Contactless state of play

Contactless business: The state of play

This 22-page white paper from Gemalto presents the findings of research into the adoption of contactless technology by businesses across the UK, Germany and Spain. It also examines attitudes towards this technology and how businesses plan to develop its use in future.

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The Mobile Wallet Report, 11 February 2014

The Mobile Wallet Report, 11 February 2014

A Dutch theme park explains why it is an early adopter of Bluetooth beacons, Starbucks’ CEO outlines his mobile payment vision, and Apple’s chief exec signals interest at iPhone maker’s payments opportunity…

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The Mobile Wallet Report, 6 December 2013

The Mobile Wallet Report, 6 December 2013

Fingerprints, voice prints, palm vein patterns, face recognition and iris scans are all now being tested for verifying a consumer’s identity for payments at the point of sale and to protect access to mobile wallets, online commerce, mobile banking applications, individual apps on a device and physical locations. We take an in-depth look at the latest developments.

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The Mobile Wallet Report, 20 September 2013

The Mobile Wallet Report, 20 September 2013

In this edition of The Mobile Wallet Report we reveal how Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group has signed up the distributors of 90% of China’s vending machines for a sound-based mobile payments rollout; US startup LikeUs Network has unveiled a mobile payment device that plugs into any vending machine to instantly start accepting payments via an app; Barclays has added QR codes to its Pingit mobile payment application; and more…

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Mobile Wallet Market Briefing: PayPal

Mobile Wallet Market Briefing: PayPal

This 42-page report from the NFC World team examines PayPal’s plans for expansion in the international in-store payments market in 2013 and analyses the strengths of the online payments giant’s technical armoury, its vision for a digital wallet in the cloud, its ability to scale at speed and the likelihood of it gaining widespread consumer and merchant acceptance — as well as the possible reasons why the company is so negative about the prospects for NFC.

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