Barclays’ Pingit P2P payments service has been used to send £540million since the launch of the service in February 2012, the bank has revealed, and the app has been downloaded 3m times... More
Archive for July 2014
Wallaby launches Gear 2 app
Card management app Wallaby, which helps holders of multiple credit cards view their balances and decide which is the best to use for any given transaction, is now available for use on Samsung Gear 2 smartwatches... More
Apple expands iTunes Pass availability
Apple’s new iTunes Pass service, which enables iOS users to buy iTunes credit from their mobile device rather than purchase a physical gift card, is now available internationally, 9to5Mac reports... More
Facebook tests buy button
Facebook is testing a ‘buy’ button which allows consumers to purchase products through the social media platform... More
Twitter buys Cardspring
Twitter has acquired card-linked offers platform Cardspring for an undisclosed sum... More
CrucialTec to secure mobile banking with fingerprints
Korean mobile input technology specialist CrucialTec is developing a fingerprint authentication solution that will replace passwords when consumers access mobile banking services on their smartphones, Korea Herald reports... More
PayPal volumes grow 29%
PayPal’s total payment volume (TPV) grew 29% with merchant services volume up 35% and on-eBay volume up 13% during the quarter to end June 2014, parent eBay has reported... More
Snapchat to add payments?
Messaging app Snapchat has applied to extend its trademark into two classes relating to payments, Techcrunch reports... More
PayPal offers loyalty rewards
PayPal has introduced a rewards program for “our most active and enthusiastic customers who use PayPal online, in store, or on mobile devices”... More
PosteMobile to roll out NFC
PosteMobile, the mobile network provider owned by the Italian postal service, has signed an MVNO agreement with carrier Wind that will see the company extending NFC payments capabilities to all its three million customers... More
Taiwanese carriers and transit card provider to launch NFC TSM this year
The TSM service for NFC payments being built by a joint venture between five Taiwanese carriers and prepaid card provider Easycard is to go live by the end of 2014, the partners have announced... More
Clear Channel launches NFC advertising in the US and Canada
Out-of-home advertising giant Clear Channel’s Connect interactive advertising platform is now available in 29 US and Canadian markets... More
Apple Japan adds digital gift card
Apple has introduced a digital version of the iTunes gift card in Japan that replaces the need for customers to buy a physical card... More
Google Wallet adds support for gift cards and P2P payments
Google Wallet users can now store gift cards on their mobile phone and redeem them electronically in stores... More
Base launches NFC payments and coupons in Germany
German customers of mobile network operator Base, part of the E-Plus group, can now make payments, store membership cards and redeem coupons with their NFC phone... More
Visa Inc abandons digital wallet ambitions, Visa Europe to continue investing
Visa Inc is replacing its V.me digital wallet service with Visa Checkout, a new payment service that enables consumers in the US, Canada and Australia to pay for goods online, on any device, in “just a few clicks”... More
Online furniture retailer tests NFC in London showroom
Online furniture retailer Made.com is trialling an NFC shopping experience at its London showroom, enabling consumers to tap NFC tags to find out further information about items and email themselves a wishlist of products they have viewed... More
Alpha Bank launches NFC in Greece
Greece’s Alpha Bank has officially launched its Tap n Pay NFC mobile payment service... More
DMA warns on push messaging
One in three UK smartphone or tablet owners have never enabled push notifications on their connected devices and 78% of those who have enabled it would immediately delete the app or disable the notification if they were unhappy with the push notifications they receive, a DMA UK survey has found... More
PayPal adds loyalty cards to mobile wallet app
A new version of the PayPal iOS app has been released that enables users to store a wide range of loyalty cards within their mobile wallet... More