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MasterCard has announced a partnership with Coin to bring MasterCard payments to a wide array of fitness bands, smart watches and other wearable devices. This collaboration builds upon the MasterCard's introduction in October of its Commerce for Every Device program, which aims to enable any consumer gadget, accessory or wearable as a payment device.
The first set of companies working with MasterCard and Coin to implement payment technology in their products are: Atlas Wearables, which designs advanced fitness trackers; Moov, "a personal fitness coach on your wrist"; and Omate, maker of fashionable smartwatches.
"The great thing about the MasterCard program is that we are adding payment functionality to items that consumers are already using – fitness bands, jewelry, clothing, watches," said Sherri Haymond, senior vice president of digital payments at MasterCard. "This makes the products more useful for consumers and enhances the value device manufacturers can deliver to their customers. Coin complements that approach and enables us to reach an expanded set of device partners."
Coin will provide hardware and software technology that can be integrated with the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service and embedded into devices, enabling manufacturers to quickly and easily implement payment functionality into their consumer products, the MasterCard announcement said.
Coin's Payment of Things platform serves as a turnkey product for the wearable/IoT industry. "Leveraging Coin's technology, device manufacturers will benefit from significantly reduced costs and time to market," said Kanishk Parashar, CEO and co-founder of Coin. "MasterCard is our essential partner as we team up to enable the wearable domain that is projected to grow to an astounding $53 billion by 2019."
Read article at Mobile Payments Today
Posted January 7, 2016
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The commerce technology company announced on Friday (Jan. 15) that it is releasing Clover Go, which — similar to Square’s offering — is an EMV-enabled card reader that plugs into an iOS or Android tablet or smartphone and works with a Wi-Fi or cellular connection, allowing merchants to accept payments outside of a traditional brick-and-mortar setting.
“While the Clover platform serves businesses of all sizes, Clover Go is especially beneficial for businesses with mobile workforces or entrepreneurs just starting out who want to accept transactions while complying with the EMV liability shift,” Dan Charron, executive vice president and head of global business solutions at First Data, stated in a press release. “Clover Go enhances our Clover product portfolio, which is designed to grow alongside our business owner clients as their needs evolve. Whether a business owner wants a card reader or the full Clover Station, First Data has the solutions that help businesses prosper.”
The press release goes on to explain that Clover Go works in concert with an app that merchants download; once a business is using the system, it can assign dollar amounts, including tax and tips, to inventory, as well as view transaction-level detail and the integration of data across all Clover devices that the business might use. The release adds that employees can download the app on their own devices and that Clover Go facilitates multi-user and multi-merchant functionality.
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Posted January 18, 2016
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