nhtv - 08.10.12 13:28 Wenn es um Gesundheitspolitik in Deutschland ging, hörte man in den letzten Jahren vor allem eines heraus: kein Geld. Doch mittlerweile hat sich die Situation verbessert. Im Gesundheitsfond haben sich sogar 10 Milliarden Euro Überschuss angesammelt, weitere zehn Milliarden Euro Reserve sind in Besitz der einzelnen Krankenkassen. mehr bei europeanpaymentscouncil.org

worldspy - 11.07.12 21:13 In January 2011, Starbucks launched mobile apps on both Android and the iPhone in the U.S. that allowed customers to pay for drinks and baked goods using their smartphones. Today, Starbucks has redesigned the mobile app for Android to now allow customers in Canada and the UK to also pay directly [...] mehr bei forbes.com

worldspy - 25.06.12 16:03 The next iPhone may include a near field communications (NFC) chip that will let you make mobile payments with your phone, according to a 9to5 Mac report.
It's been rumored for years that Apple would include NFC in the iPhone. This time, 9to5 Mac found references to the feature hidden in code for a prototype iPhone. mehr bei businessinsider.com

worldspy - 20.06.12 00:29 Facebook is very, very serious about the payments business.
Facebook Credits, though? Not so much.
The social network is phasing out its virtual currency, once intended to be the dominant form of payment in games like FarmVille that run on Facebook's website. mehr bei businessinsider.com

worldspy - 13.06.12 01:52 More fallout from hack attack Credit and debit card processor Global Payments has warned that additional confidential information on its servers may have been compromised in the hacking attack earlier this year that saw around 1.5 million credit card details snatched.… mehr bei theregister.co.uk

worldspy - 11.06.12 21:18 Apple CEO Tim Cook just revealed that the company has 400 million active accounts with credit cards registered for its online stores—in other words, iTunes and the App Store.
That's more than PayPal, which has 110 million active accounts (out of 232 million total), and Amazon.com, which reports having 152 million customer accounts. mehr bei businessinsider.com

worldspy - 09.06.12 14:39 Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook Simplifies Mobile Payments: Facebook has made it easier for developers to add payment options on mobile web apps. And [...] mehr bei socialmediaexaminer.com

worldspy - 07.06.12 10:14 Das Social Network Facebook hat sein mobiles Payment-System Facebook Payments für virtuelle und digitale Güter gelauncht und dabei die Zahl der Schritte bis zum Kaufabschluss von sieben auf zwei reduziert. Auch die bislang nötige SMS-Verifikation entfällt. mehr bei internetworld.de

KMR - 08.05.12 20:33 NFC isn’t a new technology. Android and BlackBerry phones with NFC capabilities have been available for a while now and various companies have started looking at implementing NFC as a mobile payment or digital wallet solution. Google Wallet being the most well-known while MasterCard’s new PayPass Wallet Services, which the company announced on... mehr bei cultofmac.com

worldspy - 20.04.12 00:54 eBay's growth this quarter was driven primarily by PayPal, as its payments business saw net revenue grow by nearly a third of its value. mehr bei forbes.com