Mobile payments

12 Oct 16 @ 16:09

SolarisBank has entered a strategic agreement with MasterCard to use the card scheme’s global infrastructure to develop new banking API’s and payments modules for digital startups as a banking-as-a-service platform.... read more

11 Oct 16 @ 12:24

Financial intermediation and payment systems have always been the preserve of the banking sector, but advancement in technology or digital disruption is giving a lot of palpitations to bankers. Anthony... read more

11 Oct 16 @ 09:33

Vodafone and PayPal have agreed to allow UK customers to make contactless mobile wallet payments in shops, restaurants and on transport services with their Android smartphones, funded from their PayPal... read more

10 Oct 16 @ 13:54

It seems that European payments regulation may be forcing the end of frictionless card payments, by making the cards market take a step backwards. We appear to be moving away from... read more

05 Oct 16 @ 18:07

Corporates are increasingly embracing mobile payments, with more than $100 billion in payments now authorised globally through the HSBCnet mobile corporate banking platform since its launch in 2011. The total... read more

05 Oct 16 @ 13:21

The European roll out of Identity Check Mobile, a new biometric payment technology application that uses biometrics like fingerprints or facial recognition to verify a cardholder’s identity, simplifying online shopping.... read more

04 Oct 16 @ 16:12

In 2016, total retail ecommerce sales will reach $1.915 trillion, retail sales across the globe will reach $22.049 trillion, up 6.0% from the previous year. eMarketer estimates sales will top... read more

04 Oct 16 @ 15:29

A comparison of the UK and the Czech Republic illustrates that contactless cards can be a strong catalyst for growth in a variety of market conditions. The UK and the... read more

04 Oct 16 @ 15:14

27 Spanish banks have teamed up to launch a new mobile payment platform called Bizum which, according to Spanish press reports, is now live. Bizum, an digital initiative of the... read more

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

29 Sep 16 @ 13:22

Europol has warned that they believe criminals are using Android phones to trigger fraudulent NFC tap-and-go payments. The alert comes in Europol’s annual 2016-internet-organized-crime-threat-assessment. Experts had previously said that the... 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