Mobile Remittance

15 Aug 17 @ 13:42

China’s central bank and regulator has mandated online and mobile payment groups to operate through a centralised clearing house, a move likely to undercut the dominance of Ant Financial and... read more

07 Aug 17 @ 13:36

Visa says it will support of the new global QR Code Payment Specifications from EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV Specifications. The specifications cover consumer-presented and merchant-presented QR... read more

04 Aug 17 @ 10:59

58% of US smartphone users have downloaded a mobile banking app for their primary checking account, and 50% of US smartphone users (including 68% of those under 35 and 31%... read more

03 Aug 17 @ 15:03

Skype has added PayPal integration to its Android and iOS apps. The new ‘Send Money’ feature, which has launched in 22 countries including the UK, brings the ability to send and receive... read more

02 Aug 17 @ 15:51

Around two billion people worldwide do not use formal financial services and around half the adults in the poorest households are unbanked, according to the World Bank. When financial inclusion... read more

05 Jul 17 @ 13:35

Is mobile money a haven for money launderers? There have been a number of developments in the international financial system in recent decades that have made finding, freezing and forfeiting... read more

03 Jul 17 @ 14:32

The Global Payments Innovation Jury report for 2017 exists because 70 senior industry executives were prepared to give their time to thinking through and setting out their views on many... read more

16 Jun 17 @ 13:47

The latest Bank of America Trends in Consumer Mobility Report explores emerging payments trends – specifically person-to-person payment technologies (P2P) that allow consumers to send money to others via their... read more

14 Jun 17 @ 15:57

WorldRemit has added Android Pay to its service, offering a new way for WorldRemit’s Android Pay users to send money internationally and reach millions using mobile money accounts. Launching the global... read more

12 Jun 17 @ 16:22

More than 30 US banks and credit unions are unveiling a unified service to customers this week, called Zelle, after years of watching Silicon Valley innovators from Square to Apple build... read more

09 Jun 17 @ 12:42

Samsung has expanded its Bixby artificial intelligence (AI) platform to include the ability to make payments through Samsung Pay. The voice controlled virtual assistant is currently only available in South... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 09:34

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that operates independently without banking institutions and the government, there’s nothing physical about it – all virtual! It’s non-tangible, but renders gains for real. It flows... read more