The Mobile Payments Revolution
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
April 18, 2013
2012 saw some major leaps forward for the payments industry. Between Square, PayPal, Google Wallet, Isis, LevelUp and MCX, the mobile payment wars have just started to get exciting. This report from Merchant Warehouse will provide you with an up-to-date overview of the current...
Google Wallet
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
January 16, 2013
Google Wallet is a mobile payment system, first demonstrated in May 2011 and released in September of that year, that allows users to store credit and debit card information and make payments through near field communication (NFC) technology. Through the MasterCard PayPass...
Is There a Mobile Wallet Race, or Is It Really About Data?
Dan Dufault | VIEW PROFILE
September 14, 2012
As Google, ISIS, Visa, Sprint and dozens of others dominate media coverage around mobile wallets and their adoption via near-field communication (NFC) technology, thousands gathered around their computers, tablets and smartphones on Wednesday, September 12th to hear whether or...
Mobile Payments and Consumer Security Concerns
Marc Castrechini | VIEW PROFILE
August 29, 2012
Security breaches continue to impact American consumers. Whether it’s credit card fraud, the hacking of a major national retailer, or compromised social network passwords, security of personal information is an ongoing concern. It’s estimated that more than 30 percent of...
What are Mobile Payments?
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
August 22, 2012
Mobile payments are a new form of transaction that uses mobile devices to make payments from a user’s bank account or credit card account. Mobile payments require both a software and hardware component to operate. The software component of a mobile payment system includes a...
Mobile Payments: Big Names Converging
Dan Dufault | VIEW PROFILE
August 8, 2012
Forecasts for mobile payments, including digital and physical goods, mobile money transfers, and NFC transactions are expected to nearly triple from 2012 to 2015, growing from $240 billion to $670 billion, according to Juniper Research. Companies like Starbucks have already...
Google Wallet – A Look Inside
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
August 1, 2012
Google Wallet is an application ‘app’ available from the Android Market. The Google Wallet app was officially released in September of 2011 but adoption has been slow, leading them to recently rethink their original strategy. Anyone that has a mobile phone with the app...
Is 'Being Google' enough to jump start adoption of the new wallet?
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
June 6, 2011
Since the release of the Google Wallet last week many industry experts and analysts have honed in on the idea that “being Google” is just not enough to make mobile payments become mainstream, but it could get the attention of the mainstream. And we concur. One of the...
We've got the goods for Google
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
June 3, 2011
Over the past week we’ve seen a flurry of activity in the media focusing on Google’s announcement of the Google Wallet.Here at Merchant Warehouse we’ve also had the opportunity to discuss this topic with some of the reporters in the Payment and IT industries.The...
Google Wallet is here! Do we care?
Markiyan Malko | VIEW PROFILE
May 27, 2011
When you want to look up a restaurant or dry cleaner in your area most people just “Google” it. Well, if all goes according to what we’re hearing, you may be able to pay for your dinner and freshly pressed trousers by just “Googling” them as well. Google announced Google...