Mobile payments

26 Jul 18 @ 15:05

Snapchap has announced that it will cease Snapcash, its mobile P2P payments app for Snapchat, on August 30. Snap launched Snapcash in late 2014 via a partnership with Square, but it... read more

26 Jul 18 @ 08:36

A new study has found that mobile biometrics will authenticate $2 trillion worth of in-store and remote mobile payment transactions annually by 2023. This is 17 times the $124 billion... read more

12 Jul 18 @ 10:40

The UK’s biggest retailer, Tesco, is reported to be trialling a checkout-free method of payment for its convenience stores, allowing customers to scan products on their mobile devices and then walk... read more

02 Jul 18 @ 16:37

The ambitions of WhatsApp have been viewed as something of a mystery, even as its reach as a messaging service and as the social media platform of choice for Africans has grown... read more

02 Jul 18 @ 16:16

The number of people using mobile contactless payment such as Apple Pay or Google Pay will continue to grow to more than 760 million by 2020, with Apple’s digital wallet leading the way, according... read more

28 Jun 18 @ 09:00

Ingenico announced that its Axium D7, the world’s only payment device to fulfil the Google Mobile Services (GMS) requirements, achieved the PCI-PTS v5 certification, highest security standard in the payment... read more

22 Jun 18 @ 09:58

Having splashed out $2.2 billion on iZettle, PayPal is continuing its spending spree on new technology with the acquisition of Simility, a fraud prevention and risk management platform, for a purchase... read more

19 Jun 18 @ 13:38

India (27%)[1], Philippines (51%), Colombia (45%) the UAE (33%) and China (27%) are some of the fastest growing e-commerce markets in terms of percentage growth, according to the latest worldwide... read more

19 Jun 18 @ 11:59

Square has recieved the go-ahead from regulators allowing New Yorkers to trade cryptocurrency on the its rapidly growing Cash app. While Square launched crypto trading through its payments app in... read more

18 Jun 18 @ 16:21

WhatsApp is lready the largest messaging app in the India with over 200 million active monthly users, WhatsApp has over the past few months quietly rolled out its payments feature (WhatsApp... read more

14 Jun 18 @ 10:54

Use of P2P mobile payment apps, such as PayPal and Venmo, vary significantly by generation, according to a new survey from The Manifest. 29% of millennial’s (18 to 34 years old)... read more

13 Jun 18 @ 14:42

According to the Mobile Banking App Review 2018 , it is widely accepted that mobile banking apps are rapidly becoming the channel of banking customer relationships, certainly in the near-term before we... read more