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PayPal has built an app for the Pebble smartwatch that lets users check in and pay at retailers on the go.
19 November 2014
South Korean Web giant Daum Kakao has teamed up with 16 banks to launch a mobile wallet service for online, offline and person-to-person payments.
18 November 2014
In an Australian telco first, Optus is launching a contactless payment app that uses Near Field Communication (NFC) and Visa payWave technology to pay for cash purchases below $100.
14 November 2014
Despite the fanfare that accompanied Apple Pay's launch, less than a third of Americans would consider obtaining a mobile wallet app from the iPhone maker, while more than two thirds would take a bank's offering, according to a survey from Phoenix Marketing International.
SmartPass, the mobile contactless payments services developed by Vodafone with Visa has quietly been launched in the UK following several global rollouts.
13 November 2014
Square has announced plans for a new chip card reader that will retail with a $29 price tag and replace its current free-of-charge mag-strip-only dongle.
UK supermarket Sainsbury's is piloting an app designed to cut the duration of a weekly shop by guiding users around stores and letting them pay through their handsets.
12 November 2014
NCR is to bring bitcoin payments to the high street by integrating support for the crypto-currency via its Silver iPOD point-of-sale device for small business owners.
10 November 2014
A third-party backdoor and a Windows vulnerability helped the Home Depot hackers plunder 56 million card transaction at the point-of-sale and escape with an additional 53 million email addresses, the US home improvement chain has revealed.
07 November 2014
In the long shadow of Apple Pay, this week two major mobile money ventures, telco-backed Softcard and merchant-run MCX, have been setting out their strategies for wining over customers.
05 November 2014
US banks are paying a high price for the privilege of placing their cards on Apple Pay, with the tech giant demanding not just cash but also detailed reports and analytics on card usage data, according to a leaked draft of the 19-page commercial agreement with issuers.
Two of the world's biggest financial services firms, Visa and Citi, have promised to ditch their insular approach and open up their platforms to partners.
04 November 2014
Heartbeat authentication startup Bionym is to conduct a multi-bank trial of its wearable Nymi Band for contactless card transactions at the point-of-sale in Canada.
03 November 2014
Turkey's Bankalararası Kart Merkezi (BKM) has developed a Google Glass app that lets users access their digital wallets and make payments through voice commands and QR codes.
31 October 2014
As November approaches, data science company Feedzai is warning that the month is the fraudsters' favourite, when both card-present and card-not-present crime spike.
Former Google Wallet boss Osama Bedier is bidding to take advantage of the "once in a lifetime" opportunity presented by America's move to EMV chip cards with a new take on the point-of-sale terminal.
29 October 2014
With mobile money hogging the headlines thanks to the recent launch of Apple Pay, the ATM Industry Association (Atmia) is hitting back with a campaign extolling the virtues of old-fashioned cash.
27 October 2014
Two of the biggest pharmacy chains in the US have disabled NFC terminals in an attempt to shut out Apple Pay ahead of the launch of retailer-backed platform CurrentC in 2015.
E-commerce marketplace Etsy is setting its sights on the real world, entering the crowded mPOS market with its own app and card reader combo.
23 October 2014
Apple Pay enjoyed a relatively smooth launch in the US today, with customers of some of the country's biggest banks able to use their iPhones to make purchases at a host of bricks-and-mortar and virtual stores.
20 October 2014
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