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UK card spending has more than doubled over the last decade, topping half a trillion pounds last year, according to industry figures.
05 June 2014
Harris + Hoole (H+H), a UK coffee shop chain part-owned by Tesco, has launched a mobile payments app that lets customers get their caffeine fixes without taking their phones out of their pockets at the till.
02 June 2014
Payments and customer analytics startup Swipely has raised $20 million in a series c funding round led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
29 May 2014
Payments firm Square is moving into the lending business, offering its merchant customers cash advances.
28 May 2014
European mPOS contender SumUp has launched its own proprietary chip and PIN reader after deciding that the white label offerings on the market were not up to scratch.
Speculation is again bubbling up that the iPhone 6 will see Apple finally embrace NFC, with Morgan Stanley analysts predicting the technology will be a "core part" of the tech giant's mobile payments strategy.
21 May 2014
Coupon giant Groupon has is stepping up its assault on the point-of-sale market through the launch of a new iPad-based platform that uses Bluetooth to recognise voucher holders as they walk into the store.
19 May 2014
Circle Internet Financial has unveiled a free platform for buying, storing and paying with bitcoin, promising to bring the crypto-currency to the masses.
16 May 2014
A former Subway franchise owner has admitted to remotely hacking point-of-sale terminals at the sandwich chain and topping up gift cards to the tune of $40,000.
15 May 2014
Six months after launch, American telco-backed mobile payments venture Isis is picking up steam, claiming 20,000 new wallet activations a day over the last month.
14 May 2014
The installed base of mPOS devices is set to make up to 46% of all point-of-sale terminals in circulation by 2019, according to forecasts by ABI Research.
Payment processor Vantiv has agreed a $1.65 billion deal to buy Mercury Payment Systems from private equity firm Silver Lake Group.
13 May 2014
Apple is revamping its in-store mPOS system with a new iPhone and VeriFone-made shell combination that can accept chip and PIN card payments.
12 May 2014
Swedish mPOS outfit iZettle has raised EUR40 million in a series c funding round led by London-based growth investor Zouk Capital.
09 May 2014
Deutsche Telekom has unveiled an NFC mobile wallet in Germany, enabling customers to make low value contactless payments at MasterCard PayPass terminals.
08 May 2014
Australia's Commonwealth Bank has beaten local rival WestPac to market with a new mobile app that enables customers to make cardless ATM withdrawals using just their smartphone.
30 April 2014
With Host Card Emulation gaining industry support as a way of bringing mobile NFC payments to the masses, Secure Element advocates at the SIMalliance have looked to pour cold water on the new kid on the block.
29 April 2014
Payments startup Square is opening an office in New York's SoHo as it prepares to add more than 300 employees in the city.
25 April 2014
Bitcoin startup Xapo has unveiled plans for a debit card that lets users pay with the crypto-currency wherever plastic is accepted.
New York-based point-of-sale startup ShopKeep has raised $25 million in a funding round led by Thayer Street Partners.
24 April 2014
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