More than one in ten US shoppers with a smartphone (14%) plan to make mobile payments using services including Apple Pay or Android Pay this holiday season, research from Bankrate reveals. “Among those who don’t plan to make mobile payments, the top reasons were not secure enough (36%) and other payment methods are more convenient (31%),” the company says.... More
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London taxis to get contactless payments
All London taxis will be required to accept contactless payments from October 2016, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed... More
Swatch partners with Visa to roll out NFC payment watch in US and Switzerland
Luxury watchmaker Swatch has signed a contract with Visa to roll out its Bellamy NFC payment watch following its debut in China in October 2015... More
Diners Club launches mobile payments in Ecuador
Credit card issuer Diners Club of Ecuador has launched PayClub, a service that lets consumers make mobile payments with any Diners or Visa Interdin branded card... More
Samsung Pay offers $100 discount to new users
Samsung is offering up to US$100 off any Samsung.com purchase for new users who add a compatible card to Samsung Pay... More
Apple Pay signs deal with China UnionPay?
Apple Pay has reached an agreement with China UnionPay to use its point-of-sale network to introduce the mobile payment service in China, according to Bloomberg... More
Three launches NFC mobile payments in Austria
Mobile network operator Three has launched a SIM-based NFC mobile payments service in Austria... More
Smartwatches to play key role in mobile banking
Smartwatches will be used to access banking apps 10m times in 2017, rising to more than 100m times by 2020, Juniper Research predicts... More
Apple Pay to launch in China by February?
Apple is planning to launch Apple Pay in China by 8 February 2016, according to the Wall Street Journal... More
Samsung Pay adds eight more US issuers
Samsung Pay has added support from eight additional US card issuers including Chase and SunTrust... More
Square rolls out first contactless readers
Mobile POS provider Square is rolling out the first of its $49 contactless readers to 100 US businesses, allowing them to accept chip cards, contactless and NFC payments including Apple Pay... More
28% of UK shoppers want beacons in-store
More than one in four UK shoppers (28%) would like retailers to know exactly who they are when they walk in using location-based technologies such as iBeacon, research by Harris Interactive for Salesforce UK reveals... More
MyPINpad takes PIN authentication online
UK consumers may soon be able to authenticate online and mobile transactions using a PIN-based solution from myPINpad following trials with UK payments infrastructure operator VocaLink... More
Coin launches cashback incentive
US connected device maker Coin is piloting a rewards program that gives users of its EMV-ready electronic magnetic stripe card cashback benefits at retail locations across the Bay Area... More
Coinbase ships Bitcoin debit card
Bitcoin wallet Coinbase and Shift Payments have introduced a US-issued Bitcoin-backed debit card that will allow Coinbase users in 24 states to make payments using the virtual currency both online and in-store... More
Dunkin’ Donuts pilots mobile ordering
Members of Dunkin’ Donuts’ DD Perks Rewards program in Portland, Maine can now place and pay for orders on their mobile device using a new On-the-Go ordering app... More
Rotterdam metro tests contactless cards
Employees of Rotterdam’s RET public transportation network are trialling contactless cards for payment and entry on the metro... More
US transit operators move to mobile ticketing
US transit operators San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA) and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) have launched mobile ticketing services... More
Taubman malls to send out offers via WiFi
Shoppers in four Taubman shopping centres in the US will soon receive offers on their mobile device via the guest WiFi network and mobile retail solution StepsAway... More
Visa certifies Kona’s HCE wallet
PARTNER NEWS: South Korea-based mobile payments specialist Kona has picked up Visa Ready certification for the host card emulation (HCE) mobile wallet component of its Kona Payment platform... More