Facebook has introduced a payments update to its Messenger platform that will allow US businesses who are not integrated with Stripe or PayPal to process payments within both messages and webview using tokenization technology... More
PayPal to be payment option in Messenger app
Online payments firm PayPal is to extend its relationship with Facebook and Messenger, becoming a payment option within the messaging app... More
Domino’s Pizza enables Messenger ordering
US consumers can now make purchases from Domino’s Pizza through Facebook’s Messenger app using the fast food chain’s new ordering bot... More
Facebook updates Messenger bots to enable payment
Businesses across the US will now be able to sell products and services through Facebook’s Messenger app... More
Absa Bank comes to Facebook Messenger
Customers of Africa’s Absa Bank can now conduct banking transactions through Facebook Messenger using the bank’s ChatBanking feature... More
Pizza Hut enables orders on social media
Customers of Pizza Hut will soon be able to place orders using Facebook Messenger and Twitter through a new chatbot launched by the pizza chain and technology provider Conversable... More
Singapore banks to allow transfers with social media IDs
Banks in Singapore are working on a service that would let consumers make payments using their Facebook ID or Twitter username... More
Facebook tests Messenger payments
US consumers are testing a new service that lets them send money through Facebook’s Messenger chat app... More
Amex bot notifies purchases through Facebook Messenger
American Express customers will soon be able to get real-time notifications about their purchases through Facebook’s Messenger app after the company demonstrated how card members can “sign up to receive real-time notifications about their purchases and important information about card benefits and services related to those purchases via an Amex bot for Messenger”... More
Facebook Messenger to add in-store payments?
Facebook could be looking at letting its users make in-store purchases via its Facebook Messenger chat app, according to The Information... More
Facebook may soon support Apple Pay
Facebook is open to partnering with Apple Pay and other payment services in order to enable payments on its social media network, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has revealed... More
Facebook bots to enable Messenger commerce
Facebook has given some developers access to an as yet unannounced Chat SDK that allows them to build interactive experiences and “bots” in Messenger for shopping, booking travel and more, according to TechCrunch... More
Facebook Messenger to launch in-app taxi booking and payments
Facebook Messenger users across the US will soon be able to order and pay for an Uber taxi from within the chat app... More
Facebook pilots Buy Tickets button
Facebook has begun piloting a service that allows users to buy concert tickets through the social network’s event pages using a Buy Tickets button... More
Twitter to offer Buy buttons with Shopify
Twitter is reportedly integrating with e-commerce platform Shopify to offer its Buy buttons to a wider range of businesses... More
Facebook rolls out Messenger mobile payments across US
Facebook has made its Messenger mobile payments service available across the US following its launch in New York City in May... More
One in five Australians make in-store mobile payments
Three in ten Australians plan to use their smartphone for all their digital money and financial needs by 2017 and one in five (17%) are already using their smartphones to make in-store payments, research from lender Fair Go Finance reveals... More
Facebook expands buy button pilot
Facebook has extended its ‘buy’ button pilot to US retailers using the Shopify commerce platform... More
Facebook expands free Bluetooth beacon program
Facebook is offering free Bluetooth beacons to select businesses across the US that will enable them to send “useful and relevant” information to customers about the places they visit... More
Facebook rolls out Messenger payments to New York
Facebook is to roll out its mobile payments service to New York City and surrounding metro areas and will add additional functionality to make it “easier to send and receive money”, an email sent out by the social network and seen by VentureBeat reveals... More