The Problem With Amazon’s Mobile Pay Service: It’s Amazon
Written by Fred J. AunOctober 6th, 2009
Amazon on Monday (Oct. 5) renewed its push to get E-tailers to use its 1-click checkout. Thus far, Amazon has made almost no inroads with major retailers because of the perceived competitive threat from the $19 billion E-Commerce giant. But the recent torrent of new retail mobile applications may change that, as the need for a very fast checkout system is becoming much more critical.
Tom Emmons, the mobile team leader at Sears Holdings, said that while the Sears and K-Mart mobile sites offer third-party payment options, including PayPal, he couldn’t envision adding Amazon as another way for Sears2Go or Kmart2Go customers to pay for purchases.
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Is there really an improvement between a mag swipe and contactless tap if multi-factor authentication is required?
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