Mobile payments

10 Oct 17 @ 13:37

According to the World Payments Report, global non-cash transaction volumes grew 11.2% during 2014–2015 to reach 433.1 billion, the highest growth of the past decade, and slightly above last year’s... read more

04 Oct 17 @ 09:08

Financial inclusion, particularly in the developing world, has emerged as a significant policy objective over the last decade. There is considerable will among policymakers, the development community and private sector... read more

03 Oct 17 @ 09:28

Less than six months before the Revised Payments Service Directive (PSD2) makes Open Banking a reality across Europe, research from Accenture has found that two-thirds of consumers in the UK... read more

02 Oct 17 @ 12:50

China, boasted over $811.96 billion in e-commerce sales in 2016, 122 million outbound travellers, and a record number of students studying abroad. This has created a booming opportunity for global marketplaces, marketplace sellers, e-commerce... read more

29 Sep 17 @ 09:09

CK Hutchison, the multinational conglomerate,  and China’s Ant Financial have announced a joint venture to drive mobile payments in Hong Kong under the existing AlipayHK brand. In an investor statement, the companies... read more

28 Sep 17 @ 12:03

B2B FinTechs are attracting an increasing proportion of total European FinTech funding, according to a recent research presentation from Innovate Finance and Pitchbook. There has been a growing number of... read more

26 Sep 17 @ 16:49

When Toys “R” Us filed for bankruptcy protection, the easy culprit to blame was Amazon. But long before Amazon battered Toys “R” Us with a much deeper selection, Walmart was... read more

22 Sep 17 @ 11:00

In Japan, both local and global merchants, are successfully leveraging Japan’s technologically advanced economy to increase sales by up to 30%. The answer to how to make this increase may... read more

20 Sep 17 @ 16:16

Mobile shopping growth is growing sharply in Asia Pacific’s emerging markets, outpacing their more developed counterparts, according to the latest Mastercard Mobile Shopping Survey. Consumer use in the Philippines (53.5... read more

20 Sep 17 @ 14:28

From virtual mobile wallets to peer-to-peer money transfer apps, there are an increasingly diverse number of ways to pay, beyond the old medium of cash. And the geographic scope of... read more

18 Sep 17 @ 16:37

Google has launched a mobile payments app dubbed Tez in India, saying it will work on both Android and Apple smartphones. Tez allows users to make money transfers to each... read more

15 Sep 17 @ 09:33

The adoption of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is formalising the relationship between Banks and FinTechs by establishing Open Banking, providing open access to customer account data and the... read more