Payments News

07 Jan 15 @ 13:21

Nine Polish banks have confirmed plans to commercially launch Visa cloud-based mobile contactless payment services from early next year, re-enforcing Poland’s reputation as a hotbed for innovation in digital payment... read more

07 Jan 15 @ 13:18

mPOS player Square has announced that Square Cash, a service which enables users to make fund transfers, has incorporated the Touch ID feature in later versions of the iPhone so... read more

07 Jan 15 @ 13:14

Bitcoin specialist Circle has added support for contactless mobile payments to its Android app, enabling crypto-currency enthusiasts to make instore purchases with a wave of their phone. The move follows... read more

07 Jan 15 @ 13:10

Motor manufacturer BMW has teamed up with MasterCard on a contactless credit card than can be used to pay for, unlock and operate a vehicle from the DriveNow car-sharing fleet.... read more

06 Jan 15 @ 16:40

Entrust Datacard has announced the availability of the Datacard EMV Personalisation Validation software that is designed to validate the chip of every EMV card issued on a Datacard MX Series... read more

06 Jan 15 @ 11:31

India’s Icici Bank is aiming to transform a rural Indian community into a “digital village”, using technology to bring banking, education and health services to locals. The village of Akodara... read more

05 Jan 15 @ 16:23

Chinese internet company Tencent has launched China’s first online-only private bank. WeBank, named after Tencent’s popular WeChat messaging service, is now operational after the Chinese financial service regulator granted Tencent... read more

05 Jan 15 @ 16:19

Online banking player Moven is launching its budgeting app on the Motorola 360 and Samsung Gear smartwatches, as it looks to capitalise on the New Year fitness resolutions of customers.... read more

23 Dec 14 @ 09:46

Bitcoin’s ongoing evolution draws comparisons to how Napster, while unsuccessful as an organization, upended an entire music industry and propelled it into the digital age. Bitcoin truly is the Napster... read more

19 Dec 14 @ 16:21

RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) has announced the addition of Host Card Emulation to the RBC Mobile app, allowing Canadians to pay with most Android mobile phones without worrying about... read more

16 Dec 14 @ 11:21

In a blog post on December 11 from Microsoft, the software giant quietly announced that its customers can now use bitcoin to purchase certain products through third party payment processor BitPay,... read more

11 Dec 14 @ 12:31

As we head toward the close, 2014 seemed to be the year of the dinosaur— as in the outmoded creature whose days were ended in the flash of a mighty asteroid strike.... read more