Some 417bn cashless payments were made in 60 countries worldwide in 2014, according to research from RBR... More
Archive: News in brief
Alipay expands across Europe with Wirecard
Chinese consumers can now make purchases using QR code-based mobile payments service Alipay at European retailers that incorporate barcode payment functionality provided by Wirecard... More
US banks head to mobile at the ATM
Customers of US banks Wells Fargo and Bank of America will soon be able to withdraw cash and complete transactions at the ATM using their smartphone... More
Asian first for Visa Token Service
Visa has announced that the host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments service launched by United Overseas Bank (UOB) in November is the first in Asia Pacific to make use of the Visa Token Service... More
Samsung Pay users can win tickets to see Usher
Shoppers who activate Samsung Pay at one of nearly 50 US malls will have the chance to win two round-trip tickets to Los Angeles for an exclusive performance and private New Year’s Eve party featuring American popstar Usher... More
TCH taps VocaLink to bring real-time payments to the US
Banking association The Clearing House (TCH) has contracted UK payments infrastructure operator VocaLink to develop a national real-time payment service in the US... More
28% of UK shoppers prefer contactless
More than a quarter of UK shoppers (28%) prefer contactless payments because they are easier and 29% prefer paying via contactless because it’s speedy, research from mobile network operator EE shows... More
Google Wallet adds P2P transfers via SMS
Google Wallet users will soon be able to send money to anyone in their contact list using just a phone number... More
Samsung Pay adds gift card support in the US
Samsung Pay has added support for gift cards in the US, letting users store, pay with and share gift cards through the mobile payments service... More
Singtel integrates taxi app with wallet
Customers using communications provider Singtel Group’s mobile wallet services in Southeast Asia will soon be able to book and pay for taxis through the GrabTaxi mobile app... More
Wallet app for Windows 10 gets loyalty cards
Microsoft is adding support for loyalty cards to the Wallet app for Windows 10 Mobile... More
Apple Pay yet to sign up key Australian banks
Apple is struggling to persuade Australia’s big banks to sign up for Apple Pay, according to Reuters... More
Yoyo Wallet heads to the US
QR code-based mobile payments platform Yoyo Wallet has launched in private beta to select customers in the US... More
Morpho acquires AirTag
ID technology specialist Morpho has acquired mobile payment solutions provider AirTag for an undisclosed sum... More
London station offers audio navigation using BLE
Blind and partially sighted people are being guided around London’s Euston station via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons and Wayfindr, a venture between UK charity the Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB) and digital studio ustwo... More
16bn biometric mobile payments will be made by 2020
More than 16bn mobile biometric payment transactions will be made and more than 1.1bn financial services customers will be using mobile biometrics by 2020, research from Goode Intelligence predicts... More
BLE beacons will deliver 1.6bn coupons by 2020
Nearly 1.6bn coupons will be delivered annually to consumers via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons by 2020, up from 11m this year, Juniper Research predicts... More
US startup raises funds for NFC necklace
A US startup is raising funds on Kickstarter for its first production run of Lockett, a customisable necklace that can be tapped with an NFC phone to retrieve personal photos, videos and messages... More
Samsung Pay delays on Gear S2
Samsung Pay will not be made available on the Gear S2 smartwatch until 2016, despite reports that it would be going live on the device from November 2015... More
ANZ adds HCE to mobile banking app
ANZ Bank New Zealand customers can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using its goMoney banking app... More