Mobile payments

04 Sep 14 @ 12:28

Barclaycard and mobile network operator Orange are to close their Quick Tap NFC mobile payment service at the end of October. Quick Tap was launched in 2011 and was one... read more

04 Sep 14 @ 12:24

US mobile commerce joint venture Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), which is backed by several major US merchants, has unveiled its CurrentC mobile commerce payment network, with plans for a commercial... read more

03 Sep 14 @ 13:40

Troubled US mobile wallet platform Isis is rebranding itself as Softcard, in an effort to distance itself from the Islamic militant group of the same name. In a statement on... read more

03 Sep 14 @ 13:22

Australia’s ANZ Bank says that its goMoney mobile-to-mobile payments app has reached A$100 billion in transactions since its launch in late 2010. GoMoney enables users to send funds to anyone... read more

02 Sep 14 @ 14:43

European mPOS specialist Payleven is to drop its fixed pay-as-you-go transaction fees for UK customers that process more than £2,500 per month. A new tiered pricing model will see transaction... read more

02 Sep 14 @ 14:40

China’s Alipay e-commerce platform has teamed up with handset manufacturer Huawei to develop a system enabling people make biometric mobile payments with their fingerprints. The system utilises the fingerprint reader... read more

29 Aug 14 @ 13:13

Tech giant Apple is working with global semiconductor manufacturer NXP to add secure short-range wireless technology into the next iPhone, enabling new pay-by-touch capabilities. The next release of the iPhone... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:16

With tech giant Apple positioning itself to enter the mobile payment space, interest has been piqued by a recent digital wallet patent application that has just been made public. The... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:05

Visa has announced that its Visa Checkout e-commerce service is now available at nearly 4 million US online retailers. The Visa Checkout service incorporates a ‘Checkout’ button into retailer websites,... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:02

Ingenico Roam, part of Ingenico Mobile Solutions, has partnered with global payment processor First Data to launch an mPOS solution into the Indian market. Leveraging ROAM’s mobile solution and Ingenico’s... read more

27 Aug 14 @ 11:49

mPOS player Square has overhauled its Cash P2P payments app to enable users to send and receive funds via text. The latest version of Square Cash gives users the ability... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:55

mPOS specialist Square has launched Square Analytics, a merchant analytics tool, as part of its Register service. Square Analytics derives actionable data from merchants in order to increase sales. Square... read more