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1-in-5 in person Visa-processed card payments now contactless

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1-in-5 in person Visa-processed card payments now contactless

Visa Europe has put out another batch of contactless payments metrics, showing that one-in-five in-person card transactions it processes are now tap and pay.

Canadian banks sign on for Apple Pay

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Canadian banks sign on for Apple Pay

Apple has finally struck deals with Canada's banks to bring its mobile payments services to the country's Visa, MasterCard and Interac cardholders.

Charity rolls out contactless donation boxes

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Charity rolls out contactless donation boxes

Mary's Meals, a Scottish charity that works to feed hungry children around the world, is taking the donation box digital, placing terminals at cafe checkouts where diners can contribute 30 pence to the cause by tapping their contactless cards.

Square shares tank

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Square shares tank

Shares in Jack Dorsey's Square plummeted 20% on Friday amid concerns about rising first quarter net losses and the financing of its merchant lending programme.

Europeans ready to quit banks over out-of-date technology

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Europeans ready to quit banks over out-of-date technology

As they increasingly bank online and through their mobiles, many Europeans say that they would leave providers that do not offer up-to-date technology, a survey from Fujitsu shows.

Turkey launches national payments system

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Turkey launches national payments system

Turkey has gone live with its own card payment system, dubbed Troy, as it seeks to boost electronic money and usher in a cashless society by 2023.

Apple Pay picks up 1 million new users a week; comes to ANZ customers

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Apple Pay picks up 1 million new users a week; comes to ANZ customers

Apple says that its mobile payments service is gaining a million users a week, but admits that this is still not resulting in any meaningful revenues.

mPOS firms SumUP and payleven agree merger

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mPOS firms SumUP and payleven agree merger

SumUp and payleven have announced a merger agreement, marking the start of a consolidation phase in the crowded mobile point-of-sale arena.

Chinese handset maker Xiaomi preps NFC-payments service

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Chinese handset maker Xiaomi preps NFC-payments service

Following in the footsteps of Apple, Samsung and Huawei, local giant Xiaomi has become the latest smartphone maker to strike a deal with China UnionPay to roll out an NFC-based payments service.

Samsung Pay pushes into SouthEast Asia with Singapore launch

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Samsung Pay pushes into SouthEast Asia with Singapore launch

Samsung Pay is to launch in Singapore as early as Q2 2016, with support from major banks such as DBS/POSB, OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered.

The new wearables: 'tattoo' payments

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The new wearables: 'tattoo' payments

Forget cards, mobiles and even smartwatches. A healthcare technology startup is hoping that we will soon be attaching ultra-thin tattoo-like stickers that can make contactless payments to our bodies.

Mobile payments to overtake cash and cards within a decade - The Co-op

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Mobile payments to overtake cash and cards within a decade - The Co-op

UK supermarket chain the Co-op has predicted that contactless transactions on mobile phones will outstrip the use of cash within the next ten years, after experiencing a sharp rise in customers using their cards to tap and pay at the till.

Denmark's Dankort cards to go mobile with J/Speedy technology from JCB

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Denmark's Dankort cards to go mobile with J/Speedy technology from JCB

Denmark's Nets is to use HCE technology from Japanese card issuer JCB as the foundation for a nationwide mobile payment system.

Mint strikes mPOS deal with Singapore's Nets

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Mint strikes mPOS deal with Singapore's Nets

Singapore's national payment system Nets is to enter the mPOS business through a partnership with Australia's Mint Payments.

Japan to trial pay-by-fingerprint programme for tourists

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Japan to trial pay-by-fingerprint programme for tourists

Japan is embarking on a trial of technology that will enable tourists visiting the country to pay for goods and services using only their fingerprints, according to local press reports.

Singapore ponders Paym-style payments platform

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Singapore ponders Paym-style payments platform

Singapore is looking into the creation of a payments system similar to the UK's Paym that would let someone send money using only the recipient's mobile number, email address or social network account.

Brits embrace higher contactless spending limit

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Brits embrace higher contactless spending limit

The UK's decision to up the contactless spending limit from £20 to £30 six months ago has proved popular, particularly with pub-goers, new figures from Visa show.

Google ditches Wallet debit card

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Google ditches Wallet debit card

Google is killing off the physical debit card linked to its Wallet app, which has been usurped as the tech giant's main instore payments service by Android Pay and now focuses on P2P transactions.

Swiss banks investigate common mobile payments system

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Swiss banks investigate common mobile payments system

Switzerland's five biggest banks are talking to retailers and financial infrastructure provider SIX Group about a joint mobile payments service.

Square targets e-commerce with new API

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Square targets e-commerce with new API

Square is taking on PayPal and Stripe with a new e-commerce API that enables merchants to process online payments on their own self-hosted, fully developed websites.

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