Mobile payments

27 Mar 14 @ 14:37

BlackBerry expects to use BBM as the vehicle for offering more mobile money services across a greater number of countries this year, according to Re/code. David Proulx, senior director of BBM... read more

26 Mar 14 @ 12:03

New options for making payments by mobile phone are expected to appear later this year in New Zealand. Payments NZ has launched new Mobile Device Rules and Standards that will... read more

10 Mar 14 @ 17:04

The UK’s Payments Council is to launch a secure means for consumers to make payments using a mobile number, in a long awaited service backed by the UK’s banks, called... read more

03 Mar 14 @ 10:53

In this video Judo Pay discuss the components involved in processing  mobile payments, the communication protocols between different parties and finally an example of a transaction to show the flow... read more

28 Feb 14 @ 14:01

A new initiative linking MasterCard, OTP Bank and mobile wallet provider Cellum has been launched in Europe. Unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Cellum-developed OTPay is the first,... read more

26 Feb 14 @ 10:29

In continuing its quest for acquirers, Zapp, has announces that Elavon has signed up to offer Zapp mobile payments to merchants and consumers from 2014. Elavon will work with Zapp... read more

25 Feb 14 @ 12:16

The GSMA’s Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) programme released its third annual Mobile Financial Services State of the Industry Report, providing a quantitative assessment of the state of mobile... read more

24 Feb 14 @ 11:57

PayPal has partnered with Samsung to launch wearable tech payments. The Gear 2 is Samsung wearable device. The watches come packed with an embedded camera and run on Tizen OS, a... read more

24 Feb 14 @ 11:47

MasterCard announced MasterPass in-app payments, enabling consumers to make secure purchases within a mobile app as it attempts to grab a piece of the fast-growing multi-billion dollar industry. In-app payments... read more

21 Feb 14 @ 15:20

Amazon has announced that its digital currency – Coins – are now open for use outside of Kindle Fire tablets. More specifically, the e-commerce giant says that its virtual currency... read more

13 Feb 14 @ 15:35

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has selected ZNAP as the provider of its m-commerce service at Twickenham. The deal was agreed after a successful trial at the 2013 QBE Internationals.... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 15:43

Adyen has delivered findings from its third Mobile Payments Index covering the period September to December 2013. The Index shows mobile payments accounted for 19.5% of all transactions worldwide in December,... read more