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30 May 18 @ 15:59

Chinese banks posted robust growth in mobile payments in Q1 2018, according to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). Banking institutions handled 70.8 trillion yuan (11.1 trillion US dollars) in... read more

23 May 18 @ 09:03

Global technical association, OSPT Alliance has collaborated with FIME to develop and launch a technical training program. It will educate security, ID, payment, access control and transport players on the... read more

11 May 18 @ 16:45

In the last decade, contactless technologies, the mobile Internet and constantly connected mobile devices have significantly changed the way consumers consider their shopping experience. Consumers are also looking for seamless... read more

27 Apr 18 @ 10:24

Earlier this year, Google pushed out a redesign to its mobile wallet and changed the name from Android Pay to Google Pay. Now, Google Pay has passed 100 million installs from the... read more

10 Apr 18 @ 14:32

Nearly 2.1 billion consumers worldwide will use a mobile wallet to make a payment or send money in 2019, up nearly 30% from 1.6 billion recorded at the end of 2017,... read more

20 Mar 18 @ 11:35

Online research from Equifax, shows that using a debit or credit card with a PIN number is still the preferred method of payment for 42% of people in the UK.... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 13:48

In the Netherlands, mobile payments using HCE are becoming ubiquitous. Other European countries, such as Belgium, France or Germany follow the same trend, with adoption rate reaching in some cases... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 17:34

In December 2017, the Cooperative Financial Network Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken in Germany started a “Friends&Family” pilot project for girocard mobile payment via smartphones, using a digitized credit card or girocard (girocard... read more

11 Dec 17 @ 15:51

Visa has announced a suite of sensory branding that will support the Visa brand in an expanded universe of connected, payment-enabled devices. These new sound, animation and haptic (vibration) cues will help signify completed transactions... read more

30 Nov 17 @ 12:54

Ovum’s latest ICT Enterprise Insights program found that across 14 industries, the telecoms and banking sectors are most mature in the drive for digital transformation. These ranged from tackling cybersecurity,... read more

16 Nov 17 @ 11:56

We are approaching the most critical juncture in the history of modern banking. The impact of regulation, in concert with the increasing deployment of transformative technologies, is permanently altering the... read more

31 Oct 17 @ 10:15

A new study has found the countries among the 20 largest economies who are adapting quickest to using cashless systems like phones and contactless cards – revealing that Canada narrowly... read more