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Daily Dose of iQ: Among iPhone 6 Rumors: NFC Mobile Wallet
Sept. 1 update:Bloomberg reports Apple is teaming up with Visa, Mastercard and American Express to launch its mobile wallet integration.The rumors were swirling today, after Apple announced the iPhone...
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Daily Dose of iQ: What to Make of Apple's iPhone 6, Watch Announcements
Today, Apple unveiled its new iPhone 6 and larger iPhone 6 Plus devices (pictured above). It was a lot to take in (2 hours), and apparently the live stream was spotty, so I leaned on my colleagues (UX...
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Daily Dose of iQ: At Icahn's Urging, eBay to Spin Off PayPal
The big news in tech and retail yesterday: eBay is separating itself from PayPal. As a point-of-sale software provider, we have followed PayPal's activity closely over the years, as the company...
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Daily Dose of iQ: PayPal, Where Art Thou?
Last week, eBay announced it was spinning off the PayPal-side of its business, hoping the latter could become more innovative in the face of competition from Apple Pay, Square and others.**Oct. 14...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Apple Pay Launching in U.S. Oct. 20
Mashable reported today that Apple is launching Apple Pay, its tap-to-pay NFC system, on Monday, Oct. 20."The initial list of stores listed in Apple's September announcement of Apple Pay included...
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10th Annual iQmetrix Summit: Retail Trends for the Next 10
Our iQmetrix News editor, Allan Pulga sat down with our CEO, Christopher Krywulak, iQmetrix's Director of Research and Development, Garett Rogers and John Lund, Head of U.S. Accessories at Brightstar,...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Select Retailers Hope to Block Apple Pay with ‘CurrentC’
Apple Pay went live last week (Oct. 20), but the new NFC tap-to-pay technology isn't without its opponents, apparently. A lot of them.On Saturday (Oct. 25), The Verge reported on an alternative mobile...
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Daily Dose of iQ: CurrentC Partner CVS Blocks Apple Pay, To One Customer's...
Yesterday (Nov. 4), Walt Mossberg published an interesting article about Apple Pay on Recode.net.Basically, the article spoke to CVS sacrificing an available convenience (Apple Pay/NFC) in favor of a...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Apple Pay a Clunky Experience for Walgreens Customer
Full disclosure: A few weeks ago, we blogged about the differences between Apple Pay (NFC) and CurrentC (which uses QR codes) mobile wallet technology.I dismissed CurrentC at first glance, but...
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Daily Dose of iQ - Analyst: Apple Pay Won't Go Mainstream Until Late 2015
Engadget reported today that Walt Disney World will be accepting Apple Pay and Google Wallet NFC tap-to-pay technology beginning Dec. 24.Meanwhile, Forbes' Paula Rosenblum wrote a to-date analysis of...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Square Cash Now Lets Touch ID Authorize Money Transfers
Back in November, Square CEO Jack Dorsey said Square would begin accepting Apple Pay and other NFC-based payment systems in 2015. At the time, I wondered if that meant Square would issue a new dongle...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Mobile Payments Outlook for 2015
On Saturday (Jan. 10), MobileROI's Puneet Mehta wrote a guest blog post for VentureBeat, outlining his outlook for mobile payments in the New Year. "It's not all rosy," he writes.Some interesting stats...
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Forrester: Apple’s Early Apple Pay Numbers Are Misleading
Mashable 's Lance Ulanoff reported (Jan. 29) that during Tim Cook's Jan. 27 earning call, Apple shared a couple of stats related to Apple pay usage:Apple Pay makes up more than $2 out of $3 spent on...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Samsung Acquires LoopPay to Duel with Apple Pay
VentureBeat reported Wednesday (Feb. 18) that Samsung had bought mobile payment company LoopPay for an undisclosed amount.If you're unfamiliar with LoopPay, the company's demo video (embedded below)...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Google Buys Softcard for Undisclosed Amount
Just over a month ago, we blogged about a rumor that Google was in talks to buy Softcard.Gigaom reported today that the rumor was true. We previously blogged about the irony of this deal: Softcard was...
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Visa: Australians Willing to Pay With Their Phones
News.com.au reported yesterday (Feb. 24) that, according to new research from Visa, Australians are ready for a new payment system that would allow consumers to pay with anything from a smartwatch to a...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Mobile Payment Battle Heating Up
On Feb. 18, Samsung announced it purchased LoopPay for an undisclosed amount. Then, on Feb. 23, Google announced it bought Softcard for an undisclosed amount.On Sunday (March 1) in Barcelona, on the...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Meet Plenti, a 'Coalition Loyalty' Card for U.S. Shoppers
Retail Dive reported today about Plenti, a new "coalition loyalty" program that allows users to collect points at one retailer and redeem them at another. Initial partner retailers include: Macy’s,...
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