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More banks to offer cloud-based mobile payments with Visa
Visa Inc. Thursday announced it has partnered with several leading financial institutions worldwide to offer new host card emulation-supported mobile payment services. BBVA and Cuscal launched new issuer-branded mobile payment applications for mobile devices that run...
Digital Money
Bitcoin exchange gains access to M-Pesa through acquisition
Australia-based bitcoin exchange igot last week announced its acquisition of Kenya's TagPesa crypto exchange and remittance gateway. In addition, the exchange also was granted access to M-Pesa, giving members the ability to cash out directly from the country's mobile...
Digital Money
Samsung squares up to Apple in m-payments
Korean electronics giant takes a different approach to wallet replacement with LoopPay acquisition.
Apple and Samsung are headed for a showdown in the mobile wallet market after the latter agreed to acquire m-payment specialist LoopPay.
Founded in 2012, U.S.-based LoopPay's solution...
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Think&Go launch the “Bumpp” Connected Screen for smartwatches including the Apple Watch
Following on from their NFC-Connected Screens, T&G broaden the range of possible customer experiences with connected screens by allowing interaction with all connected objects including smartwatches and all smartphones.
Tuesday 7th October 2014 Marseille France –Think&Go (www.thinkandgo-nfc.com ) are launching...
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Facebook policy head says emotion experiments were ‘innovative’
Monika Bickert has defended the site's experimentation, saying it is necessary to ensure the site keeps improving Facebook’s head of policy, Monika Bickert, has claimed that the company's emotion experiments were “innovation” and a necessary part of the research...
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Registration Now Open for Boston App Expo – September 24-26, 2014
Expo marks the New England area's first conference dedicated solely to app development
The conference will be held from September 24th to 26th, 2014 in Boston. Early Bird discounted rates are available until July 20th on the Expo's website for...
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Telecel introduces WhatsApp Bundles to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean operator Telecel is introducing WhatsApp Bundles to allow subscribers to chat and share videos, voice notes and files with anyone on any network without having to worry about running out of data.
To purchase the bundles, subscribers dial *480# or...
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