Yandex.Checkout gets QR codes
Russians can now make payments through online payment service Yandex.Checkout by scanning a QR code with the Yandex.Money mobile app... More
Russians can now make payments through online payment service Yandex.Checkout by scanning a QR code with the Yandex.Money mobile app... More
Australian bank ANZ is being accused of “pulling a fast one” after walking away from a collaborative effort with its big four rivals to seek stronger negotiating powers over third party mobile wallets and announcing its support for Apple Pay... More
Global revenues for biometric banking technologies are expected to top US$4bn by 2021, ABI Research has revealed... More
Nearly 5% of total US transactions in coffee giant Starbucks locations are now made through the company’s Mobile Order & Pay service, representing close to 20% of all mobile payments in store. More
PARTNER NEWS: Chip maker AMS has sold its NFC and RFID reader product lines to STMicroelectronics. AMS will continue to retain ownership of its NFC/RFID tag business, including the AS3955 NFC interface chip (NFiC) which AMS unveiled in May 2015. More
Customers at stores belonging to Spanish clothing company Inditex will soon be able to use their mobile phone to make in-store payments by scanning a QR code at the terminal via the company’s InWallet mobile payment service. More
Bitcoin wallet Coinbase has expanded into Australia... More
Microsoft is to extend its Windows Hello biometric authentication solution into apps and websites via the Microsoft Edge browser... More
The majority of US and UK consumers (54%) have now used a mobile wallet, research from Urban Airship reveals, with 30% of respondents using them in the past week. More
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
The Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) has unveiled a new standardised specification to facilitate biometric authentication on payment cards. More
Apple Pay now accounts for three out of four contactless payments in the US and the estimated number of monthly users is up by more than 450% year-on-year, Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed. More
A group of Australian banks have submitted an application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), urging for the right to ensure they are able to “collectively negotiate” with third party mobile wallet providers. More
Almost two thirds of US consumers (62%) expect the country to become a cashless society in their lifetime, research released by Gallup reveals... More
Customers of Africa’s Absa Bank can now conduct banking transactions through Facebook Messenger using the bank’s ChatBanking feature... More
Mobile network operator Telefónica Deutschland has launched a mobile-only bank in partnership with Fidor Bank in Germany. The service will allow peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions to be made using mobile phone numbers and will come with a Mastercard debit card for in-store and ATM transactions. More
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has signed a partnership agreement with Mastercard to begin piloting a new account-based ticketing system that will let commuters pay for their train and bus journeys using their existing contactless debit and credit cards. More
The annual use of contactless cards across the UK has risen 250%, with £1.1bn spent in March 2016 alone, research released by the British Bankers Association (BBA) reveals... More
Mastercard is planning to apply to become a payment service provider (PSP) in China this year but is still deciding whether to do so alone or with a partner, according to Reuters... More
People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is working to create a system for regulating QR code mobile payments in the country, after it suspended QR code-based services run by third-party payment providers in March 2014... More