Payments articles

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  PayPal takes on Square and Groupon with free payment processing in the US

  By Matt Brian on May 15, 2013 06:30 am + 12 comments

  PayPal has unveiled its latest strategy in an attempt to dominate the mobile payments space. The web Continue reading…

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  Square introduces $299 stand aimed at replacing cash registers

  By Casey Newton on May 14, 2013 11:31 am + 148 comments

  Square today unveiled a new piece of hardware designed to replace traditional cash registers in the Continue reading…

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  Google reportedly shelves plans to launch Wallet credit card at I/O

  By Matt Brian on May 10, 2013 09:07 am + 82 comments

  Google CEO Larry Page has reportedly canceled plans to launch the long rumored Wallet credit card Continue reading…

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  Microsoft tempts Windows developers with $100 cash for new apps

  By Tom Warren on March 19, 2013 03:48 pm + 172 comments

  Microsoft wants Windows 8 and Windows Phone developers to create apps for its platforms, and it's Continue reading…

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  Samsung takes a page from Apple's Passbook with new Wallet app

  By Dan Seifert on February 27, 2013 05:11 am + 572 comments

  Samsung took the wraps off of its new Samsung Wallet app during a developer conference at Mobile Continue reading…

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  US government ending paper benefits checks, switching to direct deposit March 1st

  By Carl Franzen on February 24, 2013 01:12 pm + 29 comments

  People receiving benefits from the US federal government, from Social Security recipients to Continue reading…

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  Google still believes in NFC for mobile payments, doesn't see 'eye to eye' with Verizon

  By Dieter Bohn on October 19, 2012 05:27 pm + 63 comments

  Speaking today at a conference, Osama Bedier, VP of Wallet & Payments, Google, discussed Google Continue reading…

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  Girl Talk goes Gumroad: a web payment startup woos pop stars

  By Ben Popper on August 17, 2012 09:37 am + 23 comments

  Gumroad is a web payment startup which launched this February, garnered a lot of hype, and quickly Continue reading…

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  Square adds $275 per month flat-rate option for small businesses

  By Dante D'Orazio on August 16, 2012 02:10 pm + 22 comments

  Fresh off of its massive partnership with Starbucks that turned the still-young company into the US' Continue reading…

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  Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and others team up to create new mobile wallet solution

  By Nathan Ingraham on August 15, 2012 10:31 am + 34 comments

  The mobile payment landscape has rapidly evolved in recent months. Square entered into a major Continue reading…