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Amazon is killing off WebPay, admitting that the person-to-person money transfer service is not good enough to keep persevering with.
16 September 2014
Visa has taken advantage of the hoopla surrounding Apple's application of digital account tokens to replace card numbers for online and mobile purchasing by initiating the roll out of its Token Service to US clients.
10 September 2014
Barclaycard is boosting its capabilities in the lucrative rewards market through the acquisition of payments and loyalty specialist The Logic Group. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
08 September 2014
Australian point-of-sale payments provider eftpos is moving online, testing a new system for web-purchases at supermarket chain Coles.
02 September 2014
Amazon has hired Visa's North America credit card head Nick Talwar to run its business providing capital to sellers on its marketplace.
29 August 2014
Shares in eBay rose nearly five per cent yesterday afternoon off the back of a media report that the online auction house could spin off its PayPal unit as early as next year.
22 August 2014
PayPal has taken advantage of technology from its Braintree unit to build a system which lets mobile shoppers make in-app purchases with a single touch.
20 August 2014
EBay is preparing to integrate bitcoin into its Braintree payments service, according to the Wall Street Journal, giving the crypto-currency a firm nudge into the mainstream.
15 August 2014
BitPay has begun putting the proceeds of its recent $30 million funding round to use, embarking on a hiring spree that sees talent from Visa, PayPal and Jumio join the digital currency startup.
14 August 2014
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has sold its SME loan business to the parent of Alipay in a move designed to increase the profits made on any future sale of the payments unit.
13 August 2014
German Internet-focused VC and incubator Rocket Internet has sold a 10% stake to Philippines-based telco PLDT for EUR333 million in a deal that will also see the two firms team on building online and mobile payments services in emerging markets.
07 August 2014
In its latest attempt to crack online and mobile payments, Visa has unveiled a system which lets virtual shoppers complete purchases with a couple of clicks.
17 July 2014
Weve CEO David Sear is moving to online payments outfit Skrill where he will take on the newly created position of chief commercial officer.
09 July 2014
Spain's Bankia has launched a sticker and app-based mobile contactless payments service.
07 July 2014
Spanish banking giant Santander has launched a $100 million, London-based fintech venture capital fund as it bids to get in on the ground floor at startups leading the financial services digital revolution.
03 July 2014
BioCatch, an Israeli startup that uses behavioural biometrics to authenticate visitors to banking and e-commerce sites, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Blumberg Capital and equity crowdfunding firm OurCrowd.
17 June 2014
Digital commerce outfit Powa Technologies has acquired Hong Kong-based MPayMe in an all share deal it says is worth $75 million.
12 June 2014
PayPal president David Marcus has quit the eBay unit to run the mobile messaging business at Facebook.
10 June 2014
EBA Clearing has opened the doors to registrations for its MyBank Mandate service, with Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit the first banks to sign on.
Amazon is muscling in on PayPal's territory, taking advantage of its massive customer-base to offer companies a subscription payments management service.
09 June 2014
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