P2P

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

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

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

07 Jun 18 @ 10:10

Mastercard says it will launch Mastercard Send in the UK. Mastercard Send is a payment service that allows financial institutions, FinTechs, digital customers and other businesses to send real-time payments... read more

04 Jun 18 @ 12:38

A report published today by payments processor RS2 warns that the payment industry must consolidate omni-channel payments, card payments, and direct-from-bank Open Banking payments into new ‘Open Payments’ platforms to... read more

31 May 18 @ 16:02

In Hong Kong’s airport, Alipay’s azure blue logos began appearing two years ago greeting travellers from China who rely on the popular payments app back home. In recent months, taxis... read more

30 May 18 @ 15:59

Chinese banks posted robust growth in mobile payments in Q1 2018, according to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). Banking institutions handled 70.8 trillion yuan (11.1 trillion US dollars) in... read more

25 May 18 @ 13:22

Google has deepened its relationship with PayPal, making it easier to make mobile payments on premium apps and services (like the new YouTube Music, for example). It’s been possible to... read more

17 May 18 @ 11:33

As of late 2017, more countries and regions joined the global real-time payments movement. With the arrival of European Banking Association Real-Time 1 (EBA RT1), SEPA Instant Payments, The Clearing... read more

16 May 18 @ 13:15

BNP Paribas has announced it is set to compete against other money transfer services such as PayPal, Venmo, and Lydia by deploying its new mobile P2P payment service, Paylib.  Other members of the Paylib consortium,... read more

10 May 18 @ 19:56

Apple and Goldman Sachs are reported to be preparing the launch of a new joint credit card, a move that would deepen Apple pay’s push into its customers’ wallets and... read more