{"id":4688,"date":"2012-08-22T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/mobile-payments-hamburgers-coffee-and-committees\/"},"modified":"2012-08-22T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T20:32:00","slug":"mobile-payments-hamburgers-coffee-and-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/insights\/mobile-payments-hamburgers-coffee-and-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Payments: Hamburgers, Coffee, and Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mobile payments industry has seen ample amount of action<br \/>\nthis month. To new partnerships to the formation of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electran.org\/content\/view\/844\/1\/\" style=\"cursor: text;\">Mobile Payments Committee<\/a>,<br \/>\nthe mobile payments revolution is coming, and at full force. As businesses<br \/>\nfollow the trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicverificationsystems.com\/Resources\/Blog\/Mobile-Payments-Continue-to-Grow.aspx\" style=\"cursor: text;\">mobile<br \/>\npayments<\/a>, its vital that they implement mobile security measures that will<br \/>\nsupport their newest functions. As 65% of experts have agreed, mobile payments<br \/>\nwill become mainstream by the end of this decade. While keeping up with trends<br \/>\nis important, protecting your business and consumers is even more important as<br \/>\npayments are processed.<br _moz_dirty=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p>After Starbucks announced their partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/08\/technology\/starbucks-and-square-to-team-up.html\" style=\"cursor: text;\">Square<\/a>,<br \/>\nPaypal was not far behind from announcing some news of their own. Paypal has<br \/>\nteamed up with McDonalds to offer a <a href=\"http:\/\/vator.tv\/news\/2012-08-20-mcdonalds-tests-paypal-system-in-30-restaurants\" style=\"cursor: text;\">mobile<br \/>\npayment option<\/a> that will allow customers to order and pay on their mobile<br \/>\nphone prior to coming into the restaurant. Once they get there, they simple<br \/>\npick up their food and go. In addition to making fast foodfaster, Paypal also<br \/>\nannounced a deal with Discover that will essentially allow consumers to pay via<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/stlouis\/blog\/BizNext\/2012\/08\/after-squares-starbucks-deal-paypal.html\" style=\"cursor: text;\">Paypal<\/a><br \/>\nat any retail location that accept Discover.&nbsp;<br _moz_dirty=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, the Electronic Transactions Association<br \/>\n(ETA) has created a committee including all four major mobile network operators<br \/>\nto act as a guide to the mobile payments industry. This committee will provide<br \/>\nresources and implement industry-wide solutions both domestically and<br \/>\ninternationally. This cross company group will propose policies and solutions<br \/>\nthat are voluntary for the time being, and help ensure that companies new to<br \/>\nmobile payments provide reliable and secure systems.<br _moz_dirty=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p>Security will becoming a bigger piece of this pie as the<br \/>\nindustry forms and defines how mobile payments will function in the future.<br \/>\nThis may include policies and guidelines much like those formed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicverificationsystems.com\/Resources\/Blog\/Cross-Checking-Fraud-Prevention-for-FFIEC-Compliance.aspx\" style=\"cursor: text;\">FFIEC<\/a>.<br \/>\nAs the mobile payments movements becomes more common, so will mobile security.<br \/>\nBe sure to look into protecting your business and consumers before looking into<br \/>\njoining the mobile bandwagon.<br _moz_dirty=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><br _moz_dirty=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><br _moz_dirty=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span>[Contributed by EVS Marketing]<\/span><br _moz_dirty=\"true\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mobile payments industry has seen ample amount of action this month. To new partnerships to the formation of a Mobile Payments Committee, the mobile payments revolution is coming, and at full force. As businesses follow the trend of mobile<\/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-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phone-verification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}