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By Natasha Chilingerian |
February 27, 2013
Doubt has been swirling around the potential widespread use of near field communication, or NFC, a technology that links consumers’ mobile phones to merchants’ point-of-sale terminals, enabling instant mobile payments. Apple released the iPhone 5 without an NFC chip, leaving millions of consumers out of the NFC equation.
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By Robert McGarvey |
November 26, 2012
Tracking the mobile banking revolution in credit unions with veteran technology writer Robert McGarvey.
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By Robert McGarvey |
October 31, 2012
LAS VEGAS — Disruption. Disintermediation. Reinvention. These three themes rocked the first installment of Money2020, a bustling conference that attracted a full house of 2,000-plus attendees and, more importantly, it brought in very senior executives from major financial services players ranging from American Express to Visa, MasterCard and Discover; from...
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By Robert McGarvey |
October 25, 2012
Beware the ides of Google, and while Isis is no gift from the gods, Bluebird just may prove to be a vulture.
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By Robert McGarvey |
October 23, 2012
LAS VEGAS — "It has to be secure." "It has to be easy to use." "It has to be exciting."
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By Robert McGarvey |
October 22, 2012
Isis, the mobile payments joint venture formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile has launched its pilot in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City.
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By Robert McGarvey |
September 24, 2012
In his latest column, technology writer Robert McGarvey says lack of wave-and-pay in iPhone 5 a blow but there are a lot of other players.
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By Robert McGarvey |
June 25, 2012
Mobile wallets are coming – that is a certainty, some experts say.
But just about everything else around this issue remains uncertain as credit unions, banks, and merchants scramble to attempt to keep pace with a fast evolving marketplace.
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By Robert McGarvey |
May 23, 2012
Near-field communications panelists watching Isis pilots, says wave-and-pay technology awaiting consumers, security rules.
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By Robert McGarvey |
April 1, 2012
What’s your wallet made of – leather, or bits and bytes?
At CUNA’s recent Government Affairs Conference held in Washington that was a key question raised among those close to the evolution of payment transactions.
