Not exact matches
Walmart (WMT) on Thursday began rolling out Walmart Pay,
making it the first retailer with its own
mobile payments solution that
works on any Apple (AAPL) iOS or Android smartphone.
But rather than settling those transactions itself or billing customers» phone statements, Isis believes
working with the
payments networks will
make mobile payments more appealing to consumers and merchants, who can continue to use or accept the card platforms of their choice — only instead of using physical cards the parties will swap digital information wirelessly.
The company hasn't
made many vigorous pushes into
mobile payments but recently filed for a money transmitter license in Idaho, and is
working to acquire licenses in all 50 states.
«If MasterCard can
make it
work quickly and unobtrusively at point of sale, then it should help drive
mobile payments.»
Two of Android Wear 2.0's new features —
mobile payments and independent cellular connectivity — have
made their way here, though, and
work as they do on the LG Watch Sport.