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Google has begun rolling out Android Pay in the US, enabling users to make instore mobile NFC payments at more than a million locations across the country.
10 September 2015
ING has acquired the Belgian digital loyalty platform Qustomer as it looks to further its mobile payments strategy by working with smart startups.
09 September 2015
MasterCard is to bust the limits for mobile contactless payments across Europe, enabling shoppers to use their handheld devices for higher value tap and pay purchases at the checkout.
08 September 2015
The Australian Federal Court has ordered Visa to pay $18 million in fines for freezing out rival currency conversion services on terminals that use its cards.
04 September 2015
Under pressure from staff and customers, Pizza Express is to stop taking an eight per cent slice of tips paid by card.
03 September 2015
As the contactless payments limit in Britain rises from £20 to £30, new figures from the UK Cards Association show that more than £2.5 billion was spent via tap and go in the first half of 2015.
01 September 2015
With contactless cards and mobile payments growing in popularity, a quarter of Brits think that in just five years' time they will no longer need cash, according to a survey for Lloyds Bank.
31 August 2015
Swedish mPOS vendor iZettle has raised EUR60 million in a Series D funding round to help it launch a cash advance service for its small business customers.
28 August 2015
Oxfam has teamed up with Visa, Philippines-based UnionBank and payments firm i2c to channel funds to people in disaster-affected communities through prepaid cards.
26 August 2015
Google could launch Android Pay in the US this week, beating rival Samsung to the punch, according to notices distributed to McDonald's restaurants.
24 August 2015
Visa has reportedly reached a settlement of up to $67 million with Target to reimburse member banks for expenses accrued following the massive 2013 data breach at the US retail chain.
18 August 2015
Having finally embraced near field communication technology with the launch of its payments service, Apple has joined the NFC Forum as a sponsor member.
14 August 2015
Samsung will introduce its mobile payments service in South Korea later this month, with Visa, MasterCard and several major banks onboard for a US launch in September.
13 August 2015
Canada's TD Bank, MasterCard and tech firm Nymi have completed what they claim is the world's first wearable contactless credit card payment to authenticate the user through their heartbeat.
11 August 2015
America's migration from mag-stripe to EMV is failing to pick up momentum, with just one in 10 people receiving new chip-enabled cards, according to a new poll.
07 August 2015
SIX and Swisscom are collaborating with Swiss banks to introduce a universal mobile payment service for online and offline transactions nationwide.
05 August 2015
In a bad day in court for the card firms, a federal appeals court has revived ATM access fee litigation against Visa and MasterCard, while in a separate case a judge has rejected American Express's interchange fee class action settlement.
04 August 2015
London traders have been urged to start using contactless payments as part of a £20 million fund established by City Hall to regenerate the capital's high streets.
31 July 2015
Samsung has struck a deal with MasterCard to connect European card issuers to the handset manufacturer's forthcoming mobile payments service.
30 July 2015
Hong Kong network operator HKT has launched Tap & Go, a SIM-based mobile payments service for online, P2P and contactless instore transactions.
28 July 2015
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