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20 Mar 15 @ 11:07

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is the latest tech company to cross over into financial services by offering an interest bearing mobile wallet. Xiaomi began public beta testing Tuesday of an... read more

19 Mar 15 @ 10:37

Multi-channel retailing was named as the biggest payment challenge facing retailers by nearly half (47%) of respondents to Ingenico Group’s survey at this year’s RBTE. Ingenico has revealed the results of... read more

19 Mar 15 @ 10:30

Facebook is bringing P2P payments to its Messenger application. The strategy will help Facebook keep users on its platform and add value while opening the door to promotion and loyalty capabilities... read more

19 Mar 15 @ 10:18

Faced with mounting cost pressures and the increasing popularity of digital channels, many financial institutions are undertaking wholesale re-evaluations of their branch strategy, affecting network size, shape, technology and staffing.... read more

18 Mar 15 @ 10:27

Rakuten has announced that it plans to enable customers to choose bitcoin as a payment option by integrating Bitnet’s payment processing platform on a number of its marketplaces. The Internet services giant... read more

18 Mar 15 @ 10:20

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the number of active Bitcoin users worldwide will reach 4.7 million by the end of 2019, up from just over 1.3... read more

18 Mar 15 @ 10:02

Misys has unveiled what it claims to be the first banking app prototype for the Apple Watch. Developed by a team at Misys Labs, the company said the technology would... read more

17 Mar 15 @ 16:07

Travellers on the London public transport network used their contactless payment cards to pay for more than a million journeys on a single day last week. Transport for London (TfL),... read more

17 Mar 15 @ 16:04

Chinese e-commerce player Alibaba is developing facial recognition technology enabling mobile shoppers to replace their passwords with photos of their faces. According to Alibaba chairman Jack Ma, such biometric technology... read more

17 Mar 15 @ 16:02

Payleven, a European mPOS specialist, has announced the launch of its 11th market in the Irish Republic. Irish business owners can accept card payments without fixed costs, contractual obligations or... read more

17 Mar 15 @ 16:00

Canada’s TD Bank Group has announced a redesign of its popular TD app for Android and iPhone smartphones, in order to create a more intuitive, simplified experience for customers. The... read more

16 Mar 15 @ 16:21

The recent Card Fraud Report from Payments Cards & Mobile and Alaric, an NCR business, highlights the way that card fraud is always changing. In this webinar, David Divitt from... read more