Tag: Visa
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Apple Pay Won’t Hit Europe Until 2015
Apple Pay, Apple’s home brewed NFC wireless payment method for the iPhone 6, may be coming to the US next month, but it seems that the people over at Visa’s European HQ aren’t convinced that the technology is quite ready for European shoppers. Pedro Sousa, the Head of Mobile Proposition for Visa Europe, was…
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Samsung Wallet launches as a rival to Apple’s Passbook for Android devices
A place to store your boarding passes, vouchers, tickets and more on your phone
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Samsung Galaxy SIII: Official Smartphone of the London 2012 Olympic Games
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The Samsung Galaxy SIII has now earned a place at the London 2012 Olympics – becoming the official smartphone of the games.
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Barclaycard PayTag Sticks on Your iPhone to Enable Wireless Payments
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Paying for things with a swipe of your smartphone is the future, and in some places it’s already here. A select few Android and BlackBerry smartphones contain an NFC chip which can make an instant wireless connection with pay terminals in certain shops, allowing small purchases to be made using your phone and an app…
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PayPal Here: Smartphone-Based Credit Card Payment System Coming to UK
Our regular readers may remember the Gadget Helpline’s recent coverage of Square. It’s a clever little gadget which attaches to any Android and Apple iOS smartphone or tablet and allows credit card swiping for small companies and independent businesses, this enabling them to cut out the cost of running expensive phone-line connected payment methods and…
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Visa ‘V.me’ digital wallet service to launch in 2012
Paypal clone to launch through all major online stores and move into NFC
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Visa Announces NFC Digital Wallet
The recently announced Google Wallet might have been given Visa’s stamp of approval, but the credit card giant also has their own digital payment system in the works. Confirmed by Steve Perry, Visa’s commercial director in Europe, Visa is set to launch it’s own virtual wallet at the end of Summer 2012. Perry confirmed the…
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Samsung and Visa Creating ‘Iconic’ Olympic Phone
Samsung has announced that they will be launching a new Olympic phone in conjunction with Visa and the London 2012 Olympic Games in the first business quarter of next year, describing the upcoming device as ‘iconic’. Sandra Alzetta, Visa Europe Head of Innovation and New Product Development confirmed the new phone following the company’s first…
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Google Wallet adds Visa in new partnership deal *Video*
After Mastercard announced that it was jumping on board the new Google Wallet NFC payment system, Google has just confirmed that it has also signed a new licensing deal with Visa, which will no doubt boost the mobile payment adoption as we see more and more smartphones that feature the NFC technology. If you’re unfamiliar…
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Samsung and Visa bring Contactless Payment to the 2012 Olympics
Samsung Mobile and Visa have teamed up to bring over 60,000 contactless payment systems to the city of London, primarily for the 2012 London Olympics. The NFC (Near-Field Communications) Technology will be provided by Samsung for mobile devices, and Visa will implement the payment systems and contactless terminals you’ll be able to swipe your phone…