Blaze Mobile Wallet Set to Ignite Mobile Marketplace.New Feature-Rich Cellular App to Bring Mobile Commerce to the Next Level ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The prospect of universal contactless payments Contactless payment systems are credit cards, key fobs, or other devices which use RFID for making secure payments. The built in chip and antenna enable consumers to wave their card or fob over a reader at the point of sale. and a digital replacement for that old leather billfold in your pocket just got that much closer to being real. An application called Blaze Mobile Wallet is now available for the top cellular phones on the AT&T and Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind networks. Using Near-Field Communication (NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference ) technology, consumers using their mobile wallet software can simply wave their mobile phones to purchase merchandise. Unlike traditional credit card transactions, NFC transmits a user's credit card information using radio waves Radio waves Electromagnetic energy of the frequency range corresponding to that used in radio communications, usually 10,000 cycles per second to 300 billion cycles per second. to the credit card terminal Several types of credit card terminals are available to merchants nowadays. Most have the same basic purpose and functions. They allow a merchant to swipe or key in required credit card information and transmit such data to the merchant service provider. and eliminates the need to take out the actual card and swipe. To compliment that, the Blaze software can access any of the user's bank accounts for balance inquiries, funds transfers, bill pay, and other bank transactions. While phones with NFC technology built-in are coming to the market soon (with only one already available), Mobile Candy Dish has an NFC-based payment sticker for use with a current phone. This payment sticker comes as part of their private-label Blaze Debit MasterCard account available for free to subscribers. "With the Blaze Payment Sticker, consumers can make contactless purchases now without having to upgrade their mobile phone," said CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Michelle Fisher. The application supports more than 8,000 credit cards and banks and dozens of customer loyalty cards. "Blaze Mobile Wallet represents the pinnacle of ease of use, speed, and flexibility to manage one's finances on-the-go," said Fisher. Blaze Mobile Wallet comes with many other features to help you manage your money such as an interface to manage all your frequent flier frequent flier n. One who travels often by air, especially on one airline. fre  quent-fli and customer loyalty card balances, relevant coupons to retailers based
on your spending habits, and a local retailer search with directions and
maps. Taking a page from the company's past successes, Blaze also
lets users purchase advance movie tickets, look up theater locations and
showtimes, and view movie trailers on their handsets. Blaze Mobile
Wallet is available from their website BlazeWallet.com for AT&T and
Sprint Nextel customers at a price of $4.99 per month. Blaze Mobile
Wallet will be available for other carriers in the near future.
About Mobile Candy Dish Mobile Candy Dish is a cutting-edge company based in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay that offers a suite of innovative and easy-to-use mobile commerce applications. Consumers can pay for purchases at retailers using contactless payment, purchase movie tickets in advance, conduct mobile banking with over 8,000 supported financial institutions, pay bills, and much more. These products empower consumers to manage their finances on-the-go in a quickly-changing mobile world. For more information, please visit www.BlazeWallet.com. |
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