Google has begun rolling out Android Pay across Singapore, marking the mobile payment service’s debut in Asia. It will work with MasterCard and Visa cards from DBS Bank, OCBC Bank, POSB Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and UOB. More
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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
Discover joins effort to speed up EMV checkout
Discover has unveiled Discover Quick Chip, a new option for merchants to streamline the checkout process when customers pay with cards... More
Microsoft launches NFC payments for Windows 10 phones
Microsoft has introduced an NFC payment feature for users of Windows 10 Mobile devices in the US through its Microsoft Wallet app... More
Visa seals deal on Visa Europe acquisition
Visa has completed its acquisition of Visa Europe... More
Samsung Pay launches in Singapore
Samsung Pay has gone live in Singapore, enabling customers of Citibank Singapore, DBS Bank Singapore, POSB Bank Singapore, OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered to make mobile payments with their compatible smartphone wherever MasterCard or Visa is accepted... More
Visa certifies Worldline for in-house cloud-based payments
Payment processor Worldline has received end-to-end Visa certification to run its cloud-based payments solution in-house... More
ASB Bank launches HCE in New Zealand
Customers of ASB Bank in New Zealand can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using ASB Virtual, a new feature in the bank’s mobile banking app that enables payments using a Visa credit or debit card... More
American Express speeds up EMV checkout
American Express has unveiled Amex Quick Chip, a technology that enables merchants to provide cardmembers with a “more seamless” experience when paying with their EMV chip cards at the point of sale... More
Orange Cash to offer Apple Pay in France
Apple Pay will be offered to Orange Cash customers in France when the mobile payment service launches in the country in the coming months... More
Visa to support Apple Pay in Hong Kong
Visa will support the launch of Apple Pay in Hong Kong, the payment network has confirmed, after announcing its support for the expansion of the mobile payment service to Switzerland and France... More
Walmart Canada to stop accepting Visa due to high fees
Retail giant Walmart will stop accepting Visa credit card transactions in Canada from mid-July due to “unacceptably high” transaction fees... More
Samsung Pay to begin rolling out across Singapore in June
Samsung Pay is to begin rolling out across Singapore on June 16, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to get the mobile payment service. It will launch with support from American Express, MasterCard and Visa and major banks. More
Visa signs up US banks for Visa Digital Commerce App
More than 40 US financial institutions have begun implementing the Visa Digital Commerce App, an issuer-branded mobile app that enables card management services such as account balance information, card controls and alerts... More
European Commission approves Visa’s acquisition of Visa Europe
The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Visa Europe by Visa... More
VTB Mobile Pay adds MasterCard support
Customers of VTB Bank in Georgia can now add their MasterCard debit and credit cards to its VTB Mobile Pay host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payment service following its launch with Visa and technology provider PriNum in October 2015... More
Visa to supply athletes with NFC payment rings at Rio 2016
Athletes at this year’s Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be given an NFC payments ring linked to a Visa account that will let them make purchases by tapping their hand against contactless terminals. More
Visa Europe records contactless growth across the continent
Some 3bn contactless transactions were made across Europe on Visa cards and payment-enabled devices in the year to 30 April 2016, growing from 143m transactions a month in April 2015 to 360m in April 2016... More
Apple Pay adds Visa, MasterCard and five major banks in Singapore
Consumers in Singapore can now add their MasterCard and Visa cards to Apple Pay, after the mobile payment service launched there in April 2016 with support from American Express alone... More
Visa Europe to make it easier for banks to support third-party mobile wallets
Visa Europe has launched its Visa Europe Digital Enablement Programme (VEDEP) in the UK in an effort to simplify the implementation process for banks looking to support third-party mobile wallets... More