01 Oct 15 @ 07:32

The mobile industry in the Asia Pacific region is now worth more than US$1 trillion per year to the regional economy, fuelled by rising mobile broadband and smartphone penetration. The... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 07:31

Despite being viewed as one of the most advanced payments nations in the world, Japan remains a cash-intensive society, according to a report from Aite Group payment consultancy. Japan has... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:23

ONPEX, the online payment exchange, has announced a new partnership with The Flying Merchant, a payment service provider specialising in high-risk merchants. The Flying Merchant provides direct merchant accounts with... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:22

Global payment gateway BlueSnap has partnered with Kount, a provider of fraud prevention technology, to enhance its own suite of fraud and security solutions. According to the 2014 LexisNexis True... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:18

Pinterest is to allow its users to buy as well as share content on its platform. Founded in 2009, the San Francisco-based company allows users to share photos and other... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:17

Vodafone India has formed a strategic partnership with Walmart India to enable business members of Walmart-owned Best Price wholesale stores to make payments using the M-Pesa mobile wallet service. Under... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:16

Digital River, a global provider of commerce-as-a-service solutions, announced it has teamed up with Payoneer, a online cross-border payments firm. Payoneer’s technology is designed to provide quick, simple and cost-effective... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:15

Fujitsu has unveiled a scaled-down version of its iris-recognition technology. The prototype smartphone with iris authentication allows users to simply look at the screen to unlock it. Hands-free authentication of... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:14

Payment technology specialist Ixaris is opening up its platform to third party developers as part of a €4 million cloud-based open payments ecosystem project. Backed by EU Horizon 2020 funding,... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:13

Taxamo is to expand its digital tax solution to support jurisdictions that have or plan to implement taxation based the place of consumption of digital services. Rules on the calculation... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:10

After a trial in selected US cities, the Facebook Messenger P2P service is now live to US users nationwide. Facebook’s P2P feature allows users to send and receive payments via... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:03

Germans don’t like to buy sight unseen. Or at least they don’t like to pay for the goods without seeing them first. Invoice is still the most common payment method... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:01

MasterCard says it is testing a smartphone app that uses facial biometrics to verify online purchases. Users in the trial can hold their phone up as though taking a selfie... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 17:00

Verifone and payment management company CyberSource have announced a partnership to secure omni-channel payment. Verifone will connect its point of sale gateway to CyberSource’s global merchant payment management platform. The... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:59

Urban myth has it that when in a room with six economists, there will be seven opinions. And so it is with the great mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) debate.  Who is... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:57

Contactless cards have been issued in Australia since 2006 but a major push on the acceptance side only started in the second-half of 2010. The technology is starting to gain... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:55

Shipments of NFC-enabled handsets are projected to increase to 756 million in 2015, up from 444 million in 2014, according to latest research from IHS Technology. According to the key... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:52

Despite the fact that PCM readers have known for weeks that Apple Pay was to launch in the UK on 14 July 2015 – it did launch. However, depending on... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:48

Momentum behind mobile is building with Google, Apple and Samsung all announcing plans for their mobile payment solutions. For face-to-face payments, Android Pay and Apple Pay both use standard EMV... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:46

Servicer providers are benefiting from the boom in mobile money with $2 billion in revenues forecast for 2015 and $4 billion annually by 2018, according to data from Juniper Research.... read more