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Security missteps could thwart mobile banking
For years, people have been warning about cyber threats involving handheld devices. It's become a perennial issue, one that mobile enthusiasts sometimes do not take seriously enough, despite the best efforts of mobile security vendors.
Mobile financial brands loom large
Clear's Brand Desire Study for 2012 has found that Paypal--which has huge ambitions in the offline transactions market as well as the online market--has "achieved an unprecedented placing of 23rd most desirable brand in the country."
Card security: Time for an on-off switch
Credit card security has ratcheted up as an issue all over again.
Visa pushes ahead with NFC-enabled phones
The NFC movement continues to heat up, though the near-term prognosis remains a bit murky. Visa has moved forward with its NFC efforts, announcing that some smartphones are now equipped with the...
Banks get nod for mobile payments protection
Big consumer banks have taken heat recently in the court of public opinion. The debit card fee fiasco was merely the capstone on a disastrous year marked by lots of controversy over their shoddy
Start-up offers alternative to swipe fee
One of the big questions in the mobile payments derby is whether any companies will be able to create a truly viable alternative payment system--one that could infringe on the main payments networks
Mobile payments looming opportunity for banks
We've noted on several occasions that banks would be wise to play a stronger leadership role in the frenzied race to develop next-generation payment services. They would be well-served to be more
Google, Verizon skirmish signals future disputes
So what to make of the skirmishing between Google and Verizon over the Google Wallet and the Galaxy Nexus on the Verizon 4G LTE network? There's a tendency to place a whole lot of significance into
Google folds initial Checkout service
These are times of wondrous investment and innovation in the mobile payments industry. We're in the initial stages of an all-out war for the future of consumer payments, one that's engulfing top
Multiple digital wallet standards to thrive?
We've suggested on several occasions that there may not be a single winner in the mobile payments sweepstakes. While we tend to cover this exciting field as a horse race, it does not appear likely
