M-payments in Africa: the next level
The exponential growth of mobile payments services in Sub-Saharan Africa is beginning to prove beneficial to aid distribution agencies.…
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SWIFT expands in India
International financial transaction messaging platform SWIFT has announced its expansion into the Indian domestic market following a partnership among…
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PayPal reorganises, cuts workforce
eBays payment platform PayPal has announced the cut of 325 jobs and the end of 120 contracts with private…
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PayNearMe, AppFolio offer cash payment opportunity to tenants
US cash network PayNearMe and property management solution provider AppFolio have partnered to offer a cash payment option to…
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PayPal partners with MoneyGram
PayPal has struck a deal with the worlds second-largest money transfer company MoneyGram to allow users to access their…
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Sainsburys trials QR code shopping app
UK superstore chain Sainsbury's is trialling a QR code-based app allowing customers to scan items with their smartphones and…
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Japanese NTT DOCOMO to expand NFC m-wallet globally
Japan's largest mobile carrier NTT DOCOMO has partnered with South Koreas telecom company KT Corporation to create a cross-border…
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Airtag launches all-in-one kit for NFC payments
Mobile payment solution provider Airtag has released a do-it-yourself kit containing a number of tools to enable users to…
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ISIS goes live
ISIS, the integrated NFC payment network developed by a group of US telecoms, is set to go live on…
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Indian giant BaNCing on more growth
TCSs IT background, and the support of its multi-billion-dollar parent conglomerate Tata, enables it to provide vertically integrated solutions…
ByEUR20bn potential loss with SEPA transition
The migration to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) could cost businesses up to EUR20bn (USD28.48bn), according to a…
ByFIS launches real-time payment network
US payment service provider FIS has launched the first global real-time payment network. PayNetallows user to make instant money…
ByNetSuite integrates with WorldPay
US business software provider NetSuite has announced that its services are now integrated with WorldPays online payment gateway.NetSuite offers…
ByBank of America trials mobile QR code payments with Paydiant
Bank of America (BoA) is reportedly trialling a QR code payment app in partnership with US mobile payment solutions…
ByIkano and Monsoon launch loyalty app
Retail loyalty services provider Ikano and fashion chain Monsoon have rolled out the first mobile loyalty app in the…
ByPayza grows in Bangladesh
Online payments platform Payza has reached 250,000 Bangladeshi membersafter launching operations in the country as the first online payment…
ByNasdaq and Amazon launch cloud-based data platform
Global electronic trading platform Nasdaq has announced the launch of a new data and application platform developed in partnership…
ByBango powers Facebook mobile billing
Mobile payment technology provider Bango has announced it is powering Facebooks mobile web carrier billing in Germany, the UK…
ByEU approves Vodafone, Telefónica and Everything Everywhere e-wallet joint venture
The European Commission has given the green light to a mobile wallet initiative to be rolled out by the…
ByMonitise losses increase despite revenues growth
Monetise net loss increased by 12.4% year-on-year, marking the 6th year of losses, despite revenues more than doubling in…
ByM-payments facilitate African aid programmes
The exponential growth of mobile payments services in Sub-Saharan Africa is beginning to prove beneficial to aid distribution agencies…
ByLevelUp QR code payment app launched on Windows phones
The mobile payment platform LevelUp has extended its Quick Response (QR) code payment app to mobiles operating on the…
BySeamless and Garanti launch mobile QR code payment system in Romania
Swedish mobile payment solutions provider Seamless has partnered with the Romanian unit of Turkeys Garanti Bank to launch a…
ByE-payment parking trial launched in Nairobi
Nairobi City Council has partnered with mobile operators Yu Cash, Orange Money, and Airtel Money to launch an e-payment…
ByAyden selected by Latin America e-commerce company
Latin American e-commerce company FNbox has partnered with Netherlands-based Ayden to run its multichannel payment solutions on a number…
ByFICO to acquire US communication solutions provider Adeptra
Predictive analytics provider FICO is set to acquire Adeptra, a US provider of cloud-based customer engagement and risk intervention…
ByFundtech trial payments platform doubles target
Fundtech has said that its Global PAYplus Services mass payments exceeded its target, the company has announced today.The low-value…
ByPayPal tests m-payments app in French McDonald’s
PayPal and the global fast food chain McDonalds are testing a contactless mobile payment system in 30 restaurants in…
ByBarclays’ Pingit powers UK to Kenya remittances
Users of Pingit, Barclayss mobile money transfer app, can now make international transfer to Kenya, the company has announced…
ByMMIT and Bango launch e-wallet in Nigeria
Nigerian mobile software developer MMIT and UK mobile payment processor Bango have launched an e-wallet to facilitate payments on…
ByDubai Islamic Bank enters Dubai Trade Rosoom
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has entered an agreement with the cross-border trade facilitator Dubai Trade to use its payment…
ByETA launches m-payments committee
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) has launched a committee to oversee the US mobile payment industry.The Mobile Payments Committee…
ByApple granted shopping app patent
Apple has been granted a patent for shopping app On-the-go shopping list.
ByPayPal cuts merchant referral bonus programme
PayPal is to close its Merchant Referral Bonus Programme on 12 August 2012.
BySingapore sees NFC smartphone launch
StarHub, EZ-Link and the BIN sponsor DBS Bank, are part of the consortium which received the Infocomm Development Authority…
ByApple NFC speculation revived
Speculations that Apple is investing in the NFC payments capabilities have been reignited by the companys recent acquisition of…
ByGoogle Wallet to support all cards and offer enhanced security
Google has launched an upgraded version of its e-Wallet app that supports all credit and debit cards and has…
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