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@ CTIA: Credit-Card Companies See No Limit On Mobile Payments

By Tom Krazit Oct. 13, 2011, 2:00pm Comments Off

If it seems like the mobile world has been talking nonstop about the potential for mobile payments all year, it’s because we have been. Ther… Read More »

Verizon Teams Up With AmEx On Serve Mobile Payments App

By Tom Krazit Aug. 1, 2011, 8:57pm Comments Off

Mobile companies and payment processors continue to think about ways to merge their products as smartphones become more widely used, but the… Read More »

Where The Daily Deal Business Is Headed

By Laura Hazard Owen Jul. 26, 2011, 2:40am 5 Comments

How many Keratin wraps, photography workshops and Hookah tokes does one person really need? After Groupon and LivingSocial, there are anothe… Read More »

Facebook, AmEx Users ‘Link, Like, Love’ New Deal Site So Much It Crashes

By Laura Hazard Owen Jul. 20, 2011, 12:49am Comments Off

Seventy-five percent of consumers say the best way to support a local business is to refer a friend, said Lexi Reese, Facebook director of l… Read More »

@ Deals 3D: Foursquare, Yelp, Shopkick’s New Mobile Initiatives

By Laura Hazard Owen Jul. 20, 2011, 12:02am Comments Off

“Showing your phone to redeem a deal sucks,” said Tristan Walker, Foursquare’s director of business development, today at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals… Read More »

Four Major Credit Card Companies Joining Isis Mobile Payments Group

By Tom Krazit Jul. 19, 2011, 11:05pm Comments Off

The mobile payments scene got a little more complicated Tuesday, as the big traditional credit card companies joined the Isis mobile payment… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 7-19-11: Apple; Google; WP7 Mango/Fujitsu; Sprint/Amex

By Ingrid Lunden Jul. 19, 2011, 5:50pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: – Apple: More expectations for a blowout quarter as the company reports earnings later… Read More »

Foursquare And AmEx Expand Mobile Payments Partnership

By Tom Krazit Jun. 23, 2011, 10:02pm Comments Off

Now there are two things American Express hopes you don’t leave home without: your card and your smartphone. The company has finalized a dea… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 6-23-11: Foursquare; T-Mo iPhone; Hulu Android

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 23, 2011, 2:06pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: – Foursquare: The check-in app has signed a deal with American Express to offer special… Read More »

The Mobile Lowdown 03-28-11: Apple WWDC; AmEx; Nokia; Google Tablet?

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 28, 2011, 7:22pm Comments Off

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announces the dates for its developers’ conference; American Express… Read More »

AmEx Snags Two More Execs From Sprint Nextel For Big Mobile Payments Push

By Tricia Duryee Oct. 27, 2010, 4:18am Comments Off

In an effort to beef up its alternative payments efforts, American Express has picked up two additional Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel executives.… Read More »

Case And Leonsis Sell Revolution Money To AmEx For $300 Million

By Staci D. Kramer Nov. 18, 2009, 8:50pm 2 Comments

When Steve Case’s internet payment startup Revolution Money raised a $42 million round last April from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Cit… Read More »

Personal Assistant Rearden Commerce Raises $100 Million For Expansion To Mobile