Mobile payments

02 Jul 14 @ 09:05

The UK government is hoping to resist the slide of cheque usage by allowing a system that will allow people to pay using mobile cheque deposit by taking a photo... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 10:50

Not long ago, Google showcased Android Wear, as well as a bunch of smartwatches which will go on sale at the Google Play Store – Samsung Gear Live and LG... read more

26 Jun 14 @ 17:09

US payments provider Stripe announced a deal with industry giant Alipay that will enable merchants in the UK and Europe to accept payments from Chinese consumers. The US firm hopes... read more

25 Jun 14 @ 11:46

The rapid convergence of prepaid and mobile commerce is creating significant opportunities for merchants and other stakeholder groups to push banks and other day-to-day money management service providers down the... read more

19 Jun 14 @ 15:06

Overall, smartphones (10.9%) and tablets (9.3%) together accounted for more than 1 in 5 payment transactions globally in March, although that was up only marginally from December 2013 (19.5%). Retail remains... read more

19 Jun 14 @ 14:24

Mobile payments provider LevelUp is to integrate its merchants with the ability to push offers to shoppers via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons built into the next version of its POS... read more

16 Jun 14 @ 16:21

Only 42% of UK SMEs currently offer customers the option of paying by card, despite card spending more than doubling in the last decade, according to research from Barclaycard. SMEs... read more

10 Jun 14 @ 11:28

New research by Aite Group in its report, Money Goes Mobile, tracks the evolution of the digital wallet ecosystem, mobile wallet growing pains and the success stories emerging as an... read more

10 Jun 14 @ 11:19

Mobile commerce is the fastest growing trend within the mobile industry, and mobile is the key ecosystem for the digital economy today. Juniper Research affirms that the value of digital content billed... read more

06 Jun 14 @ 15:55

mPOS pioneer Square has unveiled an invoicing platform known as Square Invoices. Invoices are free to use for an unlimited number of invoices without a monthly fee, and for customers... read more

04 Jun 14 @ 13:58

Annual domestic card spending by UK consumers passed £0.5 trillion for the first ever time in 2013 as shoppers increasingly choose cards over cash, according to a report published by... read more

03 Jun 14 @ 14:12

Apple has unveiled a new TouchID API which will enable app developers to use fingerprint authentication for mobile payments and other applications. The forthcoming release of iOS 8 will include... read more