NFC World » Square http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Wallet engineer heads to Square http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314928/wallet-engineer-heads-to-square/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/04/03/314928/wallet-engineer-heads-to-square/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:59:24 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=14928 Rob von Behren, a co-founder of Google Wallet, has left the search giant to join Square as a "hyperspatial payments pioneer". Fellow co-founder Jonathan Wall and product lead Marc Freed-Finnegan left Google in March to...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/19/38683/top-google-square-visa-and-verifone-executives-to-go-on-stage-with-isis-today/feed/ 0 Visa unveils mobile payment best practice guidelines http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/02/37190/visa-unveils-mobile-payment-best-practice-guidelines/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/02/37190/visa-unveils-mobile-payment-best-practice-guidelines/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 12:48:32 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7190 The card giant has set out best practices and minimum standards for encryption and made clear the solution provider's responsibilities to secure cardholder data when mobile devices are used to accept payment.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/02/37190/visa-unveils-mobile-payment-best-practice-guidelines/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 7 March 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/07/36374/nfc-news-in-brief-7-march-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/07/36374/nfc-news-in-brief-7-march-2011/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:37:48 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6374 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Norwegians ready to ditch cash • Airtag raises €4m • Cassis signs TSM deals • Intel invests in NFC firm • NEC introduces NFC POS device • AT&T adds ShopAlerts • Square hits $1m a day

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/07/36374/nfc-news-in-brief-7-march-2011/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 10 Jan 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/10/35603/nfc-news-in-brief-10-jan-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/01/10/35603/nfc-news-in-brief-10-jan-2011/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:10:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5603 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: ATM top-ups for travel cards • Visa adds mobile app • New boss for Mobey Forum • Washington Metro to go contactless • Square worth $200M? • Madrid picks Mifare Desfire EV1 • Think&Go NFC gets funding • Enstream adds Western Union to Zoompass • All Google staff to get NFC phones?

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/12/01/32412/twitter-founder-invents-a-mag-stripe-card-reader/feed/ 1 Twitter founder adding mobile payments to iPhones via NFC? http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/06/32209/twitter-founder-adding-mobile-payments-to-iphones-via-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/06/32209/twitter-founder-adding-mobile-payments-to-iphones-via-nfc/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:07:32 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2209 Twitter chairman and cofounder Jack Dorsey is working on a new start up that is developing an iPhone attachment which will enable iPhones to be used to make payments, according to recent reports. Believed to...

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