Latest E-commerce News: Finextra Research

Poll: 94 million Americans store their card information online

Concerns about identify theft and credit card fraud aren’t stopping most Americans from storing their credit and debit card information online, a new CreditCards.com report reveals.

01 June 2017

News/E-commerce

Android Pay lands in Canada and Taiwan

Android Pay has arrived in Canada, with several of the country's biggest banks making the mobile payments service available to Mastercard and Visa credit cardholders as well as Interac debit card users.

31 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Zain partners Mastercard to boost mobile payments in Jordan

Zain has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, to boost digital payment services in Jordan through ‘Zain Cash’ mobile wallet service powered by Mastercard.

31 May 2017

News/E-commerce

Square Virtual Terminal lands in the UK

Square has launched its Virtual Terminal service in the UK, enabling sellers to take payments directly on their computers.

31 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Visa begins build-out for 3-D Secure 2.0

Visa (NYSE:V) today announced upcoming enhancements to its Verified by Visa service, a global solution designed to make online purchases more secure by helping ensure payments are made by the rightful owner of the Visa account.

30 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Russian banks and Mastercard pick fintech startups for Moscow accelerator

Russian financial institutions working together within the framework of collaborative fintech acceleration programme Fintech Lab, namely Ak Bars, VTB 24, Bank Saint Petersburg, Home Credit Bank and Absolut Bank picked 12 fintech startups they are going to mentor and guide through the acceleration programme.

29 May 2017

News/E-commerce

Emirates NBD opens online shopping mall

If e-commerce conglomerates like Alibaba can move into banking, what's to stop banks moving into e-commerce? That's the thinking behind SkyShopper, a new online mall launched by Emirates NBD which aims to tap into the UAE's booming internet shopping market.

26 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Yandex.Money ties up with Android Pay

Yandex.Money, the largest online payment service in Russia, brings its users a new method of contactless payments — via Android Pay.

23 May 2017

News/E-commerce

UK SMEs missing out on £1.6bn by not accepting 'next gen' payments

Small and medium sized enterprises are missing out on an estimated £1.6 billion by not accepting next generation payments technology such as one-click ordering and 'conversational' transactions, according to research from Barclaycard.

19 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

First Data launches global e-commerce solution for payment facilitators

With the rise of the “sharing” economy, companies across industries are increasingly acting as payment facilitators, building frictionless commerce capabilities for their customers.

18 May 2017

News/E-commerce

Google and PayPal partner for mobile shopping by fingerprint

Android Pay users that have linked their PayPal accounts will soon be able to pay for goods when mobile shopping using the Chrome browser with just just a touch of their fingerprint.

18 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Google Payment API aims to turbocharge checkouts

Starting today, our suite of payment solutions will be expanding. The Google Payment API enables merchants and developers to turbocharge checkout conversion by offering your users an easy way to pay with credit and debit cards saved to their Google Account.

18 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Coupa connects with Amazon Business for Open Buy

Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP), a leader in cloud-based spend management, today announced the launch of Coupa Open Buy with Amazon Business, an easy way for business, higher education, and public-sector employees to quickly search, find, and buy goods with all their organisation’s required spending and budget controls applied automatically.

18 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

OpenWay launches multi currency pricing for global acquirers

OpenWay, a recognised leader in software for bankcard acquiring and issuing, digital banking, omni-channel payments and e-commerce gateways, has launched a multi-currency pricing software solution to help acquirers attract and service international e-commerce merchants.

18 May 2017

News/E-commerce

DrnkPay app blocks credit cards if you've had too much to drink

A new mobile app is promising to help users avoid drunken late night impulse spending by linking credit and debit cards to a breathalyser and, if too much has been imbibed, barring certain purchases.

17 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Expedia gets Masterpass

Mastercard today announced that travelers now have more options to simply and securely complete their hotel, flight, and cruise reservations on Expedia.com, Orbitz and Travelocity with Masterpass.

16 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Visa Checkout lands in the UK with lastminute.com

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced that its quick, safe and secure payment method Visa Checkout has launched in the UK.

11 May 2017

News/E-commerce

Kreditech secures EUR110 million investment from PayU

Germany's Kreditech has secured a EUR110 million investment from online payment processor PayU.

10 May 2017

News/E-commerce

PayPal launches Business in a Box service for SMBs

PayPal has unveiled a new service, called Business in a Box, which brings together a host of tools designed to help small firms start and run their online operations.

01 May 2017

Company update/E-commerce

Payza opens online payment platform to Chinese market

Payza, a leading global online payment platform, announced that Payza members in China can now load their Payza e-wallets using popular local options WeChat, UnionPay, and ePayLinks.

27 April 2017