We recently wrote about how a mobile payment-related patent filing by Apple had led to some fevered speculation in the mobile tech world about the company’s position on near-field communication (NFC) technology. Now, some comments by Apple CEO Tim Cook and others have produced and even bigger explosion of interest in its larger ambitions vis-a-vis … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Card-on-file threat overlooked in point-of-sale hacking uproar
As retailers and consumers across America and around the world continue to take stock of the theft of 40 million credit and debit card records from leading department store Target, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said that the worst may be yet to come. According to a confidential report distributed by the FBI to … Continue reading
Sparks fly over Apple mobile payment patent
Proposed “dual protocol” technology reopens door to NFC, other questions. Continue reading
Looking back on a breakout year for mobile payments
Whatever happens in 2014, last year will go down as a time of enormous growth and dynamism in the world of mobile payments. Continue reading