Daily News

28 Apr 14 @ 10:41

After a number of anonymous sources wagging tongues, the clock is ticking for Square. Jack Dorsey’s payment start-up is burning through massive amounts of cash as it tries to scale its payments... read more

24 Apr 14 @ 11:52

The SIMalliance membership, which represents approximately 86% of the global SIM market, has reported SIM shipment volumes totalling 4.2 billion units for 2013, compared to 4.6 billion in 2012. The... read more

24 Apr 14 @ 11:01

Card Payments in Europe – Cards and payments at the POS and on the internet continued to drive significant growth in many European countries. The roll-out of contactless cards has started... read more

23 Apr 14 @ 13:15

London’s smartphone users are soon be able to pay for travel using their phone under plans being negotiated by mobile companies and the capital’s transport authority. Operators such as EE... read more

23 Apr 14 @ 12:40

Orange Money has seen exponential growth since it was launched. The service is now available in 13 countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt (under the name Mobicash), Guinea, Jordan, Kenya,... read more

22 Apr 14 @ 17:10

Facebook is on the verge of winning approval from Ireland’s central bank to allow its users to store and exchange money. The company’s plans are not yet clear, but regulators are rightly... read more

22 Apr 14 @ 16:22

Domino’s Pizza has formed a strategic alliance with Google and now allows customers to pay with Google Wallet when using their Android app – furthering their plan to take over... read more

22 Apr 14 @ 12:21

Rumours concerning the launch of the Amazon phone continue to mount whilst many pundits are trying to figure out why the company is entering this competitive market. The answer might be mobile payments... read more

17 Apr 14 @ 12:22

Despite media hype around the future of Bitcoin and high-profile mobile payments providers such as Square and Stripe preparing to accept the virtual currency this year, new research from digital... read more

17 Apr 14 @ 12:06

Visa expects a safer Chip&PIN card will soon make its US debut, said Visa executive Bill Sheedy in his keynote address at ETA’s Transact 14 conference. He says the added... read more

16 Apr 14 @ 12:37

Researcher from Security Research Labs have managed to bypass Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint authentication, less than a week after the device’s official release, the ethical hackers also hacked the PayPal app. The... read more

16 Apr 14 @ 09:19

The founder of MtGox has refused a US court’s demand that he testify this week about the collapse of what was the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange. Mark Karpeles had been asked... read more