Search Results for: contactless technology
Swatch presented pay-by-wrist watch
October 15th, 2015
Swatch has joined forces with China UnionPay and Bank of Communications to introduce contactless payment “by-the-wrist” to China SWATCH BELLAMY: THE NEW PAY-BY-THE-WRIST SWATCH WATCH Pioneering Swiss watchmaker Swatch presented SWATCH BELLAMY, the new “pay-by-the-wrist” watch, at the landmark ...
Biometrics payment startup Zwipe raises $5m to accelerate global growth
October 14th, 2015
Biometrics pioneer zwipe raises $5m from high-tech innovation group kuang-chi to accelerate global growth Zwipe, which launched the world’s first fingerprint authenticated payment card on 17 October last year, today announced that it has raised $5 million in equity ...
Lloyds Banking Group launches Apple Pay to Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers
September 14th, 2015
From today, 14th September 2015, Lloyds Banking Group will offer its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers access to Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay. As Britain’s ...
New global retail study reveals consumer demand for new ways to pay
September 7th, 2015
MasterCard has issued a press release to report on its global retail study findings. The world’s first retail focussed social listening study by MasterCard, highlights consumers’ desire for retailers to adopt new payment technologies. Shoppers around the world are ...
Bnp Paribas: PAYING WITH A SELFIE
August 6th, 2015
MasterCard caused a stir a few weeks ago by announcing a September 2015 trial release of its new online payment method: the selfie. An initial group of 500 customers will test the system this autumn, in yet another show of creativity from the banking ...
Visa Europe: Payment tokenisation service launched
February 24th, 2015
Service protects customer data to enable secure and convenient payments across a variety of technologies Visa Europe today announces its plan to launch a tokenisation service customized for the needs of the European market. Tokenisation technology will be at ...
New Visa Europe Interchange Programme: Opportunity for Merchants and Acquirers
January 2nd, 2015
Early 2015, Visa Europe will introduce their so-called Cross Border Domestic Interchange Programme (CBDIP). This programme will cap interchange fees for domestic transactions processed by European cross-border acquirers. This seems to be excellent news for merchants as it could ...
