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Mizuho partners InComm to roll out J-Coin Pay to retailers

Mizuho Bank's J-Coin digital currency platform is coming to more than 18,000 retail locations thanks to an agreement between the Japanese lender and payments technology firm InComm.

30 September 2019

Company update/payments

'House of Klarna' pop-up store arrives in Manchester

Introducing the “House of Klarna”. Hot on the heels of the news this week that 50,000 new Klarna customers a week are choosing ‘Pay later’ at retailer checkouts, and with over 12 million transactions in the past year alone, Klarna is hitting the high-street again with over 27 of the best retail brands in the UK.

27 September 2019

Company update/Eftpos

Mastercard brings Tap on Phone payments to Costa Rica

Contactless payments have exploded in popularity worldwide over the past few years. With a fully developed contactless ecosystem, Costa Rica became the first country in Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) to announce the implementation of Tap on Phone, a payment acceptance solution that allows merchants to receive payments from any contactless-enabled card or mobile wallet right on their own NFC-enabled Android™ device.

26 September 2019

News/Eftpos

Competition watchdog fines PayPal for breach of rules during iZettle probe

The UK's Competition watchdog has slapped a £250,000 fine on PayPal for a breach of rules following its $2.2 billion acquisition of Swedish mPOS vendor iZettle.

24 September 2019

Company update/Eftpos

Credorax and BBPOS partner to launch mobile point of sale product

Today Credorax, the NextGen merchant acquiring bank providing cross-border processing for eCommerce and omni-channel payments, and BBPOS, the world’s leading innovator, designer, and manufacturer of mobile point of sale (mPOS) payment terminals, announced a partnership to provide a (semi-integrated and) standalone mPOS solution for ISVs and ISOs across Europe.

24 September 2019

News/Eftpos

Starbucks Japan launches NFC-enabled pen

Japanese caffeine hounds can now pay for their salted caramel mocha frappuccinos with a Starbucks-branded NFC-enabled pen.

20 September 2019

News/payments

SIA brings contactless payments to Rome's public transport system

Romans can now pay for their railway and subway journeys with their contactless cards and NFC-enabled mobile phones, thanks to technology from SIA.

19 September 2019

Company update/payments

BPP migrates all products to NFC

BPP has announced the adoption of the NFC technology (Near Field Communication for contactless payments) and the migration of all of its products to NFC.

18 September 2019

Company update/Eftpos

SumUp appoints former Ebay exec as EVP for Europe

SumUp today announces the appointment of Alexander von Schirmeister, a former executive at eBay, as its Executive Vice President, Europe.

18 September 2019

Company update/Eftpos

Square Terminal arrives in the UK

Today payments provider Square launched Square Terminal, an all-in-one device that makes credit and debit card processing fair and accessible to more businesses across the UK.

18 September 2019

Company update/Eftpos

H&M unites with Klarna to release buy now, pay later app

H&M wants to offer customers a truly modern shopping experience that is both flexible and convenient no matter where and how they choose to shop.

10 September 2019

News/Eftpos

US Bank acquires business POS operator talech

US Bank has acquired talech, a supplier of point-of-sale software to small and medium-sized businesses.

10 September 2019

News/Eftpos

Sainsbury's abandons cash and card-free store pilot

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's has added a manned till and two self-checkout kiosks to its first mobile scan-and-go outlet after a three-month pilot trial failed to win over the general public.

09 September 2019

News/Eftpos

ANZ, NAB and Westpac-backed Reinventure invest in digital receipt startup Slyp

Three of Australia's biggest banks have contributed to a $4 million investment round in smart receipt start-up, Slyp.

09 September 2019

News/payments

Visa, Samsung and First Data team on dongle-less mPOS payments

Samsung, Visa and Fiserv unit First Data have teamed up to make the mPOS dongle a thing of the past, replacing it with a software-based system that lets merchants accept contactless payments of any amount on their handsets without the need for any additional hardware.

09 September 2019

News/payments

ING partners Dutch supermarket to trial cashierless store

ING has teamed up with Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn and US tech startup AiFi to pilot a cashierless store where customers tap their bank card as they enter, pick up their groceries, and walk out.

06 September 2019

News/payments

Amazon to let Whole Foods shoppers pay with a wave

Amazon is testing biometric technology that will let Whole Foods shoppers pay for their groceries by waving their hands, according to the New York Post.

05 September 2019

Company update/payments

Concardis launches SmartPay

With Concardis SmartPay, the Eschborn-based full-service provider for digital payment services Concardis is for the first time launching a digital product offering designed specifically to simplify face-to-face payments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the DACH region, beginning in Germany.

03 September 2019

Company update/payments

Barclaycard partners TouchBistro to power payments for restaurant POS system

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, has announced a new partnership with TouchBistro, a leading global iPad-based POS solution for restaurants and pubs.

29 August 2019

Company update/payments

SnapPay helps small North American merchants accept Alipay and WeChat Pay

SnapPay, Inc., provider of international payment solutions, today announced how small and independent businesses can easily offer popular Chinese mobile payment applications, Alipay and WeChat Pay.

28 August 2019