November 20, 2015
Via: itCuratedWith mobile payment platforms slowly but steadily gaining traction — and trust — with consumers, another platform is due to hit the market soon, this time coming from South Korean consumer electronics giant LG. The company is planning to unveil […]
November 9, 2015
Via: itCuratedThe potential vulnerabilities of RFID devices have been described and researched for a while now. Using NFC (Near Field Communication) technologies is one method of accessing RFID-stored data. With the renewed popularity of NFC tech, this type of vulnerabilities deserves […]
October 27, 2015
Via: itCuratedAnyone setting up — or maintaining — an online store faces the issue of PCI compliance. This is a set of standards set down by credit card companies to protect online shoppers from fraud and identity theft. Both problems are […]
October 14, 2015
Via: itCuratedFor Swatch, today’s launch represents a foot in the Chinese payments industry door, but more importantly a head start on Apple, which hopes to market its own touchless solution in Apple Pay on Apple Watch. With its mass appeal and […]
October 8, 2015
Via: itCuratedWhen retail outlets think about a point of sale tablet, they may simply be thinking of a replacement for the clunky, massive, old POS that they purchased a decade ago. It’s important to keep in mind that a POS tablet […]
October 6, 2015
Via: itCuratedMobile payments are slow to catch on among the general population, but early adopters of the Apple Watch are also rapidly adopting Apple Pay, research suggests. Among those who are using Apple Pay, they report it’s making a different in […]
September 30, 2015
Via: itCuratedOn Sept. 1 last year, the website Rescator, known as the “Amazon.com of the black market,” alerted its customers that huge quantities of stolen debit and credit card data would go on sale the next day. “Load your accounts and […]
E-payment & Security, Mobile Commerce
August 18, 2015
Via: itCuratedMillennials are adopting mobile banking at a much higher rate than their parents and grandparents. According to eMarketer’s latest US mobile phone banking usage forecast, nearly 59% of 18-to-34-year-old mobile phone users in the country will access their bank, credit […]
August 17, 2015
Via: itCuratedHeavy lies the crown for any leader in the smartphone market, and Samsung’s plan to stay in the lead is to introduce new phones alongside a new mobile payments system. The South Korean manufacturer introduced two big-screen Galaxy phones on […]
August 12, 2015
Via: itCuratedMobile-money services are growing at a rapid clip in the developing world, but new research suggests many of the apps that give the poor access to banking services have woeful security protections, leaving users exposed to fraud and theft. Computer […]