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Updated Android Pay selected by top global banks to enhance mobile banking apps

18 Apr 17 @ 13:48

Android Pay has linked its mobile wallet service to a handful of mobile banking apps, giving consumers the ability add their cards more quickly to the mobile wallet. Customers of Bank of... read more

Disappearing payments: How to navigate the future

12 Apr 17 @ 12:22

The future of payments won’t be about payments, it’ll be about data. Specifically the contextual data that travels with payment, rather than the payment message itself. Payment will cease to... read more

Apple Pay mobile payment adoption rates poor… and slowing

11 Apr 17 @ 13:22

When Apple launched its Apple Pay mobile payment service more than two years ago, it hoped to speed up the checkout process and, ultimately, to replace physical wallets for US... read more

Apple Pay funding added to Western Union to enable mobile money transfer

06 Apr 17 @ 17:37

Western Union says that US customers using its mobile app can now pay with Apple Pay when sending money transfers originating in the US to more than 200 countries and territories worldwide,... read more

Australia banks lose ruling to Apple Pay as mobile wallet continues dominance

31 Mar 17 @ 18:34

Apple Pay has won a major regulatory battle with Australian banks that will see it retain control of its contactless mobile payment technology. Four banks had wanted to negotiate with Apple... read more

Global Blockchain startup map

29 Mar 17 @ 10:43

The blockchain ecosystem made great leaps forward in 2016, with dozens of new companies, funding rounds and partnerships making headlines. But who is doing what in the Blockchain ecosystem ca... read more

Google adds P2P payments to Gmail Android app

15 Mar 17 @ 09:25

Google is to revisit history going back back to P2P payments, adding the feature to its Gmail Android app that allows sending friends funds by attaching a file to an email. Google first... read more

Market analysis – payments cards in Europe (E33)

14 Mar 17 @ 11:50

Payments cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2015. This was supported by the roll-out of new... read more

To ‘Pay’ or not to ‘Pay’? The choice around mobile payment

13 Mar 17 @ 13:32

People don’t use their mobile phones to make telephone calls nearly as much as they used to. They are using them to surf the internet, send instant messages, even wake... read more

Mobile money for the unbanked – Avoiding common industry pitfalls

10 Mar 17 @ 11:33

A new Roland Berger study, entitled Mobile Money for the unbanked – Avoiding common industry pitfalls, highlights the challenges of creating a Mobile Money operating arm, cautions operators that success... read more

Prepaid card market expected to reach $3,653 billion by 2022

09 Mar 17 @ 15:22

A new report published by Allied Market Research projects that the global prepaid card market is anticipated to reach $3,653 billion by 2022, registering a CAGR of 22.7% from 2016 to... read more

New reports show mobile wallet suffering an identity crisis in Europe

07 Mar 17 @ 12:44

New research by Juniper, analysing the mobile wallet market, indicates Europe lagging behind almost every other region in its transaction value forecast despite high levels of tech adoption and smartphone penetration. So, what’s going wrong?... read more

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Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more

UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Major UK Banks unite to develop digital verification service

30 Jun 26 @ 07:05

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest Group and Santander UK are working with UK Finance in the development of a voluntary ... more