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Payfone, a New York-based m-payments firm aimed at the growing virtual goods and mobile app market, has raised $11 million in a series b funding round.
02 August 2010
PayPal is set to make a concerted effort to break the lucrative Japanese market, despite the absence of its parent eBay in the country.
30 July 2010
American Express has nabbed Daniel Schulman from wireless operator Sprint Nextel to head up a new enterprise growth unit that will concentrate on expanding the firm's mobile and online payments services.
22 July 2010
Online auction giant eBay has posted a 26% rise in net income for the second quarter on the back of impressive growth at its PayPal unit.
Mobile payments outfit mopay has rolled out a service that lets online merchants bill purchases directly to consumers' land line phone accounts.
20 July 2010
Voice Commerce has secured an EU trademark for the use of 'Trust Centre' - the term used to describe its voice biometric signature storage platform - in financial services.
07 July 2010
PayPal has introduced a mobile version of its Express Checkout service designed to make online purchases quick and easy for customers on the go.
02 July 2010
Google has launched a tool designed to enable one-man-band merchants moving from site-to-site to accept payments using its Checkout system and Android mobile phones.
Visa is taking on industry leader PayPal with the Australian launch of a new micropayment system for online shopping.
24 June 2010
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) is set to take over supervision of non-financial institution payment service providers, creating a regulatory framework for the fast-growing market.
22 June 2010
JPMorgan Chase has hired PayPal veteran Jack Stephenson as director of mobile, e-commerce and payments.
14 June 2010
MasterCard Europe has partnered with Turkish bank TEB to pilot a debit card containing a digital display window that can be used for authentication and to give customers account information.
03 June 2010
Following a string of bank pilots, Visa Europe has commercially launched its CodeSure system, which comprises a card with a display for generating one-time codes to authenticate online transactions.
02 June 2010
Hundreds of payments professional from banks across Europe gathered in Luxembourg this week at EBAday to discuss how best to unlock the full potential of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) amid concerns that the financial services industry is being blindsided by tech-led innovations from nimble new entrants.
28 May 2010
MasterCard is to release Open Application Programming Interfaces (Open APIs) for third-party and independent software developers around the world in a bid to create a new wave of e-commerce and mobile payment applications.
25 May 2010
Symantec has agreed a $1.28 billion cash deal to acquire VeriSign's identity and authentication business and a majority stake in the Californian security firm's Japanese business.
20 May 2010
PayPal has opened up its Mobile Payments Library - which lets developers add checkout functionality for physical goods and services to their apps - to Android users.
Five UK men have been jailed for a money laundering scam that saw stolen credit card details used to buy iTunes vouchers that were then sold on eBay.
17 May 2010
Virtual currency outfit Offerpal Media, has launched a Web site that lets customers earn credit for use in online games when they shop at certain retailers, complete surveys or convert gift cards.
05 May 2010
Google has invested an unspecified amount in mobile payments technology start-up Corduro through its in-house venture arm.
04 May 2010
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