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Grocery Wars

Shell Accepts Chase Pay at Gas Pumps

The Drive did not say whether Shell will start accepting other popular QR Code based solutions like Alipay and Walmart Pay at its stations. Chase needs to justify the $100 million it invested in mobile-wallet technology, the Drive reported. Unfortunately the Drive did not say what Shell stations will accept Chase Pay.

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Grocery Wars

Walmart to Use Tencent Holdings’ WeChat Pay

News stories did not say whether WeChat Pay will be integrated with Walmart’s QR-code based payment app Walmart Pay. Walmart Pay is one of the fastest growing payment solutions in the United States.

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Opportunities

Chase Freedom Giving Cash back on Android Pay and other Digital Wallets

Walmart Pay users will not get cash back by paying with Chase Freedom, but they can get 5% Cashback by using Chase Pay at Walmart. Walmart (NYSE: WMT), America’s retailer accepts Chase Pay because it is a quick-read (QR) code based application like Walmart Pay. Although Chase Pay users can get 10% cash back at Walmart; if they pay with the Chase Sapphire or Freedom Unlimited Cards, before December 24, 2017, Nerdwallet reported.

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Cryptocurrency

Braintree Adds Apple Pay and Android Pay in Australia

Like Apple Pay, Android Pay still has not cracked the hardest barrier of all big U.S. retailers.

Almost no major U.S. retail brands appear in the Where to Use Android Pay page at the app’s website. Such behemoths as Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, Home Depot, Lowes, CVS, Burger King, Safeway, and Target are conspicuously absent from the list. The same sorry situation is repeated at Apple Pay, where almost all the big names in U.S. retail are conspicuously absent.

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Cryptocurrency

Apple Pay can be hacked

It is possible for hackers to steal the Apple Pay “payment token” using public Wi-Fi or a fake Wi-Fi hotspot that asks users to create a profile. In other they can crack Apple Pay by using a time tested hacking tactic called Wardriving.

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Chase Proves Banking is Back!!

Chase Pay will be integrated with both PayPal’s digital wallet and the Braintree merchant platform, TechCrunch reported. That means Chase Pay users might be able to use the app to pay at merchants will Braintree accounts.

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Grocery Wars

Chase buys CurrentC

Chase apparently plans to fold Current C into its digital wallet Chase Pay, Business Insider reported. Chase Pay is accepted only at Starbucks and Best Buy right now, but Walmart has plans to start taking it sometime this year. That will give Chase an advantage over Apple Pay and Android Pay, which Walmart refuses to take.

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Opportunities

Microsoft Reveals its Answer to Apple Pay

So far you can only access Visa (NYSE: V) and MasterCard (MA) through Microsoft Wallet. American Express and Discover are not mentioned at its website. Just eight banks are mentioned but only two major US banks accept it; Bank of America and US Bank. One major Canadian Bank TD Bank is also mentioned at the website. Chase is listed there as coming soon

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Chase Pay is Available

There are also plans to roll out Chase Pay at Walmart, Phillips 66 gas stations, Conoco filling stations, Shoprite and The Fresh Grocer supermarkets and Shell convenience stores within the next year or so. Chase and Walmart made a big deal of the availability through Walmart Pay a while back so that is probably a done deal.

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Grocery Wars

Walmart Brings Blockchain to the Grocery Store

If Walmart can roll out the world’s first blockchain-based inventory system it would be able to greatly reduce costs. That would make the company more efficient and ease the integration of online retail and brick and mortar stores.

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