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The data-breach Grinch is stealing Christmas from a big restaurant supplier and Lucky Supermarkets, a major West Coast grocery chain, both of whose payment card acceptance systems were compromised recently by fraudsters using different techniques. The breach at Queens, N.Y.-based Restaurant Depot LLC, which also does business under the …
December, 2011
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9 December
While NFC Continues to Lag, Starbucks’s Barcode System Logs 26 Million Mobile Payments
With mobile payments based on near-field communication (NFC) technology struggling to gain acceptance, new figures from Starbucks Corp. provide yet another example of how non-NFC systems are jumping to a fast lead in the mobile race. The Seattle-based coffee king this week reported that it has handled a total …
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8 December
Dwolla Looks to Make Its Mark with ‘Near Real-Time’ ACH Transactions
Payments startup Dwolla Corp. eliminated its transaction fee last week on all payments under $10, a bold move in itself, but it apparently has much bigger things in store. For one thing, the Des Moines, Iowa-based company is testing a system that co-founder Ben Milne says will make automated …
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6 December
Less Than a Month Old, ShopSavvy’s New Wallet Boasts 10,000-Plus Users
A mobile comparison-shopping app that launched a digital wallet late last month says it has signed up more than 10,000 wallet users and is adding new ones at the rate of 2,500 a week in a nascent business that has attracted major players like Google Inc. and Visa Inc. …
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6 December
A Spat over NFC Keeps Google Wallet out of Verizon’s New Smart Phone
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5 December
Vending Machine Network Gives MasterCard Debit Cards the Boot
In a marked escalation of a conflict that began when MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. raised small-ticket debit card interchange rates, USA Technologies Inc. has stopped accepting MasterCard debit cards in its wireless network of 100,000-plus vending machines and other unattended card-accepting locations. The Malvern, Pa.-based operator turned off MasterCard …
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2 December
Security Worries Arise As Mobile Payments Begin Their Ascent
The promise of mobile devices to generate new payment transactions and better service for bank customers comes with a big potential downside. Risk-control executives strongly believe fraudsters have their eyes on smart phones and related mobile devices, according to new research from Aite Group LLC. Asked if “mobile fraud is …
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1 December
Aiming to Jump-Start NFC with Banks, MasterCard Pours Money into mFoundry
In a move that could bring mobile payments based on near-field communication (NFC) to a wide array of financial institutions, MasterCard Inc. on Thursday announced it will provide its PayPass contactless-payment technology to mFoundry Inc., a Larkspur, Calif.-based vendor of mobile-banking software. MasterCard also invested an undisclosed sum in mFoundry, …
November, 2011
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30 November
Having Started with Big Chains, Mobile Point of Sale Begins to Filter Down to Smaller Retailers
With the increasing popularity of smart phones and other mobile gadgets, major brick-and-mortar retail chains like Home Depot and Nordstrom began adopting mobile point-of-sale systems this year. And now smaller chains have begun equipping floor personnel with mobile devices that can scan merchandise and help customers look up out-of-stock …