Mobile Wallet

15 Aug 17 @ 13:12

With the underlying infrastructure for mobile commerce – payment tokenization, smartphones and contactless point-of-sale (POS) terminals, for example – taking hold, the industry must begin to shift its focus to... 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

02 Aug 17 @ 14:57

Retail e-commerce sales – which include products and services (barring travel, restaurant and event ticket sales) ordered via the internet over any device – reached $1.915 trillion in 2016, accounting... read more

31 Jul 17 @ 15:30

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, we examine payments in the world’s largest country. How do Russians pay today? And given the state bank dynamic, a new domestic card... read more

28 Jul 17 @ 14:59

The size of Apple Pay’s share in the mobile payments market in China will depend on how well Apple Pay fits the needs of the local market and how substantial... read more

28 Jul 17 @ 13:57

A New EU directive coming will make it illegal to surcharge for Debit and Credit cards. In the UK the government has extended this to include American Express and PayPal. In 2010... read more

28 Jul 17 @ 13:49

Bank of America and PayPal announced a strategic partnership that will enable Bank of America customers to transact with PayPal in stores and seamlessly link their Bank of America cards... read more

25 Jul 17 @ 10:02

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 World Payments Report prediction (Figure 1.1).... read more

24 Jul 17 @ 15:45

Within the top-10 markets for non-cash transactions volumes, China climbed to third place with 38.1 billion transactions, surpassing 2014’s number three market Brazil, which fell to fourth place with 29.0... read more

24 Jul 17 @ 15:02

PayPal has signed a deal with Visa that allows it to issue Visa branded debit cards in Europe, as the company moves further into traditional retail banking territory. The two... 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