Here comes the world’s #first #virtual #transit #card in #Android Pay, well at least according to #Google and Portland’s #public #transport #operator #TriMet, who teamed up to unveil the Hop Fastpass. TriMet announced today that a group of TriMet C-Tran and Portland Streetcar beta testers can now load this virtual card into Android Pay and […]
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Mobile-first U.K. neobank #Starling #Bank has integrated #Android Pay into its app, allowing Starling customers to use the digital wallet to make mobile payments. Customers can use Android Pay for contactless or “tap and pay” payments, a method that’s becoming steadily more popular in the United Kingdom, as Starling announced on Twitter today: Here it […]
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#WorldRemit now moves 74% of all international #remittances sent to #mobile money accounts. The global money transfer service is connected to one-fifth of all mobile money accounts across the world. Starting today, the company will also start facilitating remittances from the U.S. to more than 112 million (potential) receivers in developing countries via mobile money services (as […]
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#Wells Fargo is bringing #PayPal to the point of sale. The bank’s #mobile #customers will now have the ability to make purchases through the mobile wallet in-store, as well as through mobile and online methods, the bank announced today. #Android Pay announced an agreement with PayPal this morning, which means more #banks should announce PayPal […]
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#Android Pay is heading to the #islands, but not the ones you may be dreaming of on these dreary December days. Instead, Google’s mobile payments platform has landed in #Ireland and #Japan. The mobile payments platform landed on the Emerald Isle on Dec. 2 and is currently live with twoRead More
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It’s a rough year to be an #Android fan: a new #banking Trojan has infected over 200,000 Android devices over the last month, by influencing or pushing users to enter their online or banking credentials into a screen overlaid onto the open app. The Android Trojan is targeting a collectionRead More
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Today #Mastercard announced that it will be partnering with Microsoft, Google, and #Samsung in order to integrate its #Masterpass network with those digital wallets — so users of Google Wallet, #Android Pay, or Samsung Pay can shop online wherever Masterpass is accepted, starting in early 2017. “Once the consumer optsRead More
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Another bank is #live with a digital #wallet. #Wells #Fargo & Co. joins JPMorgan Chase and Capital One in launching a bank-branded mobile payment platform, or digital wallet. These instruments for making transactions via mobile phone are meant to compete with PayPal, which has been abuzz lately with rumors of a possibleRead More
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Google is continuing the expansion of #Android Pay in Asia Pacific after the mobile payments service went live in #Australia today, its most significant launch in the region to date. Read More
#Ally Bank belongs to the “open-wallet camp,” for now. The online bank introduced #Android Pay and #Samsung Pay integration for its debit cards, in addition to the existing Apple Pay option, Ally announced yesterday. The addition of these two #mobile payment services, according to CEO Diane Morais, expands the optionRead More
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