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  Pitt researchers' NFC and RFID cards feature a touch-sensitive on / off switch

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 19, 2012 12:09 pm + 13 comments

  Before all of the security worries around Google Wallet, the original concern over NFC and RFID Continue reading…

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  Google Wallet reassures customers of safety, turns off prepaid card provisioning

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 11, 2012 06:39 pm + 33 comments

  Following discoveries that both rooted and stock Android phones are vulnerable to attack, vice Continue reading…

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  Card.io mobile payment app lets iOS, Android users scan a credit card for funds (hands-on)

  By Chris Welch on January 19, 2012 07:42 pm + 9 comments

  It's getting easier and easier to make and receive payments on-the-go as of late: iOS users can pick Continue reading…

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  Card.io mobile payments app hands-on

  on January 19, 2012 01:56 pm

  Card.io has just launched its consumer-targeted mobile payments app on iOS and Android, and these Continue reading…

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  Visa lists payWave-certified smartphones

  By T.C. Sottek on January 10, 2012 11:19 pm + 5 comments

  NFC technology isn't as big in the US as it is in other regions, so it's probably not clear to the Continue reading…

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  Google Wallet leaves sensitive data unencrypted and accessible, says security firm

  By Bryan Bishop on December 13, 2011 05:32 am + 67 comments

  ViaForensics conducted a recent study on Google Wallet, discovering that while the electronic Continue reading…

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  Salvation Army to outfit bell ringers with Square readers

  By Eddie Fu on November 16, 2011 10:09 pm + 14 comments

  With Google Wallet still getting off the ground, mobile company Square has used its head start Continue reading…

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  Intel and MasterCard to bring PayPass to Ultrabooks

  By Dante D'Orazio on November 14, 2011 12:31 pm + 4 comments

  It looks like the days of propping up your credit card on your keyboard are numbered, thanks to a Continue reading…

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  Square readers hit brick and mortar retailers

  By Jamie Keene on October 26, 2011 10:56 am

  Square's been making waves in the mobile payment industry for the past year or so, but now it's Continue reading…