Overview
Location
United States, Wyoming, Casper
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2014
Mentions in press and media 15
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| Jun 9, 2016 | Has Death Knell Sounded for MCX’s CurrentC? | MCX, led by a consortium of large retailers such as Walmart, Target and Best Buy, has announced it’s ending the beta test of its mobile payments service CurrentC, and accounts will be deactivated June 28. Although accounts will be closed, t... |
| Jun 8, 2016 | Would-be Apple Pay rival CurrentC closes beta, future uncertain | CurrentC, a mobile payments app that once aimed to take on Apple Pay, Android Pay and others, is shutting down its beta program, deactivating users’ accounts, and not yet commenting on if or when it will return to the market as a consumer-f... |
| Jun 8, 2016 | CurrentC—retailers’ defiant answer to Apple Pay—will deactivate its user accounts | MCX reader comments 144 with 71 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Shortly after Apple Pay launched in 2014, people began noticing that drug store chain Rite-Aid was pulling support for... |
| May 16, 2016 | MCX postpones rollout of Apple Pay rival CurrentC, lays off 30, will focus on bank deals | As merchants like Walmart move ahead on their own mobile payment strategies, a consortium that once counted Walmart — along with a number of other big retailers and brands — behind it, has taken a step back. Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX)... |
| Apr 18, 2015 | Wallet Wars: The fight to dominate payments is just beginning | Two weeks ago, I walked into Starbucks and ordered a black coffee – not because I wanted to have an unimaginably awkward enlightening conversation about race relations with the barista, but because Starbucks’ mobile payment system fascinate... |
| Apr 18, 2015 | Wallet Wars: The fight to dominate payments is just beginning | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Two weeks ago, I walked into Starbucks and ordered a black coffee – not because I wanted to have an unimaginably awkward enlightening c... |
| Nov 18, 2014 | Apple Pay at Walgreens is something less than magical | Updated on Nov. 20 with edited checkout steps Walgreens was among the first and certainly the most enthusiastic partners in Apple’s mobile payments initiative. But if Steve Jobs himself went into his neighborhood Walgreens to buy hand sanit... |
| Oct 30, 2014 | Why some big retailers are refusing Apple Pay | NEW YORK - A mobile payment service backed by Wal-Mart (WMT), Best Buy (BBY) and other leading retailers is defending its practice of prohibiting its members from accepting alternatives such as Apple Pay. In a conference call with reporters... |
| Oct 29, 2014 | CurrentC Pilot Program – the MCX Alternative to Apple Pay and Google Wallet – Hacked | Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook announced over a million credit cards activated on Apple Pay within 72 hours of its October 20 debut. Cook happily proclaimed that Apple’s new Pay product was seeing quick adoption. This was very exciting... |
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