Earlier this week it was reported that Apple Pay – Apple’s burgeoning contactless payment system – has already been hit by nefarious individuals looking to take advantage of a process that was touted for its high level of security. It seems that industrious fraudsters have discovered a way to use stolen credit card numbers and personal information […]
Apple Pay Gets Boost with Priceless Surprises from Gwen Stefani and MasterCard Ad
In spite of the glitches, skepticism, and flak associated with Apple Pay, the company has high hopes for the technology. It’s not like that Apple is a stranger to glitches after all; and at the end of the day, they somehow turn things around. The latest effort to push Apple Pay is the combination of […]
Intuit Beats Square to the Punch
[Image via Engadget] I really like the crew at Square. I’ve written about one of their founders in a magazine, and about them here multiple times. But it’s just not as out there as it could be yet, and I know I haven’t received my reader yet. And although excuses about manufacturing problems and underwriting […]
Would You Use Your iPhone as a Credit Card?
It was all over the news yesterday: Apple hired a new guy, and as it turns out, his specialty is mobile payment systems. Huh. From the New York Times: As first reported by Near Field Communications World, a trade publication, Apple recently hired Benjamin Vigier, an expert in the mobile payments industry who works with a […]
Square and the iPad
Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid I’ve been a believer in Square products since the first time I heard about them. I interviewed Jack Dorsey – creator of Twitter and co-founder of Square – once for a magazine I used to write for, and not only was he a personable guy, but he sold […]
