Contactless

23 Mar 16 @ 14:48

Major high street UK banks including HSBC, Bank of Scotland, First Direct, Halifax, Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank, MBNA and Nationwide Building Society say they are ready for the forthcoming launch... read more

22 Mar 16 @ 15:16

A new study  has found that hat the annual transaction value of online, mobile and contactless – digital payments will reach $3.6 trillion this year, up from $3 trillion on 2015, resulting... read more

22 Mar 16 @ 14:44

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110 million by the end of 2016 with 38.2% growth over the previous year. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)... read more

22 Mar 16 @ 12:58

Octopus, the Hong Kong equivalent of the Oyster card in the UK says the legal limit on the amount of money that can be stored on Octopus cards will rise... read more

18 Mar 16 @ 11:48

TSYS has announced the results of its 2016 UK Consumer Payment Choice Study. New to the second annual research were findings related to emerging payments. The online survey of more than 500... read more

17 Mar 16 @ 12:39

Credit cards dominate the Hong Kong payment cards market in terms of transaction volume and value during the review period (2010-2014) – a trend which is expected to continue up... read more

17 Mar 16 @ 11:48

ICICI Bank is set to roll out an HCE mobile payment solution to enable its credit and debit card customers to make payments with their smartphones at NFC-enabled terminal. The mobile payment solution... read more

16 Mar 16 @ 12:56

Mobile Maestro (called Bankomatkarte Mobil), an NFC mobile payment app enabled by Payment Services Austria (PSA) and supported by Austria Card, has launched. Following a successful field trial in Linz (Upper... read more

15 Mar 16 @ 10:23

Samsung Pay has reported a loss of $16.8m (£11.8m) until now. Samsung Electronics reports that it views the platform as an investment for the future that will strengthen the competitive edge for... read more

11 Mar 16 @ 11:14

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said that 2015 would be the year of Apple Pay. As it turned out, 2015 was the year of mobile payments initiatives generally as technology... read more

04 Mar 16 @ 12:01

Debit cards are set to remain the most widely used payment type in France over the next four years, as consumers are getting increasingly attracted by the convenience of contactless... read more

02 Mar 16 @ 12:23

As reported earlier this year, Vodafone has become the first operator in the world to offer its customers the opportunity to make contactless PayPal payments using a smartphone. It is... read more