Reprogrammable Card Can Be Many Credit Cards In One
A pair of new computerized credit cards can re-program their own magnetic stripes and hide their account numbers, providing added security for bank customers who don’t want…
View ArticleGoogle Wallet Uses NFC for Credit-Card-Replacing Mobile Payments
Google just announced the NFC-based mobile payment scheme we all knew was coming: Google Wallet. Leveraging the wireless NFC chip in (some, with more to come) smartphones,…
View ArticleFuture Shocks: Predictions From the World's Foremost Film Prognosticator
Science fiction is where the future happens first, and that puts futurist Syd Mead at least two steps ahead of the rest of us. The 78-year-old conceptual artist may be best…
View ArticleVideo: The Motion-Sensing Banking App We've All Been Waiting For
Today in "Solutions to Problems Nobody Actually Has," a Lithuanian company called Etronika has created an app for Kinect that allows you to bank without the stress, difficulty, or efficiency of...
View ArticleThis Is Why Nobody Will Use Credit Cards In A Few Years
Entertainment Weekly has twice now inserted an LCD screen into its paper magazine to show video ads. That's the growing pains that come when an entire medium is going…
View ArticleThieves Stole $45 Million From ATMs Because The U.S. Uses Absurd 40-Year-Old...
Yesterday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn revealed that an international team of thieves had stolen close to $45 million in the biggest ATM fraud case in history. The…
View ArticleSamsung Purchases Mobile Payment Startup LoopPay
Samsung has entered into the pay-with-your-smartphone market with the purchase of LoopPay, a company that's created a way to mimic magnetic stripe cards.
View ArticleHow Should You Pay For That Sandwich? [Flowchart]
Paying for things used to be simple: paper or plastic. But the new world of mobile payments brings your smartphone into the mix. Apple CEO Tim Cook promised that 2015 would be the year of Apple Pay,...
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