“Last fall, we first announced our vision for Amazon Sidewalk, a neighborhood network designed to make your devices work better—both inside your home and beyond the front door. Operated by Amazon at no charge to customers, Amazon Sidewalk uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), the 900 MHz spectrum, and other frequencies to simplify new device setup, extend the low-bandwidth working range of devices, and help devices stay online and up-to-date even if they are outside the range of home Wi-Fi. Launching later this year, Amazon Sidewalk will provide immediate benefits to customers.”

“Discover, a leading digital bank and payments company, and Car IQ, a California based financial technology startup, have partnered to create an innovative payment platform for machine-initiated payments beginning with automotive fleets. Fleet vehicles that are connected to the Car IQ platform will be able to transact autonomously to pay for services through the infrastructure of the Discover Global Network.”

“Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram drivers can now use Uconnect Market , Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ new in-vehicle commerce platform, to pay for fuel at Shell-branded stations across the US. “The in-vehicle Shell Pay & Save functionality will provide customers with features that offer speed, convenience, and security, along with rewarding offers during their fuelling experience,” Shell says. “The customer simply uses Uconnect Market in their vehicle to locate nearby Shell stations and navigates to the closest one, then securely authorizes a fuelling charge through the convenient in-vehicle payment system before fuelling their vehicle.”

“Sprint (NYSE: S ), a leading US communications services company and Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, today at CES 2020 announced a new relationship that will integrate Wirecard unified commerce solutions into Sprint’s Curiosity™ Internet of Things (IoT) platform to deliver the “Internet of Payments”. The announcement was made at CES 2020. The two companies, brought together by SoftBank Investment Advisers, are collaborating to embed payment capabilities in IoT deployments, bringing added value to enterprise clients on a global scale.”

“For owners of some General Motors vehicles, a taste of this future is already here. Since December, G.M. has equipped about three million cars with an in-dash system it calls Marketplace. The free-to-use system communicates directly with merchants, enabling a driver or passengers to order and pay for a variety of products and services without a cellphone.”

“If payments are so easy that they become invisible, so could Visa’s brand. “

“AT&T has launched a new product called LTE-M button, which allows users to place an order online in one click. Yes, it sounds just like Amazon Dash — in fact, it’s powered by Amazon Web Services — but since it’s connected to AT&T’s LTE-M network, it doesn’t need a WiFi connection to work. AT&T’s button was also designed more for businesses than homes and individuals. It’s not pre-programmed like Amazon’s Dash buttons are, and companies can program it to accomplish tasks that fit their needs.”

“Payments are the unglamorous but absolutely necessary piece of any consumer purchase. As retail touch points have multiplied and become more technologically complex, encompassing mobile devices, wearables, and now voice, AR and VR applications, payment providers have had to keep pace. One indication of the breadth of this challenge is in Kiki Del Valle’s title: she is SVP of Commerce for Every Device at Mastercard”

“With IoT becoming an integral part of our daily tech consumption, payments are also being increasingly integrated into the overall experience. Today, consumers around the world are used to seeing large color displays with information that is relevant to them. On some occasions, they are able to interact with the screen via a call-to-action, either by scanning a QR code or texting a number to receive a coupon.”

“Privacy and security concerns block Internet of Things projects at many companies, according to research released Tuesday by consulting firm Capgemini. Sixty-two percent of 300 companies surveyed cited such concerns in deciding not to push IoT projects past proof-of-concept stage, CapGemini said. Still, the IoT market continues to grow with sensor-enabled devices expected to number 20 billion within two years, says researcher Gartner Inc. That includes medical equipment, autonomous cars, wearable devices, home appliances, clothing and many other kinds of gadgets already in use.”