Featured comment by tw@panda:
"It'd make mugging a bit more painful. "Give me your card, pin number, index finger and right eyeball, or I'll stab you"" More »
After last week's leaked news about Google launching its own physical credit card to sit alongside Wallet, a new help site seems to have confirmed the search giant's intentions. Read More >>
Featured comment by alienvariety:
"This is fantastic news. I hope it's all safe and secure (my only worries), but in principle I think it looks revolutionary." More »
We’ve been hearing on and off that this might happen, but Android Police just got a pretty real-looking tip from a leaked build of the Google Wallet that seems to confirm it: Google Wallet is getting a physical credit card. But what does that actually mean? Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Some more info I have obtained. Google will partner with a card company that is already widely accepted (this will probably vary in different countrie..." More »
Who needs NFC when you've got good ol'plastic, eh? Having failed to bring Google Wallet to our shores, big G's done the next best thing and launched a credit card in the UK -- a global first too. Read More >>
Going to the cinema these days is expensive enough, but it doesn’t half cheese you off when you get a massive extra fee of up to £4.20, just for booking online with your bloody card. Thankfully it seems someone’s finally wised-up to the fact that we’re just not having it any more, as Cineworld’s dropped all card charges. Read More >>
Featured comment by LeftofNever:
"I wish other cinema chains (Vue & Odeon) would offer such a thing as there is no Cineworld near me. I'd go to the cinema at least once a week if t..." More »
We’ve heard a lot about the Square mobile payment app that lets you take credit card payments on your phone in the US. It always sounded great but never materialised over this side of the pond. Now we’re getting one of our own made by PayPal – PayPal Here. Read More >>
Featured comment by PhilipCohen:
"Square (in which Visa bought an interest in 2011) has absolutely nothing to worry about, sans its effectively mandated use on the eBay marketplace, th..." More »
RFID chips are super cool because those little buggers can beam things wirelessly. The guys at Mythbusters totally thought so too and wanted to make an episode about how trackable and hackable RFID chips were. Sounds amazing! Everyone would've learned more about the technology that's invisibly invading our lives. But, nope. Credit Card companies banned 'em. Read More >>
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