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Apple Pay stickers, decals now available to merchants

Apple on Monday updated a section of its Apple Pay website, adding a new feature that allows businesses to order Apple Pay decals for merchants. Clicking the link to order decals takes merchants to a new Apple Pay Supplies website where they can sign up to receive an Apple Pay kit that contains window and […]

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Business Finance Mobile retail Services

Does Clinkle have a shot at competing in the mobile payments game?

So, you may be asking, “What is Clinkle?”. It would be a good question too since there hasn’t been a lot said about it given Clinkle’s “cloak of secrecy” about its development. In fact, during its beta period (still ongoing), employees were allowed to offer the service to friends and family with the specification that none […]

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Amazon Finance Mobile retail Services

Amazon has a plan to get into the mobile payments game

It looks like Amazon is determined to expand out of the “virtual” retail space to get its foot in the door of brick-and-mortar stores. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, has plans to0 equip retailers with Kindle tablets with credit card readers for accepting payments, possibly in exchange for web site […]

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Macworld Expo photos

MWSF: Day Two Gallery

On the second day of Macworld Expo, ace photo hound and iPhone Alley head Michael Johnston sent in the following pics from the show: That you should live to see the day when your iPhone can be connected to a printer… Hands on with a billing app for the iPhone. Mophie’s billing app in action. […]

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Square Opens Public Trial for iPhone Payment System

If you want your iPhone or iPod touch to be able to do everything, including spackle the den this weekend, you might be one step closer. Per Daring Fireball, Square has opened up a beta version of a payment system wherein users can create an account on the Square web site, receive a hardware dongle […]