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Friday 25 November 2011
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WorldPay and Diners Club Expand Acceptance Partnership in Europe
WorldPay and Diners Club International (DCI), a business unit of Discover Financial Services, have announced the signing of a merchant acquiring agreement that will increase the acceptance of Discover and Diners Club cards in the U.K. "WorldPay will build on its current relationship by adding Diners Club and Discover as standard options to its portfolio of payments processing services beginning in early 2012, in time for the summer Olympic Games in London."
Hands Free Payment
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Square Tweaks Mobile Payments — Now Hands-Free!
With mobile payments, we’ve seen the tap, the swipe, the passcode and all sorts of other innovations.
But in this game of one-upmanship, Square has thrown down the gauntlet by announcing this morning that it has made the payment process hands-free.
The San Francisco company, which was recently valued at $1 billion, said it has made it as easy to pay as saying your name.
A new version of its application, called Card Case, will leverage geo-fencing capabilities in Apple’s latest operating system update for the iPhone. The technology will identify when a person is within 100 meters of a favorite merchant.
Square’s Director of Products Megan Quinn explains that when a shopper is within range, a tab at that establishment will automatically open — without that person ever touching his or her iPhone. Once the user places an order and goes to pay, all they have to do is give their name.
The merchant will see on its iPad that a tab has been opened in that person’s name from inside the Square app.
Once a customer gets outside of the 100-meter range again, the tab will automatically close, whether a transaction was conducted or not. In theory, this means it would only be open for a few minutes if the shopper simply walked by a coffee shop and didn’t stop.
In addition to having to have an iPhone with the latest operating system, the consumer will also have to designate shopping establishments at which tabs could be automatically opened.
Since Square opened it up eight weeks ago, 20,000 merchants nationwide have joined the Card Case app’s directory.
In May, Square unveiled its mobile payments strategy for small retailers, including the iPhone and Android applications for consumers and the iPad software for merchants. Before that, it had focused primarily on allowing small businesses to accept credit cards using a swipe accessory plugged into a smartphone’s headphone jack.
Quinn said the most obvious benefits to the new features are speed and ease of use; however, there’s a more touchy-feely reason, too. “We’ve removed the artifacts from the experience, so it’s about the interaction between the merchant and the customers.”
In other words, it’s like walking into Cheers, where everybody knows your name.
But in this game of one-upmanship, Square has thrown down the gauntlet by announcing this morning that it has made the payment process hands-free.
The San Francisco company, which was recently valued at $1 billion, said it has made it as easy to pay as saying your name.
A new version of its application, called Card Case, will leverage geo-fencing capabilities in Apple’s latest operating system update for the iPhone. The technology will identify when a person is within 100 meters of a favorite merchant.
Square’s Director of Products Megan Quinn explains that when a shopper is within range, a tab at that establishment will automatically open — without that person ever touching his or her iPhone. Once the user places an order and goes to pay, all they have to do is give their name.
The merchant will see on its iPad that a tab has been opened in that person’s name from inside the Square app.
Once a customer gets outside of the 100-meter range again, the tab will automatically close, whether a transaction was conducted or not. In theory, this means it would only be open for a few minutes if the shopper simply walked by a coffee shop and didn’t stop.
In addition to having to have an iPhone with the latest operating system, the consumer will also have to designate shopping establishments at which tabs could be automatically opened.
Since Square opened it up eight weeks ago, 20,000 merchants nationwide have joined the Card Case app’s directory.
In May, Square unveiled its mobile payments strategy for small retailers, including the iPhone and Android applications for consumers and the iPad software for merchants. Before that, it had focused primarily on allowing small businesses to accept credit cards using a swipe accessory plugged into a smartphone’s headphone jack.
Quinn said the most obvious benefits to the new features are speed and ease of use; however, there’s a more touchy-feely reason, too. “We’ve removed the artifacts from the experience, so it’s about the interaction between the merchant and the customers.”
In other words, it’s like walking into Cheers, where everybody knows your name.
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Visa rewards it's cardholders
Shopkick Rewards Visa Cardholders When and Where they Shop
Visa and shopkick have announced that cardholders can now qualify for valuable rewards just for paying with Visa. Shopkick now lets mobile users earn more redeemable kicks by choosing to link their eligible Visa debit or credit card into its new Buy & Collect program and then making qualifying purchases at participating shopkick merchants with the linked card. Shopkick users have the option to earn more rewards while shopping in their favorite stores and merchants can increase sales and better measure the effectiveness of their location-based marketing efforts.Through Visa’s real-time messaging platform, shopkick merchants can also offer Visa cardholders rewards visiting and browsing in a store, as well as making qualifying purchases while they are in the store.
Monday 21 November 2011
Africa leads the way in NFC
Read 'Why Africa has NFC-free mobile payments today, and we're still waiting' on Digital Trends. Visa's new prepaid mobile payment service lets people pay each other, buy and sell online, and spend money anywhere that accepts...
Google Merges
Google Checkout is Transitioning to Google Wallet
Google has announced on their blog that they are merging their two wallets (Google Checkout online and Google Wallet in phone) into a single wallet that can be used online from your computer and used in-store with your phone.Ingenico scores a point against Verifone
Renewal of @Ingenico and #Nets Partnership for the Nordic Region - http://t.co/Mm2v2Lxqingenico Renewal of @Ingenico and #Nets Partnership for the Nordic Region - http://t.co/Mm2v2Lxq
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