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Google Wallet Spreads Holiday Cheer With Animations: Watch Cat In Sweaters Rolling On Screen After Making Payment
Monday, December 19, 2022 - 8:41am | 320Read More...Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Wallet on Android has added a touch of holiday spirit in the form of animation on the Google Pay screen. What Happened: For the holidays, Google Wallet will display a number of post-transaction animations for customers to enjoy....
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What Will Alibaba Do With MoneyGram?
Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 4:44pm | 438Read More...Moneygram International Inc (NASDAQ: MGI) shares are up 9.0 percent on Thursday after Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) payment affiliate Ant Financial agreed to purchase MoneyGram for $880 million. The merger is the latest step in Alibaba’s international expansion efforts. According to...
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Avago-Broadcom, Google Barrage And Thursday's Biggest Tech Stories...In JP Morgan's Eyes
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 11:40am | 419Read More...In a report published Friday, JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall summarized Thursday's top Wall Street stories. Avago Acquires Broadcom, Says HDD Demand Stabilizing Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: AVGO) announced its intentions to acquire Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) for $37 billion....
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Google's 'Pony Express' To Be A Post Office Killer?
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 3:03pm | 384Read More...Re/code recently reported that Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) is working on a project called "Pony Express," which will allow Gmail users to receive and pay their bills within the platform. New York Times columnist Nick Bilton and Jon Steinberg, The Daily Mail North America...
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Gene Munster Explains His eBay Downgrade
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 2:02pm | 411Read More...eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) was downgraded on Thursday by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster to Underweight. Munster was on CNBC to explain the reasons behind the downgrade and the competition it faces from the payment platforms of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ:...
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Piper Jaffray Cites Future Competition In eBay Downgrade
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 8:32am | 231Read More...In a report published Thursday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster downgraded shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) to Underweight from Neutral with a price target lowered to $49 from a previous $55. Munster stated that he previously downgraded shares to Neutral in September based on a belief that...
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JP Morgan Says Google's Mobile Payment Agreement Is 'Classic Huddle In A Storm' Scenario
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 11:04am | 114Read More...In a report published Tuesday, JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall commented on Google Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) distribution deal with T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T to get its Google Wallet payments app pre-installed on their phones. "We believe this is a classic huddle in a storm scenario," Hall wrote. "Both...
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Is Apple Pay Safe?
Friday, October 24, 2014 - 10:08am | 1165Read More...Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new mobile payment platform is being hyped as the safest service of its kind. In the introductory press release for Apple Pay, Apple collectively used the words "secure," "securely" and "security" 12 different times. In its second...
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Google Wallet Vs. PayPal Vs. Square Wallet Vs. Loop
Friday, December 27, 2013 - 12:44pm | 1094Read More...Are virtual wallets and mobile payment solutions the way of the future? In June, Gartner estimated that mobile payment transaction values would reach $235.4 billion in 2013. By 2017, Gartner expects the value to swell to $721 billion. This is exciting, but there are some things that consumers...
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Google's New Take on Mobile Payments is a Debit Card
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 5:50pm | 538Read More...More than 40 years ago, banks introduced a new way to pay for items and services without carrying cash. Instead of using a credit card (which allowed consumers to purchase items they were not yet ready to pay for), shoppers could use a debit card to instantly spend the money already sitting in...
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How Soon Until Mobile Payments Are The Next Big Thing?
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 1:07pm | 709Read More...Using smartphones to buy stuff is a growing phenomenon, according to Business Insider, based on its new BI Intelligence report. As a result, the whole notion of digital wallets is becoming reality sooner than many thought. Related: Apple's New Patent Might Suggest Mobile Payment Focus The...
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Paypal Partners With Discover to Begin Processing Paypal Transactions in 2013
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 1:56pm | 272Read More...Paypal, an online payment platform owned by eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), announced a new partnership with Discover (NYSE: DFS) to begin processing Paypal transactions in 2013. In January of this year, Paypal began testing its new payment method in Home Depot (NYSE: HD) stores. When making purchases,...
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American Express Does Not Support Google Wallet
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 8:35am | 476Read More...Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced this week that Google Wallet users can now use any major debit or credit card from Visa (NYSE: V), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Discover (NYSE: DFS), or American Express (NYSE: AXP). However, it seems that Google might have made this offer without getting the approval of...
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Will Verizon be the Death of Google Wallet?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 11:05am | 979Read More...How do you compete in a highly competitive market? By eliminating the competition wherever possible. I'm a big fan of competition. I appreciate the ongoing battle between Coke (NYSE: KO) and Pepsi (NYSE: PEP). I value the challenge General Motors (NYSE: GM) faces in gaining back customers it lost...
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Wedbush Comments on PayPal Mobile Wallet Progression at eBay
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 8:03am | 129Read More...Wedbush Securities has published a research report on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) commenting on PayPal's Mobile Wallet offering. In the report, Wedbush writes, "We believe EBAY is the best investment in the growth of mobile payments. We believe PayPal will capitalize on its superior position in mobile...
