Hasta La Gadget!

Barclays Pingit is a neat multi-platform app for paying the odd bill or shooting over your share of Friday’s curry to a friend, regardless of which bank you use. Today, Barclays announced new ways businesses can use the payment platform: a “Pay with Barclays Pingit” button can now be added to websites and apps, which should shorten the time between impulse and transaction — anyone that regularly uses PayPal for online purchases will get the general idea. Also, if an advertisement should take someone’s fancy, the “buy it” feature allows that person to scan a QR code, check out product info, and complete the purchase then and there. It’s up to retailers to add these new options, of course, so don’t expect to find them everywhere from today. QR codes just won’t die, will they?

Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile

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Via: TheNextWeb

Judging by recently announced projects like Go Mobile, it’s quite clear that US Bank is working hard at keeping up with the mobile banking curve. With today’s introduction of its new Mobile Photo BillPay feature, the company’s giving customers using an iOS or Android device yet another nifty tool to take advantage of while on the go — one that’s set to make it easy to set up bill payments by simply taking a shot of any invoice and uploading it to an account from within the app. The experience itself is rather similar to what we’re accustomed to seeing when doing things like, say, depositing checks, and US Bank’s quick to point out that it’s one of the first major banks in the US to bring a mobile bill-paying solution to its users. Speaking of which, US Bank account holders can try out BillPay now — links to download from Google Play and the App Store are after the break.

Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile

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Via: PhoneScoop

Source: US Bank (App Store), (Google Play)