Chinese mobile payments giant Alipay is expanding its presence in US and European retail stores via a deal with POS maker Verifone... More
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Meet NFC World’s partners at Money20/20
NFC World partners Rambus Bell ID, Giesecke & Devrient, Gemalto, SimplyTapp, NXP and Kona will be exhibiting at the Money20/20 expo in Las Vegas from October 23 to 26... More
French electronic wallets merge to create ‘universal mobile payment solution’
French bank BNP Paribas and supermarket giant Carrefour are to merge their Wa... More
Android Pay launches in Hong Kong
Google is rolling out its Android Pay mobile payment service in Hong Kong with support for Mastercard and Visa cards from The Bank of East Asia, DBS, Dah Sing Bank, Hang Seng Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank... More
Verifone deploys mobile API standard
Verifone is deploying a new mobile API standard to improve interaction between mobile payment and loyalty apps in gas stations and convenience stores... More
Mobile payments awareness up in North America, but usage remains flat
Nearly six in 10 North American consumers (56%) are now aware of mobile payment services — a 4% increase from this time last year, research from Accenture has revealed... More
Yes Bank unveils iris scan PoS
India’s Yes Bank has partnered with Lastmile.mobi to develop a biometric point-of-sale terminal using iris scanning technology... More
PayPal tops mobile payment apps in US, but retailers want Apple Pay
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
Koupon Media and Verifone enable mobile coupons
Mobile offers provider Koupon Media has partnered with Verifone to enable all retailers using the Verifone Commander platform to create and distribute mobile coupons on the Koupon Platform... More
Paymark enables Apple Pay in New Zealand
Payments network Paymark has enabled its entire network of retailers across New Zealand to accept Apple Pay... More
Ant Financial readying VR payments
Alibaba affiliate and Alipay parent company Ant Financial is readying a virtual reality (VR) payment experience that will allow shoppers to pay with a nod of the head... More
Zapper enables Alipay in the UK
Chinese visitors to the UK can now use Alipay at any retailer accepting mobile payments platform Zapper... More
Apple Pay launches in New Zealand
Apple Pay has arrived in New Zealand with support for Visa credit and debit cards issued by ANZ Bank New Zealand... More
Study shows growing European appetite for mobile payments
Some 54% of European consumers are using a mobile device to make payments for a range of activities in-store, in-app and online, compared to 18% at this time last year, Visa’s 2016 Digital Payments Study has revealed... More
South Korean store launches smart shopping experience
Customers at Lotte Department Store in the Bundang district of Seoul, South Korea, are being offered a new service that enables them to shop by scanning the barcode on their desired products using a shopper scanner device and completing the payment at dedicated terminals by tapping the handheld device against NFC dongles... More
Apple Pay adoption low, says report
Only one in ten iPhone owners have used Apple Pay and, among those who haven’t done so, 63% said it’s because their preferred merchants don’t support it as a payment option, research from Parks Associates reveals... More
EcoCash Ta! signs up 2,000 merchants
More than 2,000 merchants have now signed up to EcoCash Ta!, the NFC sticker-based mobile payment service launched by mobile network operator Econet Wireless’ EcoCash mobile money subsidiary in Zimbabwe in December 2015... More
Kohl’s launches QR code mobile payments feature across the US
Customers at US department store chain Kohl’s can now make purchases by scanning a QR code at the point of sale using Kohl’s Pay, a mobile payment feature that has been integrated into the retailer’s existing mobile app... More
Apple Pay goes live in Russia
Apple Pay has begun rolling out across Russia, allowing consumers to pay in-store and make in-app and online purchases... More
Mastercard brings biometric authentication to 12 European countries
European consumers can now validate online purchases with their fingerprint or face using Mastercard’s biometric authentication service... More