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US personal finance start-up Wallaby has launched an iPhone app that tells users which credit card they should use in which shop in order to get the best rewards.
16 November 2012
More than a trillion dollars will be spent around the world using mobile devices by 2017, according to IDC Financial Insights, although this will still represent only a drop in the commerce ocean.
A British start-up is encouraging parents to ditch cash and take pocket money into the digital age, offering pre-paid cards to children as young as eight which can be used online, in-store and at ATMs.
15 November 2012
In its latest incursions into the high-street, PayPal has begun testing two different mobile-based payments systems, one in Australia and another in Amsterdam.
Bank of America Merchant Services has become the latest in a long line to launch a clone of Square's app and dongle-based system for turning smartphones into card readers.
13 November 2012
Square clone Payleven has struck a deal with Taxiverband Berlin Brandenburg (TVB) to trial its app and dongle-based mobile card acceptance technology in Berlin cabs.
09 November 2012
Discover Financial Services is working with French outfit Natural Security to pilot a system which combines biometrics and contactless cards to enable customers to pay with their fingertips.
05 November 2012
Canadian bank CIBC and telco Rogers have roped in Olympic gold medal-winning triathlete Simon Whitfield to carry out the country's first NFC mobile credit card payment.
02 November 2012
Hang Seng Bank and MasterCard are preparing to roll out a contactless mobile payments service in Hong Kong during the first half of next year.
Kazakhstan's oligarchs now have a novel new way to flaunt their wealth, with the launch of a solid gold, diamond-encrusted Visa credit card.
01 November 2012
Swedish start-up iZettle, which provides technology that turns mobile phones into payment terminals, has teamed up with DZ Bank and Deutsche Telekom to launch its service in Germany.
30 October 2012
PayPal is laying off around 325 full-time staffers and severing ties with another 120 contractors as new boss David Marcus embarks on a "product simplification" programme.
29 October 2012
Telecom Italia has begun a contactless mobile payments trial in Milan, enabling participants to buy goods in shops, pay for travel on public transport, and access information on posters with a wave of their NFC-enabled handsets.
25 October 2012
Square has finally made it over the border, launching its app and dongle-based system for turning mobile phones into card acceptance devices in Canada.
24 October 2012
A group of French banks, IT firms and retailers are trialling a point-of-sale system that combines biometrics and contactless cards to enable customers to pay with their fingertips.
MasterCard and Belgium's Banca Monte Paschi Belgio have unveiled a dual debit and credit card which also includes a display screen for passcodes that secure online payments.
23 October 2012
Swedish start-up iZettle, which provides technology that turns mobile phones into payment terminals, has expanded its series b funding round with the addition of American Express.
UK supermarket giant Sainsbury's has begun trialling a service that lets customers scan items as they shop using their phone and pay at the till without unloading their trolley.
19 October 2012
Citi has begun offering its Hungarian customers MasterCard PayPass stickers that can be attached to phones and used to make contactless payments.
18 October 2012
Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture set up by a group of US telcos, has confirmed that it will launch in two test markets on Monday.
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