with a Home Depot deal, that snowball is quickly rolling itself into a boulder. Starting next month, 15 extra US retailers will be happy to see you slap down your smartphone (not literally, we…


Isis bolsters its mobile wallet with American Express cards

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The carrier-backed Isis mobile payment service added a batch of new financial partners earlier this year, and it’s now back with another fairly big addition. The venture announced today that it has brought American Express’ various credit card offeri…


Mobile Miscellany: week of April 2nd, 2012

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Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, CyanogenMod gained a new logo, Google acquired a mobile payments company and we lea…


Bump Pay lets you tap a friend for cash

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Taking cues from an ING Direct app that used its API, Bump Technologies has developed its own version of the mobile payments software, enabling phone-to-phone “Bump” transactions using PayPal. Yes, PayPal. That minor processing detail aside, the servi…


Square gets a few more Chinese clones, Jack Dorsey may or may not be flattered

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Never mind what PayPal has just unveiled today — look at these mobile phone credit card readers from China instead. If you ask Square CEO Jack Dorsey, we’re sure he’ll have to a thing or two to say about these familiar-looking dongles (and not to men…