Nearly one in five US smartphone owners (18%) have now used a mobile payment app, research released by Parks Associates reveals, with PayPal proving to be the most popular among all US smartphone users with 12%, followed by retail-branded mobile apps (9%), Apple Pay (4%), Android Pay (3%) and Samsung Pay (2%)... More
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UK Vodafone customers get NFC payments through PayPal
Vodafone customers in the UK can now make NFC mobile payments through PayPal using Vodafone Wallet at any contactless terminal as well as across the Transport for London (TfL) network and on National Rail services in and around the capital using their Mastercard or Visa cards... 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
Venmo to get NFC mobile payments
The PayPal-owned Venmo mobile payments app may soon allow users to make in-store purchases using NFC... More
Visa Checkout coming to Braintree merchants
Visa Checkout will soon be offered as a service for US retailers using the PayPal-owned Braintree payments platform... More
PayPal extends NFC acceptance in US via Mastercard
US consumers will soon be able to make NFC mobile payments using PayPal at the point of sale wherever Mastercard is accepted... More
Three quarters of US retailers plan to accept Apple Pay before 2018
More than three quarters of US retailers (76%) plan to accept Apple Pay by the end of 2017, research released by the National Retail Federation and Forrester reveals. More
Coinbase rolls out in Australia
Bitcoin wallet Coinbase has expanded into Australia... More
Venmo enables in-app payments
Users of the PayPal-owned Venmo mobile payments app will soon be able to make purchases in third party mobile apps using the service... More
PayPal to roll out NFC mobile payments across the US through Visa deal
US consumers will soon be able to make NFC mobile payments using their PayPal mobile wallet at all physical locations across the country that currently accept Visa contactless transactions. More
One in four US smartphone owners use mobile payment apps
More than 25% of US smartphone owners make use of mobile payment apps at least once a month, research from Parks Associates reveals... More
Vodafone Italia adds NFC mobile payments with PayPal
Customers of Vodafone Italia can now make NFC mobile payments through PayPal using the mobile network operator’s Vodafone Wallet. The service will allow for in-store payments at any Visa contactless terminal across the country. More
ACI reports on mobile payments usage by Indian millennials
More than two thirds of Indian millennials (67%) have purchased goods online and in-store using their mobile phone, research from ACI Worldwide reveals... More
Coinbase adds PayPal and credit card support
Bitcoin wallet Coinbase has added support for PayPal and credit cards... More
PayPal will “hurt” from Apple Pay web launch, claims analyst
PayPal will “hurt” from the launch of Apple Pay on the web, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster... More
Kerv and PSI-Pay to prep for NFC payments ring launch
The UK startup behind the Kerv NFC payments ring has teamed up with payment solutions provider PSI-Pay to enable a greater range of payment options on the device... More
PayPal CEO announces NFC payments expansion
Vodafone Wallet with PayPal NFC-enabled payments is now live in Spain and is expected to be made available across Europe throughout the “back half of 2016”, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman revealed during the company’s Q1 earnings call. More
Vodafone Wallet wins PX Award
PARTNER NEWS: Transaction technology provider Carta Worldwide, PayPal and Vodafone have won the ‘International Program of the Year’ award for Vodafone Wallet at the PX Payments Awards in Canada... More
Dutch gas stations enable mobile payments with MyOrder
Motorists will be able to order and pay in advance for fuel at 220 Tamoil gas stations in the Netherlands from this summer using their smartphone and a new mobile refuelling feature enabled through MyOrder — the mobile ordering and payment service backed by Rabobank... More
Carta Worldwide renews partnership with NFC World
NFC World is pleased to welcome transaction technology provider Carta Worldwide as a partner for a second year. Carta is an award-winning leader in next-generation transaction processing and mobile payment technologies including host card emulation (HCE), cloud-based secure elements and tokenization. More