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Seven news stories about Palo Alto


Downtown uses Bluetooth beacons to deliver orders to customers’ tables

By Sarah Clark • 2 September 2014 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com
Coupa Cafe customers can order and pay via BLE and an app

A café in Palo Alto, California is using a new service developed by startup Downtown that lets customers order and pay for their meals with their mobile phone... More


What's New in Payments

PayPal tests beacons

By Sarah Clark • 19 May 2014 • Updated 30 September 2022 • nfcw.com

PayPal Beacon, a mobile payment service that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons to let shoppers make “hands free” payments, is now undergoing pilot testing in Palo Alto... More


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Poken moves to Silicon Valley with $2m investment

By Sarah Clark • 16 March 2012 • Updated 16 March 2012 • nfcw.com
Poken

NFC gadget and marketing platform provider Poken has announced a US$2M investment round led by Swisscom Ventures and Credit Suisse... More


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PayPal tests NFC payments in Stockholm

By Sarah Clark • 20 December 2011 • Updated 20 December 2011 • nfcw.com
PayPal

“Over the next few months we’ll be testing many different proximity payments technologies (including NFC) and exploring numerous partnership opportunities,” says the online payments giant. More


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NFC pioneer Bling Nation suspends mobile payments service

By Sarah Clark • 13 June 2011 • Updated 4 February 2019 • nfcw.com
Bling Nation

Bling Nation, the company behind the first commercial NFC payments system in the US, has suspended service while it seeks to revamp its business model, American Banker reports... More


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Bling Nation rolls out FanConnect mobile social rewards to Austin, Texas

By Christopher Brown • 29 March 2011 • Updated 22 June 2011 • nfcw.com
Bling Nation's Bling Tag

Bling Nation has announced the launch of its FanConnect service in Austin, Texas, expanding the reach of its social rewards program where consumers can tap to earn, redeem and share rewards with their social networks at checkout with their mobile phone... More


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PayPal hires head of retail and prepaid products to support move into in-store payments

By Christopher Brown • 17 March 2011 • Updated 14 February 2012 • nfcw.com
PayPal

Don Kingsborough, founder of prepaid payments specialist Blackhawk Network, has joined PayPal as the online payments giant moves further towards the world of offline shopping... More


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