Mobile payments

03 Dec 14 @ 10:02

The GSMA has predicted that global smartphones will hit 1.75 billion units by the end of 2014. Mobility has become the hub of computing and connectivity. As smartphone adoption rates grow year... read more

02 Dec 14 @ 15:47

Cyber weekend, the culmination of Black Friday and Black Monday combined is over for another year and IBM’s James Lovell, European Retail Solution Leader discusses some of the key findings to come... read more

02 Dec 14 @ 10:10

It has been revealed that payment technology is set to be a key area of focus for banks across the globe in 2015 – according to the Ovum ICT Enterprise Insights* program, based... read more

01 Dec 14 @ 17:00

MasterCard is seeking to partner with Visa to use biometric information to replace passwords for online payments. Existing password-based online security authentication is known as 3D Secure, which the two... read more

28 Nov 14 @ 15:20

Snapchat’s introduction of its Snapcash person-to-person payment service in collaboration with Square is indicative of companies’ growing leverage of social media accounts as payment tools. Snapchat’s flagship product is an... read more

19 Nov 14 @ 09:00

As mobile money transfer services like Pingit and Paym gain traction, how will mobile remittances help drive mobile commerce? With all the focus on mobile payments and wallets, and the... read more

18 Nov 14 @ 12:38

Messaging phenomenon Snapchat has teamed up with Square to enable users to send each other money through Snapcash, an addition to the Photo sharing app. Snapcash lets Americans over the... read more

17 Nov 14 @ 09:46

Despite the hype that has accompanied the launch of Apple Pay, less than a third of Americans would consider obtaining a mobile wallet app from Apple, while more than two... read more

11 Nov 14 @ 16:53

Mary Thompson, from CNBC, speaks with entrepreneurs who are looking to grab a piece of the red-hot mobile payments space, including Validsoft who secure digital and payment transactions.

11 Nov 14 @ 10:00

Carta Worldwide says it has released its tokenization service for digital payments. The solution, the company says, simplifies deployment and management of mobile payment products while delivering enhanced security and fraud protection.... read more

10 Nov 14 @ 17:02

Sainsbury’s is trialling a mobile payments app that will allow its customers to build a virtual basket of favourite products before they shop, as well as scan goods at the... read more

10 Nov 14 @ 11:51

CurrentC, the MCX backed mobile payment system developed by a consortium of major retail chains, has made headlines lately for brazenly blocking Apple Pay transactions. The heat CurrentC faced from that poor... read more