Mobile payments

25 Nov 19 @ 12:37

Paytm has announced new funding from existing shareholders like SoftBank Group Vision Fund and new investors, as competition in India’s digital payments and finance sector heats up. Though the company... read more

22 Nov 19 @ 14:25

ABN Amro has recently announced it will discontinue is Android based mobile wallet – joining a ever growing list of deceased mobile payment platforms. In October PCM reported that JP... read more

19 Nov 19 @ 15:54

Only 9% of the world’s top tier banks are effectively monetising payments data. The findings from Aite Group’s report “The Payments Transformation Race: Criteria for Success”, commissioned by Icon Solutions,... read more

19 Nov 19 @ 12:36

New research from Emerging Payments Association reveals that realtime payments are growing rapidly in the UK and deploying widely worldwide, signifying potential for business payments for banks and FinTechs. The... read more

18 Nov 19 @ 09:25

Apple has warned that recent changes in German law which will effectively force it to open up its Apple Pay mobile payments system to rivals could hurt data protection and... read more

18 Nov 19 @ 09:00

The future of commerce lies in instant and invisible payments, triggered by the needs and demands of today’s modern consumers: millennials and Gen Z. By 2020, the spending power of... read more

14 Nov 19 @ 16:00

Facebook is consolidating its payment processing for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp into one brand called Facebook Pay. Deb Liu, Facebook’s VP of marketplace and commerce, says that the singular brand... read more

11 Nov 19 @ 14:08

A new report reveals that the use of mobile wallets and mobile payments by US consumers has rebounded to 2016 levels or higher after a two-year decline. The use of... read more

11 Nov 19 @ 09:40

Smartphones are central to our daily lives. We manage our personal and business affairs, watch movies, track our health and, increasingly, make payments. Adoption of mobile payments is rising considerably... read more

07 Nov 19 @ 09:00

Mobile payment is possible almost everywhere – both for shops and for consumers. Despite this, comparably few customers pay using their smart phones. Will Apple and Google bring the breakthrough... read more

06 Nov 19 @ 10:14

Chinese payments giants Alipay and WeChat Pay have announced they plan to open up their mobile wallet platforms to international card schemes as regulators ease restrictions. The apps, which dominate... read more

05 Nov 19 @ 15:34

A survey by Compass Plus has revealed that while millennials rely heavily on their mobile phones, they consider them one of the least secure payment methods. The results show that... read more