UK payment infrastructure operator VocaLink has signed a letter of intent with Thailand’s main interbank payments provider National ITMX to collaborate on the development of a mobile payment solution for banks, consumers and businesses in Thailand... More
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Barclays to support Apple Pay from early 2016?
An email exchange between a Barclays customer and the bank’s CEO of retail banking in the UK has revealed that Barclays will support Apple Pay next year... More
Starbucks Canada to add Mobile Order & Pay
Starbucks will launch its Mobile Order & Pay service in approximately 300 company-owned stores in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada on October 13... More
Moo launches range of NFC business cards
UK-based printer Moo has launched a range of business cards that come equipped with NFC chips and an accompanying online platform, allowing the owner to upload the information of their choice and change or update it as and when they require. More
House of Fraser adds AR to mobile app
UK department store chain House of Fraser has introduced augmented reality (AR) into its iOS mobile app to let shoppers make purchases from videos, 3D product previews, recipes and lookbooks via a Scan to Explore feature... More
Industry veterans seek funding for NFC payments ring
A team of NFC payments veterans has launched a campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for an NFC ring that can be used to make payments at contactless POS terminals and across the Transport for London network. More
Second generation NFC Ring seeks funding
The UK start-up that developed the NFC Ring in 2013 has begun raising funds on Kickstarter for its second generation device... More
Starbucks takes mobile ordering to the UK
Coffee chain Starbucks has expanded its Mobile Order & Pay service to the UK, allowing customers to use its iOS mobile app to pre-order and pay for their food and drinks in more than 150 stores across London... More
Worldpay tests facial recognition for payments in stores
UK-based payment processor Worldpay is conducting trials of a facial biometric verification system for payments in stores, using a prototype device that includes an upward-facing camera embedded into a POS terminal... More
Zapp to delay Pay by Bank launch?
Zapp, the UK mobile payments start-up formed by payments infrastructure operator VocaLink, has reportedly confirmed that it is to delay its Pay by Bank service, due to launch in autumn, because of integration issues... More
SumUp expands to Sweden
European mPOS company SumUp has launched its mobile card acceptance solution in Sweden, expanding its footprint to 14 countries including Germany, the UK and Brazil... More
PayPal to launch contactless reader in US
PayPal is to introduce its PayPal Here contactless card reader in the US on September 30, following its launch in the UK in August 2015... More
Three in four Android users would use an NFC payments service
More than three quarters of Android users (78%) would use a service similar to Apple Pay if it became available to them, a survey conducted by Helixion has found... More
Korean Samsung Pay users spend $30m in first month of launch
More than US$30m has been spent through Samsung Pay since the mobile payment service’s launch in Korea one month ago, Samsung has revealed... More
40% of UK Apple device owners have used Apple Pay
Four in ten UK consumers with an Apple Pay compatible device (40%) have used the mobile payment service to pay for goods or services since its launch in July 2015 and 15% feel that the introduction of Apple Pay will increase the amount of contactless payments they make, eDigitalResearch has found... More
Barclays’ Pingit partners with Verifone
Some 20,000 online retailers in the UK that use Verifone’s Payware Ocius m-commerce gateway will now be able to accept online payments through Barclays’ mobile payments app Pingit... More
Starbucks rolls out mobile ordering across USA
Coffee chain Starbucks is to make its Mobile Order & Pay service available across the US so customers nationwide can place and pay for orders in advance using their iOS and Android devices... More
Henry Holland uses NFC rings to let London Fashion Week VIPs buy direct from the catwalk
VIP guests attending fashion designer Henry Holland’s show at this week’s London Fashion Week were able to make purchases from the catwalk by tapping NFC rings against payment receiver tags attached to clothes and accessories... More
80% of Brits have used alternative payment methods this year
Eight in ten UK consumers with bank accounts have used an alternative to traditional cash and plastic cards in the last 12 months, research by Gocompare.com has found... More
TfL records 180m contactless journeys
More than 180m journeys have been made using contactless payments on London’s transport network in the first year since its launch, Transport for London (TfL) has revealed... More