• May 16th, 2012

    Mobile Payments Startup Jumio Takes On Card.io With Credit Card Scanning Toolkit For App Developers

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    Mobile payments and identity verification company Jumio is introducing its Netswipe Mobile SDK today, which allows developers to add credit card scanning functionality to their mobile applications. The SDK (software development kit), is available now for iOS, but an Android version is coming soon, the company says.

    To jump start usage, Jumio is also waiving transaction fees for the SDK’s… → Read More

    March 15th, 2012

    No Swipe Needed: PayPal Here Is Powered By Mobile Payment Startup Card.io

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    PayPal today unveiled its new global payment platform for SMBs, PayPal Here, which brings the veteran payments solution into local stores with a new mobile app-card reader solution to rival Square. The in-store payment solution, which begins rolling out to merchants today, features a triangular card-reader, or dongle, that merchants can use to swipe cards of all varieties to start accepting mobile… → Read More

    March 15th, 2012

    InvoiceASAP Rolls Out Mobile Invoicing With Support For QuickBooks Sync, Card.io

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    Cloud-based invoicing platform (and TechCrunch Disrupt finalist) InvoiceASAP is out with some very welcome news for business owners and their accountants today: integration with QuickBooks. The new functionality works with both QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online, but here’s the killer feature – the proprietary solution supports syncing with QuickBooks as far back as 2004. Even QuickBooks’… → Read More

    January 19th, 2012

    No More Swiping: Card.io Launches New Consumer App, Developer Tools Which “See” Your Credit Card

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    Card.io, the toolkit for mobile app developers which lets users pay for items by holding their credit card up to the phone’s camera, is today launching a consumer-facing app. It’s something like Square, but without the dongle. It’s also not aimed at merchants, as Square is. Instead, the new Card.io applications, available for both iPhone and Android, are meant for person-to-person payments. → Read More

    June 23rd, 2011

    Card.io's SDK Makes Entering Credit Card Information As Easy As Taking A Snapshot

    When it comes to mobile applications that involve commerce, one of the biggest obstacles is getting users to actually pay for an item. Indeed, the user might be perfectly willing to hand over some money, but the process of actually entering their name and credit card number on a small screen is tedious.

    Card.io is a new startup making its public debut today that’s looking to make lives easier for… → Read More