The mobile payments/digital wallet drama now unfolding is fascinating for three reasons: First, paying with your mobile phone …
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Walmart, Target Challenge Google, Square as Mobile Payments Heat Up
Retail titans like Walmart, Target and Best Buy are challenging tech upstarts like Google, Paypal and Square for advantage as the mobile payments space heats up.
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Money Talking: How Safe Are Money Market Funds?
What is the most vulnerable part of the financial system today? Who owns your mobile data? For answers to these questions and a look ahead at the most interesting business news, check out WNYC’s Money Talking. Listen below:
On Square, Biohazards, Biting and the Psychology of Money
The deal announced this week between Square and Starbucks is exciting but worrisome. Square streamlines the transactions that define our everyday economic lives — just say your name and you’ve paid. Partnering with the coffee …
Why Smartphones Won’t Be Replacing Wallets Anytime Soon
For quite some time, we’ve heard that smartphones will replace wallets. Instead of using cash or plastic, the day will come, likely soon, when consumers will simply wave, tap, or swipe their phones for payment. While there are …
Would You Buy Stuff at a Garage Sale With a Credit Card?
Every summer, phone poles fill up with colorful fliers advertising events like garage sales, flea markets and bake sales. But this year, you’re more likely than ever to pay with plastic for that tchotchke or cupcake. A new study …
PayPal Makes a Play for Small Businesses With ‘Here’
PayPal, a division of EBay, is making a play at small merchants with the introduction of its new “Here” device, which enables small businesses to accept both PayPal account numbers and major credit cards using nothing more …
Salvation Army Bell Ringers Now Take Credit Cards
While you’ll still hear the Salvation Army’s jingling bells this year, you may hear less change jangling into its red collection buckets.
New Tool Uses Webcams to ‘Read’ Credit Cards
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about mobile payments technologies like Square, a little white box that plugs into an iPhone and essentially turns it into a credit card processing tool. Small business owners and entrepreneurs …
