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160 posts and columns on mobile payments
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Google Loses Its Wallet VP
Osama Bedier, who joined Google in 2011 and headed the Google Wallet payment business, is leaving the company. Google confirmed a VentureBeat report, saying Bedier had decided to pursue unspecified opportunities.
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Startup’s Deep Roots: Stanford
In one of the largest exoduses from Stanford University’s computer-science programs, more than a dozen students have left to launch a startup called Clinkle Corp. that aims to let other students — and eventually anyone — use their mobile devices to pay for goods and services.Taking Cues From the Valley, Walmart Brings the Shotgun Approach to E-Commerce
The 50-year-old retail giant makes inroads in its digital strategy — the Silicon Valley way.
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Mobile Payments Brighten Cash Flow for Small Business
Owners of small businesses say they’re finding that mobile-payment devices and other technologies are making it easier for them to turn sales into working capital overnight.News Byte
mFoundry Acquired for $120 Million in Cash for Its Mobile Banking Tech
The original developer behind the Starbucks mobile application, mFoundry, has been acquired by FIS, which already owned a 22 percent stake in the company. FIS said it will pay $120 million in cash for the remaining stake, meaning the entire deal was worth around $165 million. Other investors in the nine-year-old company include MasterCard, Intel Capital, Motorola Mobility, PayPal, Bank of America and Ignition Partners. MFoundry had 850 clients, many of which were banks that deployed the company’s technology inside of their mobile apps.Ribbit Capital Raises $100 Million With the Goal of Modernizing Money
Ribbit Capital’s motto is, “It takes money to change money.”
Visa Blesses RIM’s Mobile Payment Platform
Shall I charge this to your BlackBerry, sir?
PayPal Hires Three Tech VPs From Box, Microsoft and DreamWorks
The vice presidents are tasked with helping the company change the way consumers pay for things online, on their phone and at the register.
Analysts Cautiously Optimistic as eBay Gets Ready to Close the Books on 2012
EBay is expecting the holidays to have treated it well, but analysts are a little more cautious.
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2013: The Year Payments Finally Emerge From the Dark Ages?
The mobile payment revolution isn’t just about giving customers a trendy new way to pay.