24 Aug 15 @ 16:16

CurrentC, the mobile payment platform developed by MCX, will kick off a public beta test within the next few weeks in Ohio, but may not push its service across the... read more

19 Aug 15 @ 16:10

Worldwide mobile payments will account for $1 trillion in value in 2017, up 124% from the less than $500 billion expected in 2015. Asia/Pacific markets will contribute to this growth... read more

18 Aug 15 @ 14:31

MCX, three years after deciding to enter the mobile payment market with CurrentC, a group of large retailers is finally doing it. Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a partnership between large... read more

18 Aug 15 @ 11:50

Smartphones have evolved to the point where they are now starting to replace our purses and wallets, yet almost two thirds (62%) of mobile users think they are evolving so... read more

17 Aug 15 @ 16:54

The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) has released a new research paper, “US Mobile Payments: Do They Disrupt Cash?” which examines the impact of mobile payments on the growth of cash. Despite... read more

14 Aug 15 @ 15:38

PayPal is now selling NFC-enabled card readers on its website aimed at small businesses, enabling them to accept contactless payments. The PayPal Here card reader costs £79.95 and is followed... read more

12 Aug 15 @ 17:23

US mobile payments consortium MCX has suffered a blow after US drugstore chain Rite Aid announced activation support for rival products from Google and Apple across its 4,600 outlets across... read more

24 Jul 15 @ 16:02

Wearable technology is set to become an everyday part of retail on the shelves, on the shop floor, in the stock room and in the back office. In just a... read more

23 Jul 15 @ 10:32

Following the launch of Apple Pay in the UK last week, new MasterCard figures show that the British public are willing to embrace mobile payments despite some hesitation. 1 in... read more

21 Jul 15 @ 15:42

A global study of over 300 banking and financial services executives shows that, for the first time, innovation is ranked as important as regulation. The research also reveals that mobile... read more

20 Jul 15 @ 10:41

Who said payments wasn’t sexy? Just weeks after applying for a new P2P payments patent and the launch of Apple Pay in the UK, it is rumoured that Apple has... read more

16 Jul 15 @ 14:31

Now several companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, are trying to bridge the gap between mobile browsing and desktop purchasing with a simple “buy” button. Buy buttons have been... read more

08 Jul 15 @ 16:06

Apple Pay is missing an essential feature that it needs to stop people using other mobile payments apps: P2P. But, according to media reports, it looks like Apple is planning to change... read more

29 Jun 15 @ 16:18

Hannah Nixon, the newly appointed managing director of the UK’s Payments Systems Regulator has bemoaned a lack of innovation in the back-end infrastructure of payments, and warned that she will step... read more

22 Jun 15 @ 15:33

First Data has launched a tablet-based mini POS system dubbed Clover Mini. Aimed at small businesses, the Clover Mini is a small POS system that is aimed at competing with Poynt,... read more

16 Jun 15 @ 17:14

Financial services providers must better prepare for the threat that new technologies pose to their cyber security strategies or risk damaging customer and investor confidence. Cyber-crime within the financial services... read more

22 May 15 @ 16:50

Mint Payments has announced that its partnership with Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has resulted in the successful deployment and enhancement of BNZ’s PayClip mPOS payments product. PayClip enables business... read more

19 May 15 @ 13:53

mPOS specialist iZettle has launched a new hardware dongle that includes both chip and PIN and contactless payment functionality, along with support for Apple Pay. The Card Reader Pro Contactless... read more

18 May 15 @ 15:13

Oberthur Technologies (OT) has announced its partnership with Samsung for the deployment of Samsung Pay in Europe later this year. The Samsung Pay service will allow Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge... read more

06 May 15 @ 13:57

In August 2014, approximately 1 out of every 5 banked consumers in the U.S. said they would be comfortable using their smartphone to initiate all of their payments transactions, according... read more