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daniel January 24, 2017 Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOG), Android Pay, Android Pay Now on far More Cash Registers, Android Pay Now Supports PayPal, Chick-Fil-A now accepts Android Pay, Discover (NYSE: DIS), Equinox Payments, Kroger supermarkets are not yet accepting Apple Pay, Luby’s Supermarkets, MasterPass, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Raley’s Supermarkets, Save Mart Supermarkets, Visa (NYSE: V), Visa Checkout, Walgreens (NASDAQ: WBA), Walgreens Balance Reward

Android Pay Now Supports PayPal, Discover and Visa Checkout

Among other things that means Android Pay is now accepted at all Walgreens (NASDAQ: WBA) drugstores, Payments.com reported. It also means but Android Pay can now be integrated with Walgreens Balance Reward card program much like Apple Pay is. Unfortunately Walgreens was the only store mentioned in news stories about the new registers.

Opportunities

daniel July 20, 2016 Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Android Pay, Apple Pay’s Big Security Hole, Are Walmart Pay and Chase Pay more Secure than Apple Pay?, Bitcoin, Blockchain, brick and mortar app payment, Chase Pay, JPMorgan CHASE NYSE: JPM), MasterPass, NFC, NFC or near-field wireless communication, NFC vs QR Code, QR, QR Code, QR or quick read code, Samsung Pay, Walmart Pay, Walmart Pay and Apple Pay

The Big Payment App Battle: NFC vs QR Code

The real conflict in brick and mortar app payment is that there are two very different technologies in widespread use. This makes systems incompatible and effectively drives a wedge between the different companies offering payment solutions and their customers.

Grocery Wars

daniel July 17, 2016 American Express (NYSE: AXP), Android Pay, Apple Pay, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Chase Pay, Citi (NYSE: C), JPMorgan CHASE NYSE: JPM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), MasterPass, Office Depot (NASDAQ: ODP), PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Visa (NYSE: V), Walmart Pay

MasterCard Joins the Payment App Wars

MasterPass looks like a serious contender in the payment wars that has a few advantages over Apple Pay. A big one is the existing MasterCard payment network. One critical step the company has done is to get the big monster banks including BOA and Citi (NYSE: C) onboard. Notably missing is Chase which is pushing its own Chase Pay solution.