{"id":4560,"date":"2013-12-12T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/google-card-vs-coin-who-will-win\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T19:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:29:44","slug":"google-card-vs-coin-who-will-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/insights\/google-card-vs-coin-who-will-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Card vs. Coin  Who Will Win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The idea and implementation of Google Wallet has been a<br \/>\npopular topic lately.After the release of Googles virtual wallet Google also<br \/>\ndecided to release a physical card, which you can load a debit or credit card<br \/>\nonto and use it in conjunction with your virtual Google wallet and app.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with only carrying a virtual wallet is, what if<br \/>\nyour phone dies or you drop it and the screen cracks? You would have no access<br \/>\nto money at all. Technically you will always have to carry your wallet on you<br \/>\neven with the virtual wallet. Maybe thats why Google came out with the<br \/>\nphysical card? With Googles card you have to fund it with an actual credit<br \/>\ncard or your checking account. The card is powered by MasterCard and currently<br \/>\ncan only be used in the US. Adding features like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearfieldcommunication.org\/\">NFC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emvco.com\/\">EMV<\/a> can help this card become more useful for<br \/>\nconsumers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2googlecard.png\" alt=\"2gc\" title=\"2gc\"><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p>So youve probably heard of Google wallet and their new<br \/>\ncard, but have you heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/onlycoin.com\/\">Coin<\/a> yet? Its<br \/>\nam interesting startup thats been generating a lot of buzz around the Internet.<br \/>\nCoins goal is to combine all of your cards into one single smartcard that can<br \/>\nbe used like a normal debit or credit card.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/coin2.png\" alt=\"coin2\" title=\"coin2\"><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p>Coin uses Bluetooth to communicate with your smartphone via<br \/>\nan app. Using a card reader (Similar to Square), you can swipe up to 8 cards<br \/>\nonto Coin and the app stores unlimited cards. Coin has a small button and LCD<br \/>\ndisplay screen on it, which allows users to cycle between cards. Coin can be<br \/>\nlocked before handing it off to a waiter or clerk for payment. It will also<br \/>\nalarm you if it is swiped multiple times. One of the coolest features is<br \/>\nprobably the ability for Coin to alert you once its out of your vicinity and deactivate<br \/>\nitself after a period of time predetermined by you. Coin also has plans to be<br \/>\nfully functioning globally with Europay, MasterCard and Visa. Keep in mind<br \/>\nthere is an introductory price for Coin though.<\/p>\n<p>While these cards are innovative and seemingly more advanced<br \/>\nthan the virtual wallets and cards weve seen to-date there are some security<br \/>\nquestions regarding fraud. A fraudster can potentially buy Coin and load all of<br \/>\ntheir fraudulent cards onto it for easy transactions. Is there a feature that<br \/>\nverifies and authenticates one user per Coin? Without that step in the setup<br \/>\nprocess criminals could put many different cards onto one Coin for easy access.<br \/>\nCurrent and future payment cards like these need to have an in-depth account<br \/>\nestablishment process to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicverificationsystems.com\/solutions\/\">verify users<br \/>\nidentities<\/a> with their cards from the get-go so that a criminal isnt taking<br \/>\nadvantage of these technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Would you use Google wallet, their card or Coin? Connect<br \/>\nwith us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goevs\">Twitter<\/a> and tell us what you<br \/>\nthink.<\/p>\n<p>[Contributed by EVS Marketing]<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea and implementation of Google Wallet has been a popular topic lately.After the release of Googles virtual wallet Google also decided to release a physical card, which you can load a debit or credit card onto and use it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phone-verification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}