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Mexican mPOS provider Sr Pago attracts $1m in seed funding

Mexico-based Sr. Pago (Señor Pago), a mobile point of sale (mPOS) service provider, has secured a seed funding of $1m from Silicon Valley technology veterans Jay Adelson and Barrett Lyon.

Supermarket chain Coles to unveil m-payment services in Australia

Australian supermarket chain Coles is planning to launch a mobile-wallet service in the country to strengthen its presence in the financial services sector.

MasterCard rolls out online payment platform MasterPass in Poland

MasterCard has rolled out its global online payment platform MasterPass in Poland to offer consumers a seamless, secure and speedy checkout anywhere and anytime.

French bank LCL introduces mobile PIN issuance service for card customers

French bank LCL has launched a new service that securely issues payment card PIN codes to customers via SMS texting.

MasterCard and uPaid launch MasterPass in Poland

MasterCard has launched its global online payment platform MasterPass in Poland in cooperation with local payments provider uPaid.

ANX to issue Bitcoin Debit Card

Hong Kong-based exchange ANX is set to issue Bitcoin Debit Card that will allow users to use Bitcoins within the traditional credit card payment system.

Cuscal and CUA unveil Asia Pacific’s first HCE mobile payments solution

Australia’s Cuscal and CUA have commercially launched the first mobile payments application using Host Card Emulation (HCE) to turn an NFC-enabled smartphone running on KitKat 4.4 or later, into a ‘tap and pay’ payments device.

Calgary transit electronic fare payment system poised to roll out next year

Calgary’s long-pending transit electronic fare payment system, Connect Card, for buses and C-Trains is expected to roll out in July 2015.

China Post draws $16m investment plan to establish payment platform

China Post, the official postal service of China, is reportedly considering investing approximately CNY100m ($16.11m) to establish an electronic payment platform for mobile phone and Internet payment services.

3dcart joins Realex payments network

3dcart has integrated with Realex payments to provide UK & European retailers an improved payment gateway.