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With virtual currencies such as bitcoin catching the eye of governments, several firms in the field have banded together in a bid to create a self-regulatory organisation covering the nascent industry.
30 July 2013
MasterCard has brought on board some major retailers, including Argos and Boots, as well as issuer MBNA, for the UK launch of its MasterPass digital payments service.
Consumers can now convert Ukash codes into cash at Bank Machine ATMs across the UK without the need for a debit or credit card.
24 July 2013
Zapp, the British mobile commerce company recently set up by VocaLink, has called in Oracle to help build its technology platform.
17 July 2013
Braintree has begun offering its Venmo Touch mobile payments tool to banks, signing up Simple as the first partner to integrate the technology into its app.
10 July 2013
The Clearing House (TCH) is working with America's biggest banks on an industry-wide "dynamic credentialing" system that will improve the safety of digital payments.
02 July 2013
MasterCard is rolling out a series of APIs and software development kits designed to make it easier for small businesses to accept e-commerce and mobile payments.
27 June 2013
Mpos giant Square is moving beyond the high-street with the launch of an online marketplace where small US businesses can sell their wares.
26 June 2013
MasterCard has teamed up with the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and telco Etisalat to launch what it claims is the first ever Arabic mobile money service.
25 June 2013
RuPay, the Indian bank-backed debit card scheme, has been enabled for e-commerce transactions over the Internet, extending its challenge to Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
24 June 2013
VocaLink has formed a new company, called Zapp, to build a service that will let Brits link their bank accounts to their mobile phone numbers and make real-time payments through their handsets.
Barclays customers will soon be able to use their Pingit mobile payments app to make purchases by scanning QR codes on adverts, the bank's managing director of cash management, Richard Martin, has told Finextra.
19 June 2013
Trustev, an Irish firm which uses 'social fingerprinting' technology to verify online shoppers in real time, has won the European Commission's Tech All Stars competition.
14 June 2013
Ignacio Garcia, managing director, iZettle Spain discusses how the vendor increased Mpos adoption by 25% in Sweden and how the recent €5 million investment from Banco Santander will expedite its global expansion.
The worldwide transaction value of mobile payments will soar this year, up 44% on 2012, according to Gartner. However, the research house has slashed its expectations for NFC, which continues to struggle to pick up momentum.
04 June 2013
In what is becoming a trend in the fintech world, Barclays has taken top honours at a London hackathon, this time triumphing at a weekend-long event hosted by payments start-up Birdback at Google Campus.
03 June 2013
As digital alternatives grew in popularity, Brits did 10% less of their shopping last year with cash, although it continued to be the country's most popular payment method.
30 May 2013
Spanish corporate behemoths CaixaBank, Santander and Telefónica have agreed to set up a joint venture to develop a range of digital services, including a mobile wallet.
Square is to move into PayPal's core territory with the invitation-only launch of a P2P email cash transfer service, dubbed Square Cash.
21 May 2013
With its mobile wallet struggling to gain traction on the high street, Google is to use its extensive Web assets to spur uptake, announcing a new payments API for Chrome browsers and the ability to send money as a Gmail attachment.
16 May 2013
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