Contactless

01 Mar 16 @ 12:40

Android Pay, Google’s mobile payments service, is set to launch in the UK in March. Android Pay, which was launched in September, lets consumers pay at store checkout counters by waving their Android... read more

29 Feb 16 @ 13:43

PCM interviews Chris Kangas on how MasterCard technology platform is being used to support the exploding contactless market and innovations like tokenisation of payment card credentials on the MasterCard platform... read more

24 Feb 16 @ 17:15

Mobile proximity payments are the smallest, but fastest growing segment for mobile payments, according to global analyst firm Ovum. Ovum’s new m-payments forecast* shows that the total global user base... read more

24 Feb 16 @ 16:49

Alexander Silva is thinking less and less about his bank these days. He uses his Venmo app at least three times a month to pay his rent or reimburse a... read more

23 Feb 16 @ 16:46

PCM interviews James Anderson of MasterCard to discuss the hottest trends for 2016 – including MasterPass, wearable payments and MasterCard as a technology company.

23 Feb 16 @ 11:53

Mobile payments have really taken off with the launch of Apple Pay in the UK recently. Now it’s Samsung’s turn, with the launch of Samsung Pay. Originally announced alongside the... read more

22 Feb 16 @ 13:25

PayPal has announced a change to its plans regarding NFC with two initiatives – an upgrade to its app that will support the technology and an alliance with Vodafone for contactless payments.... read more

19 Feb 16 @ 12:45

As Apple and the other handset giants turn their attention to financial services through the launch of their various ‘Pay’ solutions, will banks face a similar fate to that of... read more

19 Feb 16 @ 12:27

The total number of MasterCard processed transactions passed the 1 billion mark in Europe last year – an increase of 150% from 2014. MasterCard’s latest figures reveal that the UK... read more

17 Feb 16 @ 15:58

Curve, a London-based startup, allows people to combine an unlimited number of bank cards into one physical payment card, accepted everywhere MasterCard cards work. It is supported by a mobile... read more

16 Feb 16 @ 15:56

Visa Europe has expanded its tokenization service to include support for services where payment credentials are stored in the cloud — such as banks’ own mobile payment apps, wearables and... read more

16 Feb 16 @ 09:00

SIMalliance published an illustration intended to help NFC service providers to understand the cost considerations of different NFC deployment models. The illustration compares the known and hidden conceptual costs of... read more