A U.S. Patent application that Apple filed in late May was published Thursday (Oct. 9) and it provides some delightfully geeky peeks into what appears to be Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Two PayPal execs have been quoted saying that PayPal could top a market capitalization of $100 billion. A Motley Fool writer, though, ran some calculations and Source: http://www.pymnts.com

But the one thing that isn’t above my pay grade is weighing in on the rationale that Icahn used to support Apple Pay’s adoption and the billions of dollars he Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The financial services sector has endured a torrid time in the past 18 months. For most companies it’s been a tough job just trying to survive and they way is littered with casualties. Source: http://www.shreeweb.com

GeekWire How Apple is poised to finally usher in a cashless society GeekWire A endless list of companies — from wireless carriers and handset makers to tech giants as big as Google — have tried to muscle their way into…

Apple has been granted a patent for a self-updating digital newspaper that can be used for both reading and also advertising. Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Dark Days Ahead: The Patent Pendulum IPWatchdog.com Even now that Twitter is approaching a thousand patents, every SEC filing continues to point out that other companies in the internet technology and/or media space have far more patents than… Source: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

VocaLink-backed mobile payment venture Zapp claims to have won the the largest coalition of retailer support for a new payment method ever announced in the UK, as leading brands representing a customer base of some 35 million people sign up…

Company will expand outside of the U.K. and offer its mobile proximity services in Canada and the U.S., as Apple Pay, BLE beacons, EMV migration and HCE shake up both markets. Source: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com

Direct carrier billing receives a major shot in the arm as the merger gives the San Francisco-based company significant reach across digital content brands. Source: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com