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Chirpify has brought its in-stream commerce system to Facebook, enabling users to transfer money to each other by commenting on news feeds.
20 March 2013
BNP Paribas Fortis and Belgacom have outlined plans for a mobile wallet they say will bring in-app commerce to Belgium's merchants and consumers.
Shares in eBay fell to a 2013 low yesterday amidst concerns that the online auction house's PayPal unit could be hit by MasterCard's plan to introduce a new 'digital wallet' fee.
19 March 2013
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has officially opened Canary Wharf-based Level39, Europe's largest "accelerator space" for financial technology.
The US government has moved to clarify its regulatory stance on virtual currencies such as bitcoin, confirming that while users are not classified as money services businesses (MSBs) subject to its rules, exchanges and administrators are.
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Speaking at the Digital Wallet Foundry, Tim Jones, co-inventor of Mondex looks at consumers and the future of digital wallets.
Barclays' head of mobile development, Shaun Terry, explains how, given just 90 days to build Pingit, his team adopted an alien, start-up culture.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has sought to quell confusion among investment firms about the use of channels such as Facebook and Twitter for marketing communications by clarifying its social media rules.
18 March 2013
Colin Kerr, industry solutions director, worldwide financial services at Microsoft examines how mobile and social are influencing payments.
Christopher Kronenthal, chief technology officer at FreedomPay discusses the role the firm will play at this week's Digital Wallet Foundry 'hack-a-thon'.
Speaking at the Digital Wallet Foundry, John Conlon, head of proposition, digital services, Barclaycard discusses the importance of responding to the 'digital way' customers are living their lives now.
Bitcoin Tipper, a service, that lets users send the virtual currency to friends through Twitter, has launched.
15 March 2013
Royal Bank of Scotland has joined the trend for crowdsourcing ideas for future product initiatives with the launch of an online 'Ideas Bank' portal.
Following in the footsteps of rival Barclays, RBS and NatWest have begun piloting a mobile payments tool that lets customers send money to anyone with a Visa card and UK phone number.
14 March 2013
PayPal's bid to take on mobile card reading rival Square has stepped up a gear with the launch of the company's first native app for the iPad, pitched at small retailers that want to use the tablet as a point-of-sale device.
Banks, credit card companies and online payment firms are overtaking mobile operators and telco consortia as the predicted future leaders of the m-commerce revolution, according to research from SAP.
13 March 2013
A shared mobile money network, built on Visa's Fundamo technology, that can be tapped by banks and telcos is preparing to launch in Pakistan.
Having seen its value soar in recent weeks, digital currency bitcoin plummeted today after a technical glitch sparked a sell off and exchange MT. Gox suspended deposits.
12 March 2013
PayPal has launched a mobile software development kit for streamlining in-app payments for iOS as it bids to play catch-up with a host of developer friendly start-ups such as Dwolla and Stripe.
11 March 2013
PKO Bank Polski is betting on the death of cash and cards with a new mobile banking app, combining a full range of payments and money management services.
08 March 2013
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