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Global mobile payments to top $171 bn: survey

Worldwide mobile payments are expected to top $171.5 billion in 2012, a 61.9 percent increase from 2011, a research report said Tuesday.

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created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that's the opinion of the electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers that expect cellphones to be the main way consumers pay ...

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Mobile industry champions paying with phones

Paying with a mobile phone is gradually become a reality for consumers, with banks, telecommunications operators and Internet players all jumping in to offer payment options.

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created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Smartphones wallets going mainstream: survey

Using smartphones or tablets as digital "wallets" will be common within a decade, largely replacing cash and credit cards, according to a Pew Research survey released on Tuesday.

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cellphone trade show kicks off in New Orleans

(AP) -- CTIA Wireless, the U.S. cellphone phone industry's annual trade show that starts Tuesday, is drawing heavy participation not just from the cellphone industry, but from MasterCard, Visa, and other companies in the ...

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google opening smartphone wallets (Update)

Google opened its smartphone wallet to the public on Monday.

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created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Mobile payments first step in merging phones, keys, wallets into one device

You're in the checkout line ready to pay for the items in your shopping cart.

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created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google unveils smartphone pay service, PayPal sues

Google Inc. hopes to nudge consumers and merchants into a world where the smartphone has replaced the wallet as the container for credit cards, coupons and receipts.

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created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Small businesses turn to Square for credit transactions

Cabbie David Mendoza reached for his iPhone and plugged in a spiffy Square Reader to process a ride's fare.

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google turning smartphones into wallets: source

Google on Thursday will launch a mobile payment platform that lets people use smartphones to pay at shops as easily as they use a credit card, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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created May 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Google gets into local bargain game with Offers

Google on Wednesday will begin testing an Offers service that delivers local bargains to smartphone "wallets" in a challenge to online bargain hot spot Groupon.

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created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PayPal letting Google phones swap cash

Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.

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created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nokia says Apple to pay royalties, ending patent disputes

The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Tuesday its competitor Apple had agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending all of their ongoing patent disputes.

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created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google to set up a mobile payment system this year?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile payment is an arrangement that has a lot of potential to make your life easier, but it also has a lot of potential to create issues with identity theft. That is why when a new company ...

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

eBay buying Zong for $240 million

PayPal owner eBay said Thursday that it has agreed to buy mobile payments provider Zong for $240 million in cash.

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created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0