mobile payment

No Need to Fear that Mobile Payments are Here

By Lisa Salazar on June 28, 2011

You’ve seen me write about mobile payments making their way into American culture. Curious, I had to see how it worked.

Lucky for me and $tarbucks (rhymes with Daddy Warbucks), I have $20 biweekly habit that I can tightly monitor with Starbucks’ mobile application. It is available for blackberries, ipads, iphones and androids.

Yep.

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No Money? There's an App for That

By Lisa Salazar on May 27, 2011

Yesterday Google announced the release of its Google Wallet app.

Taking advantage of near-field communications (NFC) technology, Google’s android now comes equiped with a app and an NFC chip that allows consumers to pay for goods and services with a quick swipe of their phone.

Different from Jack Dorsey’s Square technology, the phone does

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