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We’d hardly call Isis a juggernaut, but the would-be Google Wallet-slayer is certainly building steam. After convincing American Express to back it in a nationwide rollout, Chase has decided to hop on the expansion train as well. The mobile payment launch partner is clearly quite happy with how pilot programs in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah went. Soon enough holders of Chase Freedom, Sapphire and Slate cards, along with those special people in possession of a JPMorgan Palladium card will be able to load their accounts into the Isis Mobile Wallet app and tap to pay at retail locations across the nation. Of course, if you’re part of the one percent, walking around with your Palladium card, chances are you probably don’t wander into to Walgreens to pick up your own Gold Bond Medicated Foot Powder very often anyway.

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To say that the launch of Isis has felt drawn out would be a mild understatement. The alliance first signaled its intentions two years ago, detailed its first markets one year ago and faced a last-minute delay. All the ducks are finally in a row, however, and residents of both Austin as well as Salt Lake City can tap to pay (or score discounts) at the “hundreds” of locations that accept NFC-based purchases through American Express, Capital One, Chase and Isis’ own cash card. Launch day brings app- and SIM-enabled access for nine devices spread rather unevenly across AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon: only the Droid Incredible 4G LTE is confirmed working for Verizon subscribers, while the rest are divided more equally between multiple Samsung Galaxies and HTC devices like the Amaze 4G and One X. Over 20 phones should be Isis-aware before the end of the year. It’s a potentially strong start to one of the few truly cross-network mobile payment systems in the US, but we see a long road ahead before Isis gives Google Wallet some jitters — there’s legions of banks, cities and stores needed before Isis is widespread, and we’re not counting on that ever-elusive universal hardware support.

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Good news to all Chase customers on Android. If your bank is Chase, you will be glad to know that the Chases Mobile for Android has just been updated to version 2.7 with a lot of nifty enhancements. Probably the most significant feature in the update is the capability to scroll up to 24 months of transactions related to your Chase deposit accounts. The update also now allows Chase Liquid customers to view account info, transfer money to Chase Liquid, use Chase QuickDeposit, and manage alerts and more via the mobile app. The enhancements do not stop there. The new version of Chase Mobile now includes the ability to receive in-app notices for upcoming outages, increased character limits for amount fields for Pay Bills and Chase QuickPay, and a few system enhancements to improve app performance. You can get the app via Google Play.

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