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VTB signs e-commerce partnership with Alibaba Group and Ant Financial in Russia

25 Jan 16 @ 16:23

VTB Bank and Ant Financial Services, China’s leading e-commerce and mobile financial service provider have today signed a memorandum of understanding at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Under this... read more

Jetco to bring P2P mobile payments to Hong Kong

25 Jan 16 @ 12:10

Hong Kong’s ATM operator is working to introduce a inter-bank solution for P2P mobile payments and peer-to-merchant payments. Jetco, which operates the cash machines of all banks in Hong Kong and Macau... read more

Samsung Pay to launch in Spain

25 Jan 16 @ 11:59

Samsung Pay is set to launch in Spain. CaixaBank and its ImaginBank subsidiary will enable their customers to start using Samsung’s mobile payment platform. While some banks have offered support to rival... read more

Modular financial services: The new shape of the industry

21 Jan 16 @ 11:54

Modular financial services, with digital distribution platforms, new product providers, alternative sources of capital and a growth in outsourcing fundamentally reshaping the industry. This is according to Modular Financial Services:... read more

Paytm trials sound wave-based mobile payments

20 Jan 16 @ 11:14

Paytm is working on a new way to make mobile payments in stores using smartphones. The method they are trialling is called ‘Sound Pay’ and it uses ultrasonic sound waves to transfer money.... read more

A ‘Game of Phones’: strategic options for banks in mobile payments

19 Jan 16 @ 10:56

Mobey Forum has  published its latest report on mobile payment, which investigates the fierce power plays between banks and the ‘Pay’ models of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) tech giants.... read more

Network International launch cashless, cardless and mobile-free payments in UAE

13 Jan 16 @ 10:55

Quisk Middle East has signed an agreement with Network International, a payment solutions provider in the Middle East and Africa, to deploy an innovative new cashless, cardless and mobile-free payment method.... read more

Samsung Pay expands with Australia, Singapore and Brazil launches

11 Jan 16 @ 12:49

Samsung is bringing its Samsung Pay mobile payment platform to more countries. The company announced during its CES 2016 press conference that Samsung Pay is coming to Australia, Singapore and... read more

MasterCard and Samsung launch Groceries by MasterCard App in US

06 Jan 16 @ 12:39

MasterCard and Samsung have launched Groceries by MasterCard, a new app which enables consumers to order groceries directly from Samsung’s new Family Hub refrigerator. The first shopping app integrated into a refrigerator,... read more

12 paytech trends for 2016

05 Jan 16 @ 14:46

As 2016 blasts into gear, what are the big paytech trends for 2016? Guessing what you’re going to buy before you do “Predicting the future is no longer science fiction.... read more

Bango expands carrier billed payments collaboration with Microsoft

05 Jan 16 @ 13:43

Bango has expanded its agreement and integration with Microsoft to deliver carrier billed payments across Windows 10 devices. As a result, charging payments to the user’s phone bills will become... read more

Omni-Channel Payments for Merchants – Survey

04 Jan 16 @ 13:04

Retailers, merchants, banks, and marketers are understanding the benefits of offering customers Omni-Channel ways to shop – via the internet, through social media channels and apps and the ability to sell,... read more

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Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Bank of England Warns DLT Complexity in Settlements

18 May 26 @ 17:07

The Bank of England has found that distributed ledger technology could improve aspects of wholesale payments and settlement, but only at the cost of significant... more

Visa announces €500 Million European Investment Signals Strategic Response to Payments Sovereignty Push

31 May 26 @ 12:59

The debate around European payments sovereignty has intensified significantly over the past two years. Policymakers, regulators and financial institutions acros... more