With 435 million iTunes accounts, Apple could easily extend Passbook into a mobile payment application.
PayPal has rolled out some additional online and mobile payment options geared specifically for small businesses.
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Today you can use a mobile payment app on your phone for certain services.
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The iPhone case used for the Go Mobile payment service is developed and patented by DeviceFidelity.
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The company credits its m-commerce and mobile payment initiatives as the primary driver of growth.
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That could be happening faster than even the most optimistic mobile payment advocate could have hoped.
Another 58% say that their companies already have a mobile payment system in place.
But all these mobile payment devices and services are still based around the credit card.
Short Message Service (SMS texts) will continue to be the primary means of mobile payment.
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Actual mobile payment volume was up 193% on Black Friday compared to Black Friday 2011.
The real winners here are the consumers, who have long sought a viable mobile payment option.
If history holds, that mobile payment solution will be the one that drives mass adoption.
More details are emerging about how Google is planning to drive the evolution of mobile payment technology.
And lately, some of us have been using mobile payment technology to collect cash in the field.
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Only 12 percent of mobile phone users reported making a mobile payment in the past twelve months.
"My guess is that there will be 500 new startups in the mobile payment space, " he said.
Already you can load a number of mobile payment apps onto your iPhone including Square and PayPal.
It also reflects the trend of new mobile payment options available through a few swipes of a smartphone.
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This includes mobile payment, enterprise productivity and mobile banking applications, as well as online commerce and premium content services.
He currently sits on the board of Jack Dorsey's mobile payment company, Square.
Similarly the NFC Forum and EMV Co are organizations that are working towards interoperability and mobile payment standards, respectively.
McDonald's showcased an even more in-depth mobile payment app earlier this year at a conference in Orlando, Reuters reports.
Put the pieces together and the likelihood of a mobile payment solution as part of Passbook seems increasingly high.
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Square, a mobile payment startup, last week tweaked its terms of use to prevent gun retailers from using its technology.
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On unveiling the mobile payment service in May, Google said it would trial the product immediately and launch in summer.
In a mobile payment landscape, which is changing literally every month, is another wave of disruption coming via open platforms?
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Such technology can enable third-party developers to create mobile payment applications so users could use their phones as digital wallets.
Customers will still be able to use the popular Starbucks mobile payment app that the company launched in January 2011.
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Last year Rogers launched suretap, the first mobile payment solution Canada to leverage the secure SIM card inside an NFC-enabled device.
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Using this technology DeviceFidelity has also launched moneto, the world's first commercially available NFC mobile payment solution for iPhone and Android.
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