Mobile payments

18 Dec 23 @ 17:45

In 1999, a then-unknown Elon Musk purchased the web domain x.com and set about building his vision for an internet-only bank. While said bank didn’t materialise, the site eventually morphed... read more

18 Dec 23 @ 13:38

In May 2022 Payments Cards & Mobile reported that The European Commission had accused Apple of abusing its market position for contactless payments via its digital wallet app Apple Pay. Now it... read more

15 Dec 23 @ 12:08

According to the 2023 version of The Global Payments Report by Worldpay, digital wallets are both the world’s dominant payment method, and its fastest-growing. While debit and credit cards continue... read more

12 Dec 23 @ 13:27

A new white paper from payment technology specialists Giesecke+Devrient reveals that the combination of physical and digital experiences is now the number one consumer preference for payments and banking across... read more

11 Dec 23 @ 17:08

Amazon has informed PayPal that it will discontinue its use of Venmo as a payment service for purchases, only a year after adding the option. Amazon said it will no... read more

01 Dec 23 @ 12:01

Three in five Americans (58%) expect all payments to be digital payments in the near future, rising to two thirds among millennials (67%), according to a new survey “Cashing in... read more

24 Nov 23 @ 17:11

In recent years there has been a surge in the development of mobile applications, known as Super apps, which offer payment and financial transaction processing for personal and commercial life.... read more

22 Nov 23 @ 11:54

Škoda has become the second major car manufacturer to expand its in-car payments to include Pay to Fuel in collaboration with Parkopedia. The new Pay to Fuel service makes paying... read more

15 Nov 23 @ 17:57

In January 2021 four of Irelands largest banks joined forces to launch a mobile payment app, dubbed Synch, that they intended to promote to help fend off the threat posed... read more

15 Nov 23 @ 09:54

Six banks have announced the launch of Contact Payments (Platby na kontakt), an initiative developed and supported by the Czech Banking Association, which hopes it will make it easier to... read more

03 Nov 23 @ 14:27

Nordic countries continue to lead the world in their adoption of cashless payment methods, according to a new Nordic Payments Report. Cash use in the Nordics is the lowest in... read more

04 Oct 23 @ 15:58

PayPal has revealed that users can now add their PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to their Apple Wallet – a move that was announced last year as part... read more