Search Results for: contactless payments
Mobile contactless payment users to grow to over 760 million by 2020
July 3rd, 2018
The number of people using mobile contactless payment such as Apple or Google Pay will grow to more than 760 million by 2020, with Apple’s digital wallet leading the way, according to new research. An estimated 440 million people ...
Why Americans are warming to mobile payments
June 29th, 2018
Americans have long been laggards when it comes to paying for goods and services with a smartphone. Plenty still prefer to sign credit-card slips or even cheques. But there are signs that they are warming to more modern methods. ...
Massive VISA outage shows the fragility of global payments
June 6th, 2018
On Friday, VISA’s payment network suffered outages across Europe, limiting transactions for both businesses and individuals. Banks and commerce groups began advising customers to use cash or other payment cards if possible, and reports indicated that online and contactless ...
Study: UK consumers more likely to use proximity mobile payments than US counterparts
December 27th, 2017
The future of mobile payments appears more bright in the U.K. than the U.S. thanks to consumers’ familiarity with contactless payments, according to a report from Auriemma Consulting Group. “U.K. consumers were introduced to contactless payments in 2007,” Jaclyn ...
In-store UK mobile payments jump 336% but still rare, report finds
August 17th, 2017
The widespread acceptance of mobile payments in physical retail stores in the UK has led to significant growth in the number of transactions, a new report has found. In the first six months of this year, the value of ...
Mastercard Expands QR Payments Choice
July 20th, 2017
Mastercard outlined plans for greater choice in retail payments through the planned expansion of its QR-based programs. Beginning this month, the company will broaden its solutions to offer QR codes that can be scanned by either consumers or merchants ...
Barclaycard to embed contactless payment in watches and jewellery
March 3rd, 2017
Barclaycard names new bPay partnerships to embed Contactless Payment in Watches and Jewellery Partnering DCK, with its range of ‘Tutch’ jewellery, and HK-based Tappy Technologies, a payment pioneer who embeds technology into traditional timepieces, instantly transforming them into wearable ...
Suits you sir: Contactless mirrors come to the fitting room
February 20th, 2017
Shoppers will soon be able to pay for items directly from the fitting room by tapping their NFC-equipped mobile phones at a virtual checkout located on a contactless mirror developed by San Francisco innovation outfit Oak Labs. Created in ...
Apple, Samsung, Google Race For Mobile Payments
February 16th, 2017
Mobile payments are growing significantly around the world, but that doesn’t mean there is a clear winning payments provider. Much like making purchases on the Web naturally evolved to making purchases via mobile websites, the behavior of paying for ...
Mobile Payments soar as Europe embraces new ways to pay
October 12th, 2016
The number of Europeans regularly using a mobile device for payments has tripled since 2015 (54% vs 18%) 74% of British consumers are ‘Mobile Payments users’ – people who manage their money or make payments using a mobile device ...
