Airtag releasing NFC mobile payments developer kit, wishes Apple would help simplify the ecosystem

October 16, 2012 12:05 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Tomorrow, the Paris-based company that built MasterCard's PayPass API and counts McDonalds and Reeboks as its mobile commerce clients will release the Airtag Kit: a full collection of everything developers need to start building mobile payment apps.

LevelUp launches white-label version of mobile pay service

September 26, 2012 6:00 AM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

LevelUp introduced a white-label offering in the hopes of making its QR code and NFC-ready mobile payment system the backbone of applications everywhere.

Mobile pay service LevelUp completes $21M round with $9M from T-Ventures

August 2, 2012 11:01 AM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Mobile payment service LevelUp, a part of Boston-based startup SCVNGR, has collected $9 million more in financial padding, courtesy of T-Ventures, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom. The funding is the second tranche of a two-part round that brings …

Mobile pay provider LevelUp shucks the status quo, drops credit card fees

July 12, 2012 6:00 AM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

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LevelUp, the one-year-old mobile payments arm of Boston startup SCVNGR, is now providing merchants with the sweetest of incentives for using its mobile payments and rewards system: no credit card processing fees whatsoever.

LevelUp offers an iPhone and Android QR …

Forget the check-in, SCVNGR one-ups Foursquare with big raise for mobile payment app

June 7, 2012 12:26 PM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Check-in schmeck-in. Leveling up in status, Boston-based SCVNGR has picked up $12 million in funding as part of a two-part, extra-large fund raise to help its one-year-old, burgeoning mobile payment service LevelUp become a leader in the space.

SCVNGR, which …