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Mobile payment expects to grow 13% globally
February 27th, 2018
In 2018, more than a third of smartphone users worldwide will use their mobile phone to pay for a purchase a physical point of sale (POS) at least once every six, eMarketer estimates. The company analysed quantitative and qualitative ...
Visa Enables On the Go Payments With the New Fitbit Ionic
August 30th, 2017
Visa (NYSE:V) announced it is enabling Visa payments on Fitbit’s first smartwatch – Fitbit Ionic™. Eligible cardholders of participating banks will be able to make payments with Fitbit Pay™, Fitbit’s new payment function, when available. With Fitbit Pay, Visa ...
Mobile Money Revolution In Africa
August 2nd, 2017
These Global Payments Players Are Attempting To Move In On Mobile Money Revolution In Africa Africa is home to several mobile payment platforms and services like M-Pesa, yuCash, Orange Money, eTranzact and EcoCash, among several others, which have been ...
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 ...
Pan-European instant payments to go live in November
July 17th, 2017
The Europan Payments Council has published an interview with Jean-Yves Jacquelin, Chair of the EPC Scheme Evolution and Maintenance Working Group to update on the implementation of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme. In less than five months, the ...
Bank of Sydney Enhances Online and Mobile Banking Services with Fiserv
May 30th, 2017
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Bank of Sydney will work with Fiserv to provide its consumer and small business customers with enhanced digital banking capabilities. The bank will ...
Airwallex payments settlement provider raised $13 million in a funding round
May 2nd, 2017
Airwallex raises US$13m Series A investment from Tencent, Sequoia Capital China and Mastercard Airwallex has raised US$13 million in a Series A funding round to fuel international expansion and enable more businesses to make faster, easier and cheaper payments ...
UN report: Social network payments now reach nearly US $3 trillion in China
April 24th, 2017
Payments on messaging and e-commerce platforms set to increase China’s GDP by $236 billion by 2025, unlocking new economic opportunities for people and small businesses A new UN study reveals that Alipay and WeChat Pay enabled US$2.9 trillion in ...
Contactless payments to hit 150M users in 2017
April 13th, 2017
The number of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay users is about to hit 100 million and should top 150 million by the end of 2017, according to new data from fintech analysis firm Juniper Research. Apple, Samsung ...
Why mobile shopping clicks in UAE
March 30th, 2017
Samina Subhani had been trying for months to locate a very special item for her two children. Both her son and daughter are avid Star Wars fans and had their heart set on owning a pair of replica lightsabers ...
