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03 Oct 16 @ 15:18

Once again, LG Electronics has been forced to delay the launch of LG Pay, its proprietary mobile wallet, until 2017. This is the second launch delay for the wallet, which... read more

28 Sep 16 @ 13:41

The Mastercard Impact of Innovation study explores the attitudes to technology among 23,000 consumers in 23 different countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Although the UK is one of... read more

27 Sep 16 @ 16:53

The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published its European payments statistics for 2015 on non-cash payments, which comprise indicators on access to and use of payment services and terminals by... read more

21 Sep 16 @ 14:33

Cash was used for less than half of all retail transactions across the UK in 2015 according to the BRC’s annual Payments Survey. The report looks at the methods of... read more

16 Sep 16 @ 15:35

Moving beyond the now well document spat in Australia, a group of South Korean companies have taken take action against Apple to push the technology provider into opening up the... read more

16 Sep 16 @ 13:41

Monthly consumer adoption of mobile wallets (including those offered by merchants, card issuers, and the “Pays”) has nearly doubled in three years from 11% to 21%. However, monthly frequency of... read more

13 Sep 16 @ 12:35

Following the launch of Android Pay, four new banks join the Android Pay family. From today, customers of Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest, Ulster Bank and Santander are able to... read more

08 Sep 16 @ 16:25

JCB announced that Apple Pay will launch in Japan in October to make mobile payments with iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2. JCB has been a... read more

07 Sep 16 @ 13:44

Disruption, innovation, Uberisation, disintermediation, Fintechisation, regulation… all of these words are nowadays perceived as challenges for the retail banks and their business. Media and experts are fond of predicting that... read more

02 Sep 16 @ 09:32

For the first time on the Russian market, MDM Bank, one of the largest private banks in Russia, has launched single-tap Mastercard Contactless mobile payments with no additional passwords. Using... read more

31 Aug 16 @ 12:17

15 Aug 16 @ 11:53

Even though studies are showing that an increasing number of users are giving the mobile wallet technology a try, only a few are reported to be using it on a continuous... read more