Braintree launches Venmo Touch to ‘be as important for next decade of commerce as PayPal was for last’

Payments company Braintree has publicly released Venmo Touch and made updates to its iOS software developer kit (SDK) to make mobile purchases as easy as Facebook Connect.

Back to the future: Google Wallet is actually … a funky morphing credit card

Google Wallet, which just recently made big changes to support Visa, American Express, and Discover cards, is now apparently making even bigger changes. As in, back to the future changes.

Dynamics launches its ePlate battery-powered credit card to create ‘payment apps’

Dynamics is signing up scores of brands that will give you free stuff whenever you use your ePlate card.

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

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.

Why Square wants to replace TVs with tablets in New York City taxis

Almost all of New York City’s iconic yellow cabs now have a TV in the back seat playing a loop of local news and entertainment. But if innovator Jack Dorsey has his way, those taxi TVs could be replaced with …

Researchers create on/off switch for credit cards to prevent RFID theft

Researchers are working on an on/off switch for the next generation of credit cards. No, not to stop you from spending money you shouldn’t, but to help protect you from theft and fraud.

Credit cards are moving away from magnetic …

PayPal payments coming to a non-virtual store near you

Not content with having conquered online payments, PayPal is expanding into real-world stores. The online e-commerce company has decided to expand by allowing shoppers to pay with its service in more than 2,000 brick-and-mortar stores by March.

Partnering with The …

How I was hacked – a tale of hijack, XBox Live and FIFA trading cards

This week, my Xbox Live account was hacked. This is the story of what happened, my response to it, and the questions about security that it has raised.

The hijack

At twelve minutes past midnight on Tuesday night, just as …