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Zapp launch ‘Pay by Bank app’ mobile payment paymark

09 Jun 15 @ 09:30

Zapp has unveiled the new ‘Pay by Bank app’ paymark, a universal symbol indicating to consumers that a retailer accepts a Zapp-powered mobile payment from a bank app. Clicking the symbol online will... read more

What’s driving the renewed interest in P2P?

08 Jun 15 @ 16:45

Electronic person-to-person (P2P) payments have been on a roller coaster of interest over the last decade.  PayPal launched the first successful, widespread service in the late 1990s and has enjoyed... read more

Apple Pay UK availability details leaked

08 Jun 15 @ 16:01

Availability of the iPhone 7 and Apple Pay have leaked online just hours ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote. Reports emerged about Apple Pay’s UK launch date, and Apple... read more

Android Pay waives transaction fee – may force Apple Pay to reconsider?

08 Jun 15 @ 13:40

Google says it won’t earn any transaction fees from credit-card issuers for its coming Android Pay service because of evolving ground rules for the services. Credit-card issuers hope the changes will pressure Apple... read more

Renault savings bank drives into UK market

08 Jun 15 @ 12:12

Renault Group is launching a UK retail savings bank through its financing brand RCI, offering high-interest-rate products in an attempt to attract funding. RCI Bank opens on Monday with a... read more

First National Bank launches MVNO

05 Jun 15 @ 12:52

First National Bank is reportedly launching of a mobile virtual network, offering customers SIM cards. The bank already claims some 2 million customers for its various mobile-related products, which include pre-paid... read more

Wearables to shape the future of mobile payments?

05 Jun 15 @ 12:34

At the Wearable World Congress in San Francisco, executives from Capital One, MasterCard and PayPal participated in an animated discussion about the future of mobile payments and explained why wearable... read more

Samsung delays mobile payment service

05 Jun 15 @ 12:21

According to Bloomberg, Samsung delayed the start of its mobile payment service until September, further hindering its ability to gain ground against competing services from Apple and Google. Samsung Pay... read more

Pinterest teams with Stripe

04 Jun 15 @ 14:48

Pinterest teamed with Stripe to allow consumers to buy the products that they see. The company says that it will offer the ability to buy products from inside of pinned items, in... read more

UK mobile payments projected to hit over £1.2bn a week by 2020

04 Jun 15 @ 12:47

The UK is becoming an increasingly “cash-last” society as one in four Brits expects to use their mobile phone to make mobile payments on a daily basis by 2020, growing... read more

Apple selects POS software Vend

04 Jun 15 @ 12:38

During its Q2 2015 earnings call, Apple announced that it is working with a select group of business app developers to bring innovative mobile solutions for business to iPad users. According to... read more

UK’s largest banks sign-up to V.me digital wallet

03 Jun 15 @ 17:19

Visa Europe announced that some of the UK’s largest high street banks intend to launch the V.me digital wallet services in 2015, offering their customers a convenient and secure way... read more

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Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more

Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more