Contactless

20 Aug 15 @ 15:49

PCM in partnership with Edgar, Dunn & Co. and American Express unveil the findings of the latest Advanced Payments Survey. The annual Advanced Payments Survey, which this year has been... read more

20 Aug 15 @ 10:27

Mobile contactless payments based mobile payments are gradually gaining prominence in Germany, with consumer preference for secure payment services also gaining ground, finds a new report by Timetric. According to... read more

19 Aug 15 @ 16:10

Worldwide mobile payments will account for $1 trillion in value in 2017, up 124% from the less than $500 billion expected in 2015. Asia/Pacific markets will contribute to this growth... read more

19 Aug 15 @ 11:11

QIWI and Visa have implemented a new stage of their strategic partnership, which has resulted in integration of Visa payWave’s contactless technology into Visa QIWI Wallet. Now e-wallet customers can pay using... read more

18 Aug 15 @ 14:31

MCX, three years after deciding to enter the mobile payment market with CurrentC, a group of large retailers is finally doing it. Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a partnership between large... read more

18 Aug 15 @ 13:25

According to Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s largest banks are fighting with Apple, as it tries to muscle Apple Pay into the hotly contested payments market. According to sources, fees are a big sticking... read more

17 Aug 15 @ 16:41

TSYS has announced the publication of a new white paper titled “How European Issuers Can Thrive in an Ecosystem Defined by Tokenisation-Enabled NFC Payments.” The white paper explains that the recent... read more

14 Aug 15 @ 15:41

Tech giant Samsung will launch its mobile payments service Samsung Pay in South Korea later this month, with Visa, MasterCard and major banks lining up for a US launch in... read more

11 Aug 15 @ 16:48

American Express has announced that its corportate card portfolio will be activated for Apple Pay, allowing cardmembers to pay on the go with compatible Apple devices. The mobile payment option... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:16

Shipments of smart card integrated circuits (ICs) are projected to increase from 9.6 billion in 2014 to 10.4 billion in 2015 and to 12.7 billion in 2019, according to research... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:12

MasterCard and Samsung Electronics have announced they are extending their global partnership leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) to deliver the mobile payment service Samsung Pay in Europe. Samsung... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 11:36

As the world mourns the loss of a former king of the handset manufacturing world and Microsoft licks its wounds in writing down about $7.6 billion on the Nokia division,... read more