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Boost Mobile launches mobile wallet app, offers prepaid Visa card for in-store purchases

By Chris Welch on May 21, 2013 10:49 am + 3 comments

In yet another sign of just how crowded the mobile payments market is becoming, Boost Mobile today Continue reading…
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Google Wallet now lets you send money as an attachment in Gmail

By Dante D'Orazio on May 15, 2013 03:36 pm + 49 comments

Email attachments have been limited to files forever, but now Google is rolling out a feature in 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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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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Verizon's Isis Mobile Wallet app can use a phone's secure element, but Google Wallet can't

By Dan Seifert on December 19, 2012 04:50 pm + 69 comments

Earlier this month it came to light that the reason Verizon was not offering the Google Wallet app Continue reading…
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Physical Google Wallet credit card reportedly revealed in leaked app

By Dante D'Orazio on November 1, 2012 03:38 pm + 267 comments

Google Wallet may have recently undergone a massive transformation to allow all credit cards to work 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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Google Wallet discontinuing prepaid cards October 17th

By Adi Robertson on September 10, 2012 03:52 pm + 51 comments

Google Wallet has just told users that their prepaid cards will be discontinued as of next month. In Continue reading…
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Bitcoin exchange BitFloor suspends operations after $250,000 theft

By Louis Goddard on September 5, 2012 07:12 am + 34 comments

Popular Bitcoin exchange BitFloor — described by its owner as "the #4 USD exchange and #1 in the Continue reading…
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Google to open Wallet app to third-party passes, loyalty cards, and IDs

By Aaron Souppouris on August 28, 2012 08:31 am + 57 comments

Google is planning to let businesses integrate their services into its Wallet mobile payments app. Continue reading…