Mobile payments

05 Jan 15 @ 16:19

Online banking player Moven is launching its budgeting app on the Motorola 360 and Samsung Gear smartwatches, as it looks to capitalise on the New Year fitness resolutions of customers.... read more

26 Dec 14 @ 09:20

Will mobile replace wallets and PCs in 2015? No, it won’t. Eventually? Probably, but it won’t be “soon”. Even as 2015 is poised to be the year of mobile, mobile... read more

19 Dec 14 @ 15:40

ITG Research has released  figures which show that iPhone users, via Apple Pay, were responsible for 1% of digital payment dollars spent in the month of November. The ITG Mobile Payments report, which... read more

19 Dec 14 @ 12:05

21 million British consumers say they will switch banks to access mobile payments, as anticipation for new ways to pay builds, according to new research from Zapp. 44% of consumers plan... read more

19 Dec 14 @ 09:03

Consumers trust banks far more than they do companies like Google, Apple and Amazon to protect their card details and personal financial information, according to research by Bizrate Insights. Bizrate... read more

17 Dec 14 @ 14:59

MBNA has, in partnership with MasterCard, launched a trial of a digital wallet. Once the trial is complete in early 2015, the MBNA Wallet could be quickly rolled out to... read more

17 Dec 14 @ 08:47

Samsung is said to be discussing a deal with a payments start-up that would help the smartphone maker introduce a mobile payments system in 2015 to rival Apple Pay, multiple sources report.... read more

15 Dec 14 @ 10:27

Online shopping via mobile phones has become the main way Chinese people spend their money, with a large number of those living in rural areas jumping on the mobile commerce bandwagon,... read more

12 Dec 14 @ 09:00

With Apple leading the market, banks losing some control, and Bitcoin blockchain used to design new financial products, it looks like an exciting year ahead for the mobile payments space.... read more

09 Dec 14 @ 12:10

The coffee chain Starbucks processes around 47 million transactions each week in its 12,000 US stores, news.yahoo.com reports. According to the source, 7 million of those purchases (around 15%) are made... read more

09 Dec 14 @ 10:03

9 banks representing 80% of the Belgian market can now make use of Sixdots, a mobile wallet service that uses a combination of QR codes and a 6-digit PIN to make... read more

08 Dec 14 @ 17:03

Barclays is giving 1 million customers the ability to deposit cheques remotely by taking photographs with their phones – cheque imaging. Barclays has been piloting the service with a few... read more