A Toronto-based firm has launched a new service that will allow companies to confirm the identity of their employees and customers using smartphones and third-party profiles, while keeping privacy in tact. SecureKey Technologies
Rogers Communications customers with select Android or BlackBerry smartphones will now be able to use the company’s Suretap payment service. The company said Wednesday that its Suretap service has been certified for the
Samsung’s next flagship smartphone will include Visa’s tap-to-pay technology widely used at grocery store check-out lines and gas pumps, the companies announced on Monday. After already announcing iPad mini competitor Galaxy Note 8.0 at Mobile
It may be temporary, but for the moment Research in Motion and its BlackBerry smartphones have an advantage in the soon to be hot mobile payment market.RIM announced today that Visa has approved
The EnStream consortium has sold one major mobile payments asset but inked a deal with Research in Motion to develop another. EnStream, a mobile payments group consisting of Rogers, Bell and Telus,said Monday
The only official word on Passbook so far is its name and launch date. Other than that, iOS device owners will have to wait until tomorrow tofind out more about the new feature
Apple may not be betting on NFC but Zaptap certainly is.The U.S. giant didn't include near field communication capability inthe new iPhone 5 it unveiled yesterday, despite wide speculation thatit would. Canadian startup
When the iPhone first came out, I didn’t get what all the hype was about. Before it was even available in Canada, we heard the hype from the U.S. launch about this magical
As Apple fanboys, tech enthusiasts, and mobile maniacs eagerly await the technology firm’s launch of the iPhone 5 tomorrow, rumours abound about what the device will include.But if you’ve followed any Apple product
Doug MacDonald has a warning about mobile commerce for Canada's small and medium sized businesses: don't believe the hype.There's so much information coming out each week about new mobilepayment, banking and e-commerce services
Until the corner variety store in your neighbourhood installs a near field communication (NFC)-enabled payment terminal and your aunt feels comfortable paying for milk with her smartphone, it will take some time for
Rogers Communications Inc. and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) held a joint news conference today to announce the launch of a mobile wallet that will put credit card information on smartphones.The deal
Wallets and smartphones moved a step closer to becoming one in the same thing today in Canada.Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Rogers Communications Inc. arefirst out of the gate to announce a
Pay-as-you-go is about to take on a whole new meaning for Canadian shoppers.Canadian banks and credit card companies are set to announce a new setof guidelines governing mobile payments that willeventually move consumers
