Digital Wallets

• Not just Facebook: How retailers and the payments industry can track, profile you

  Canada must adopt rules that make privacy the default, Ontario's former privacy commissioner says.

  Money

  Mar 31, 2018
  
• Canadians prefer to pay with smartphones, credit cards over cash: Study

  Canadian consumers are more inclined to reach for their smartphones and credit cards over bills and coins to make purchases, according to a new study.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2016
  
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• Android Pay rolls out to U.S. users

  Google's answer to the Apple Pay mobile-payment service is debuting in the U.S., marking a do-over by the company behind the world's most-used operating system for smartphones.

  Tech

  Sep 10, 2015
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• Apple talking with Canadian banks to launch Apple Pay this fall: report

  The Wall Street Journal says Apple Inc. is taking steps towards launching its mobile payments service in Canada this fall.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2015
• Ottawa beefs up protections for Canadian credit card holders

  Finance Minister Joe Oliver is to introduce an expansion of a "code of conduct" that credit-card companies such as Visa and MasterCard agreed to abide by.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2015
• RBC must innovate to thrive in digital world, says bank chief

  Royal Bank chief executive Dave McKay says RBC will need to work with early-stage companies in order to thrive in an increasingly digital world.

  Money

  Apr 10, 2015
• Google Wallet to be pre-installed in phones sold by AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile

  Aiming to undercut Apple's latest hit service, Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers to prod more people into using its mobile wallet.

  Tech

  Feb 24, 2015
• Canadians lukewarm on mobile payments: study

  Hype for mobile payments is growing but Canadians generally aren't very eager to pay for purchases with their smartphones, suggests a new report.

  Money

  Nov 19, 2014
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• SnapChat launches ‘SnapCash’ mobile payment system

  SnapChat became famous for its disappearing messages, but the social media company is now trying its hand at mobile payments with a new app.

  Money

  Nov 18, 2014
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• Apple Pay had 1 million activations in first 3 days, says CEO Tim Cook

  Apple's new mobile payment system had over 1 million activations in the first three days after it became available, and is now more widely used than any competing payment system.

  Consumer

  Oct 28, 2014