Five Years Later, Google Express Is No Closer to Beating Amazon
September 25 will mark five years since Google first launched Shopping Express, the e-commerce offering meant to…
Google Wallet Now Lets You Send Money With a Text
Google Wallet in its newly revamped form is meant to be a way to send money to other people without difficulty or…
The New Google Wallet App is an Absurdly Easy Way to Send People Your Money
Previously, Google Wallet was some kind of hybrid payment system that few people understood, and fewer used. The newly…
Android Pay vs. Google Wallet: What's the Difference?
This week, Google announced Android Pay—a way to pay from your phone. No need for credit cards; just tap your handset…
Android Pay Is Google’s Plan for the Mobile Payments Future
We suspected that Google would announce a new payments system at I/O, and we were right. Enter Android Pay.
What Happens Behind the Scenes When You Buy Things with Your Phone
You’ve decided to buy a new pair of shoes, and you’re going to pay for them by tapping your smartphone against the…
Google Wallet Will Be the Easiest Way to Pay on Your New Android Phone
Apple has Apple Pay. If you have an iPhone 6, your mobile payments platform of choice is pretty much set in stone. But…
Apple Pay Is Coming to Thousands of Vending Machine and Parking Meters
Apple Pay, and other mobile payment services like it, all share a similar vision of the future, one where people can…
NFC Payments May Finally Be Heading To Restaurants
Mobile payments are great and all, and Apple Pay has certainly helped things along, but there are still lots of…
The Horrible No Good Apple Pay War No One Signed Up For
Earlier this week, we walked you through the stridently awful Apple Pay alternative being cooked up by Walmart, CVS,…
What Do Smartphones Need That They Don’t Already Have?
Welcome to the first week of September, also known as crazy-insane IFA 2014 and iPhone event extravaganza. During the…
Report: Apple Might Finally Embrace NFC With iPhone 6
After years of ignoring the promise of NFC, Apple may finally be ready to take the plunge—and one of its major…
Amazon Wallet: Gift Card Central For the Everything Store
There's a new contender in the digital wallet arena: Amazon has launched Amazon Wallet, the e-commerce company's…
Google Wallet Can Now Store Gift Cards and Pester Your Friends for Money
Google Wallet's latest update includes several new features, including a way to store gift cards and a way to easily…
Google's New Wallet Card Brings It One Step Closer to Being a Bank
Over a year after rumors first surfaced, Google has finally unveiled the Google Wallet Card, a physical debit card that…
Oh hey, Google Wallet is on iOS. The new app comes a few days after Wallet's wide release to Android phones. Since iOS…
Google Wallet Will Let You Attach Money in Gmail
We already knew Google's got big plans to become your default money manager, killing the other contenders in the…
Help Site Confirmed Physical Google Wallet Card
After last week's leaked news about Google launching its own physical credit card to sit alongside Wallet, a new help…
There's a New Google Wallet on the Way
Google Wallet is getting an overhaul, and Google has started accepting requests for invites to the new incarnation of…
Verizon Ruined Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus Again
Verizon is screwing with Google Wallet again. After originally just saying it wouldn't officially support it at all, it…