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EMV, NFC go hand in hand

We're in the midst of some interesting rollouts that point toward the future of mobile technologies.

Card security: Time for an on-off switch

Credit card security has ratcheted up as an issue all over again.

Opponents eye PayPal security issues

The great race for the future of mobile transactions ranks as one of the great business stories of the year.

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...

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

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

MasterCard, mFoundry give banks another NFC option

We tend to see the race for NFC-based payment solutions in terms of telco-controlled ISIS vs. Google. If you view the race in such terms, you have to ask: Where the heck are the banks? ISIS has not

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

Transactions innovation: EMV, NFC and potential confusion

We're seeing an explosion in innovation when it comes to mobile transactions. New point-of-sale approaches are coming online soon, as are new P2P methods. In some ways, you could say we're in the

PayPal card aims for brick-and-mortar transactions

There was moment when ISIS, the telco-led consortium, seemed ready to usher in a whole new payments paradigm that would compete with the top card networks. But it quickly shifted its model in more