Facebook to trial PayPal-style mobile payment system (update: more details)
The service is reportedly very PayPal-like — Facebook users with credit cards on file would just have to log in to make purchases inside of a mobile app. Only the flash sale outlet JackThreads is participating in the test at this stage, and there's no …
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Facebook Is Testing a PayPal Killer
No doubt, this could be a nice revenue opportunity for Facebook … and also a potential threat to existing players in the space, such as eBay (EBAY) and its PayPal service. Facebook is no stranger to the online payments space. The company already …
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Facebook Testing Option To Auto-Fill Billing Info For Mobile E-Commerce …
Update: Facebook's new payments test isn't a PayPal competitor, it's a companion that fills in your billing info automatically. AllThingsD today broke the news that Facebook was testing a new payments feature for third-party apps, but misframed it as a …
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Facebook to test PayPal rival for mobile, report says
Facebook to test PayPal rival for mobile, report says. The social network is said to be planning "in the next month or so" to test a mobile-payment service that would let you pay for products via your Facebook credentials. Don Reisinger. by Don Reisinger.
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Facebook to Test PayPal Competitor
The goal is to make it easier to buy stuff on a phone, since entering billing info on a phone can be clunky. The service could launch in the next month or so, Jason Del Ray and Mike Isaac report. It would put Facebook up against eBay's PayPal, as well …
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Braintree Takes On Stripe, PayPal With Debut
Payments gateway Braintree is launching a new service today called Marketplace, an API designed for mobile – you guessed it – marketplace operators. The new platform is already being used by TaskRabbit, a service for outsourcing errands and temporary …
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