Google Wallet is back!  They have moved away from a focus on NFC to an e-wallet that will work with all mobile phones and have drastically reduced the friction with merchants, banks, mobile carriers and customers.

Downloading the Google Wallet app to my iPhone was quick and easy.  After downloading the wallet, it asks you to “sign in with your Google Account” or “create an account”.  The tag line is “One Google Account for everything Google”…you don’t see sign-in with Facebook here! [Read more…]

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As someone that is exposed to the payments industry, attends conferences, reads the industry publications and generally interested in all things payment related, even I am surprised at the number of mobile wallets that are available.  Everyone wants me to download his or her e-wallet to my mobile phone – from Starbucks, to Square Wallet to Isis and the list goes on.  So I have decided to take a journey over the next few weeks and experience a variety of mobile wallets that are available in the US marketplace.  And here is the real challenge – I carry an iPhone!� [Read more…]

These are the personal opinions of Consult Hyperion and its guests and should not be misunderstood as representing the opinion of its clients or suppliers. To discuss how any of the technologies discussed in this post can benefit your business, please contact Consult Hyperion.