American Express is now allowing card members to apply membership rewards points to their smartphone-enabled retail gift cards, then use them to instantly pay for purchases with their mobile device at select stores.
Our bad behavior spending spree was gleefully enabled by a wallet full of credit cards and bankers ever so happy to endlessly re-finance your house for amounts exceeding its market value.
Users can be logged into the service on up to five devices at once - meaning all will ring if they receive a call - including handsets using Sim cards associated with different networks and internet enabled gadgets such as iPods.
Bling Nation is looking to change that with its service, which pairs RFID-enabled stickers with a back-end system that charges purchases to credit cards (via PayPal) and sends text-message receipts to cellphones.
Introduced in 2011, the VPP enabled companies can buy a large set of App Store redemption codes that it can distribute to employees, like gift cards, to buy apps.