Wearable tech payments: Only a phase?
Wearable payments devices are only just beginning to emerge but they are already shaping up the market as innovation…
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Barclaycard launches contactless wristband
Barclaycard, Barclays' global payment business division, has joined the wearable tech revolution by launching its contactless wristband device.
ByGerman bank Fidor selects Ripples payment protocol
Fidor Bank will be first bank in the world to integrate the protocol provided by US payment network provider…
ByEBA Clearing announces growth in Sepa payment processing
EBA CLEARING has announced that its STEP2 clearing platform is witnessing a significant volume growth in SEPA payment processing,…
ByElectraCard to enable electronic payments to 7 Nepal banks
ElectraCard Services (ECS), software and processing solutions provider for electronic payment systems, is to enable electronic payments to seven…
ByZnap Vs. PowaTag – The mobile wallet war heats up
Mobile payment apps today are not limiting their offering on one single channel. There is a high demand of…
ByAlipay announces it is world’s biggest mobile payment company
Chinese payment platform Alipay has announced it has become the largest mobile payment provider in the world based on…
ByECB sets new guide to assess security of Internet payments
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced a set of new rules to improve the security of Internet payments…
ByAssociate Bank to use Fiserv mobile platform Mobiliti
Financial services provider Fiserv has announced that Associate Bank will use its mobile banking and payment app Mobiliti. The…
ByWe hacked Paypal and eBay because they deny Syrians online payments Syrian Electronic Army
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a political hacktivist group, said it hacked Paypal and eBay domains in the UK,…
ByCanadian e-commerce booms in December 2013
The Canadian e-commerce sector has registered a significant increase of 22.2% in online retail sales in December 2013 month-over-month,…
ByTUI’s Specialist Holidays Group to launch mobile phone payment for holidays
Specialist Holidays Group (SHG), part of TUI Travel PLC, has teamed with Barclays to allow customers to pay for…
ByBitcoin tops $1,000 again on Zynga move
Social gaming firm Zynga has said it will start accepting Bitcoin as a payment method, raising the value of…
ByBeyond borders: V.me gets the UK
With many mobile and prepaid digital wallets being launched in recent months, V.me by Visa is clearly defining its…
BySpindle signs strategic partnership with iPayMobil
Mobile commerce solutions provider, Spindle, has entered into a strategic agreement with iPayMobil, a developer of mobile payment e-commerce…
ByMalaysia to enhance its electronic payments offer
Malaysia is at a turning point in the migration to electronic payments, according to the central bank, Bank Negara…
ByMoving through the unexplored: SIA EXPO 2013
SIA Expo is regarded as the most up-to-date and informative event in Italy on the payment and financial system…
ByMobile shopping to its highest over Thanksgiving weekend
30% of US consumers plan to do most of their Black Friday shopping online this year, up 5% compared…
ByHP to sign global partnership with Accumulate
After implementing the IKO's mobile payment scheme in Poland with PKO Bank Polski, HP has signed a new strategic…
ByMTN Rwanda deploys Ericssons m-commerce wallet service
MTN Rwanda has deployed Ericsson's Converged Wallet m-commerce solution for subscribers.
ByDNB and Telenor to launch first national NFC payments platform
Norwegian telco Telenor and local bank DNB are launching 'Tap2Pay', the country's first nationwide mobile payments service.
ByBarclays upgrades Pingit app
Barclays has upgraded Pingit app, a service now offering large businesses the ability to make payments by using a…
Byi-Free extends mobile wallet to 11 Russian cities
i-Free, the Russian mobile technology developer, is expanding its NFC mobile wallet service to over 11 Russian cities to…
ByShoppers via mobile and tablet to spend over £23bn by 2018
The number of consumers using their mobile and tablet devices to spend is set to reach £23.1bn by 2018,…
ByM-commerce start-up Zapp to target 20m users by 2017
UK mobile commerce firm Zapp announced it will reach 20m users by 2017, in an ambitious attempt to compete…
ByLodo launches D3 Consumer banking platform
D3 Consumer Banking technology is now available for financial institutions, Lodo Software has announced.
ByNew UK bitcoin exchange opens
Coinfloor, a new London-based bitcoin exchange has opened its doors in an attempt to bid for a market for…
ByWorlds first bitcoin ATM comes to Canada
The first bitcoin ATM is ready to go live at a downtown coffee house in Vancouver on 29 October,…
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Ingenico supporting mobile payment solution in Australia
Payment services provider Ingenico has signed a partnership agreement with Ingogo, the Australian taxi services platform, to provide taxi…
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Mobile payments in Italy are successful, but improvements are still needed: SIA
94% of Italians like mobile payments, with women experimenting more purchases via smartphone, a new research by SIA group…
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Amazon launches Login and Pay
Amazon has launched Login and Pay with Amazon, a new shopping service that allows customers to browse and pay…
ByFIS launches cloud-based service for Central and Eastern Europe
US-based provider of banking and payments technology FIS has launched its cloud-based real-time core banking software for mid-tier banks…
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Danal and Crucialtec launch worlds first fingerprint mobile payment
Korean mobile payment service provider Danal has rolled out the world's first fingerprint-based mobile payment in partnership with Crucialtec,…
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