Nowadays, we find ourselves carrying cold hard cash less and less because you can just as easily make your purchase with payment cards, and track your spending online. Certain payment or loyalty cards also let you earn rewards or entries to contests, but they do add up. They make your wallet unnecessarily thick and heavy.
here are some apps that makes your phone as your Wallet :
Google Wallet
Replaces: Cash, credit cards, loyalty cards , coupons
Launched in 2011 and available on iPhone and Android, Google Wallet gives you the ability to make purchases in stores and online, as well as withdraw cash from ATMs with your phone or a card.
- Shop and save in stores with all your loyalty and offers in one place. Send money to friends and family and they can spend it instantly with the Google Wallet Card.
- Store your loyalty programs and leave the plastic cards behind. Carry all of your Google offers on your phone when you shop. Redeem easily at checkout.
- Send money to any friend in the US with an email address while on-the-go. It’s easy, fast, and free to send directly from your bank account or Wallet Balance.
- Look for the Buy with Google button on your favorite apps and mobile sites. Also buy easily on Google Play, Drive, YouTube and other Google properties.
- Google Wallet comes with 24/7 fraud monitoring as part of Google Wallet Fraud Protection. If your phone/card is lost or stolen, either can be disabled from your Google Wallet account.
Passbook
Replaces: Travel & entertainment tickets, loyalty and rewards cards
Apple’s Passbook come up in iOS 6 and with scanning 2D barcodes to help managing your movie, concert and airline tickets as well as loyalty cards and coupons for selected merchants.
This app let you store and scan almost any type of coupon or ticket. So instead of actually carrying the coupons like grocery coupons or stacks of loyalty cards store it with Passbook.
Unlike Google Wallet, you cannot use your debit or credit card for purchases in-store, however you can use BillGuard to view bank balance.
Venmo
Replaces: Credit and Debit cards
Venmo is an app available for BlackBerry, iOS and Android . Once you have an account, you can link a bank account, credit or debit card to it. It works similar to PayPal but only between two parties with Venmo accounts.
All you need to do is write an email to friend and the amount you want to transfer. You can even share the transaction with a message on Facebook, Twitter or Foursquare.
User can simply access their account via website and makes transaction more handy via smartphones. Venmo also works via SMS with a few simple SMS commands. Venmo is a free app but only currently works with major US banks and phone numbers.
Square Wallet
Replaces : Credit card , gift voucher
Square wallet another similar app available on iOS and Android and works similar to Lemon Wallet, But it comes with additional cool features. This app links your credit card to the app but it requires the use of merchant cards which is why Square works only with their list of merchants.
Because it is locality, the store knows you’re ordering something and will charge it to the card linked on your Square account.
It comes with feature of Hands-free Checkout through user can favorite the merchant. Providing interesting discount offers and earns rewards.
PayPal
Nowadays PayPal is very famous service that can transact money between other PayPal users and friends. This app Available for both platforms iOS and Android,
It lets you send money to other users and shows you your transaction history. It can be also done by using their website.
In future PayPal planned to add feature of mobile payment via a care reader.
Bump Pay
Bump was an iOS and Android application that enabled Smartphone users to transfer contact information, photos and files between devices. Similarly Bump Pay is a free app only available for the iPhone platform.
It allows you to ‘bump’ (transfer) money from iPhone to iPhone with your existing PayPal account.
Geode by iCache
Geode is an iPhone case that come up with very interesting alternative. Geode is replacement of your credit card and loyalty cards.
In this app , all you have to do is take a picture of barcode of each card then the barcode will be displayed will be displayed in E-ink quality for scanning purposes.
The app has a biometric scanner that takes your fingerprints for authentication for more secure transaction.
Isis Mobile Wallet
Isis is available to both AT&T and Verizon customers and offers the same tap to pay functionality Android users currently enjoy with NFC. The only catch? You’ll need to buy an accessory case to make Isis work. After that you can add all your payment cards, including American Express Serve and Chase bank cards, and start tapping to pay at literally thousands of merchants with tap to pay terminals.
If you don’t mind buying a case in order to get the same tap to pay treatment Android customers already enjoy, get Isis Mobile Wallet.
