Location based marketing allows brands to adapt their marketing message based on where consumers are geographically. By knowing where consumers are, brands are able to tap into daily habits and also encourage consumers with relevant offers and messages based on their location. According…

Patent trolls are still at it. A new report from Unified Patents, found that 449 patent cases were filed in district court in January 2015—a 36% increase over January 2014. Source: http://www.eff.org

Does this phone case infringe this design patent? That’s one of the claims in this recently-filed case. Source: design-law.tumblr.com

PayPal is now testing face verification for mobile-payment transactions. Source: mashable.com

In his latest blog post, Mark Ranta from ACI Worldwide is joined by his colleague Dan Ring for a fun Q&A about the current market. Source: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com

In a strange turn of events Google is striking up a partnership with wireless carriers to make tap-to-pay technology pre-installed on all Android devices. Google Wallet announced a deal today with … Source: venturebeat.com

Samsung Confirms Buying LoopPay for Mobile Payments (The VAR Guy) http://t.co/0qDUJ5gwu5 Source: http://www.techinvestornews.com

2015 means more on #mobilewallets, progress on next generation #payments and focus on #fraud and #risk controls. http://t.co/4JSAw2pY5u Source: http://www.cbinsight.com

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published Thursday (Feb. 19) new patent applications filed by Apple that hint at the technology conglomerate’s latest Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Travelers will find it easier to use credit cards overseas as American banks start switching to “chip and PIN” or “chip and signature” cards. Source: old.seattletimes.com