Apple Pay is used for more than two thirds (68%) of all in-store mobile payments in the US, research from Accenture reveals, and the number of North Americans aware of mobile payments has increased by nearly 10 percentage points since last year, reaching 52%... More
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MCX adds ACH payments to CurrentC wallet
US retailer-led consortium MCX is to add ACH payments capabilities to its CurrentC mobile wallet, using technology developed by Buy It Mobility Networks (BIM)... More
32% of US retailers to accept contactless by 2019
Nearly a third (32%) of retail establishments in the US will accept contactless EMV card payments by 2019, Javelin forecasts... More
Velocity Mobile picks up Tab
Restaurant payment app provider Velocity Mobile has acquired Tab Payments, a mobile payments app for diners in Canada accepted at more than 100 restaurants in Toronto and Montreal... More
MCX expands CurrentC beta to 150 stores
US retailer-led consortium MCX is expanding its CurrentC mobile wallet pilot to further locations across Columbus, Ohio, making it available for use in nearly 150 stores... More
Square to go public
Mobile POS provider Square has filed for an initial public offering following reports that the company was planning to do so in July 2015... More
Capital One adds NFC mobile payments to wallet app
Capital One has become the first US bank to enable NFC payment capability within its own mobile app to allow customers to pay at any contactless terminal using their mobile device... More
Apple Pay adds 29 US banks
Apple has added 29 more banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US... More
Swatch launches NFC payment watch in China
Swiss watchmaker Swatch has launched an NFC watch in China in partnership with China UnionPay and Bank of Communications that will let consumers make payments with a tap of their wrist in stores across the country. More
LG to launch mobile payments service?
LG has reportedly filed trademarks for ‘LG G Pay’ and ‘G Pay’ in South Korea, suggesting that the handset maker could be looking at launching its own mobile payment service... More
Starbucks, KFC and Chili’s to support Apple Pay
Coffee chain Starbucks is to begin accepting Apple Pay across all its 7,500 US stores... More
Samsung responds to LoopPay hack
Samsung has responded to a New York Times report that claimed a hacking group affiliated with the Chinese government penetrated the corporate network of LoopPay, the inventor of Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology that was acquired in February to form a core part of Samsung Pay... More
NYT reports on LoopPay breach
A hacking group affiliated with the Chinese government penetrated the corporate network of LoopPay, the inventor of the Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology that was acquired in February 2015 to form a core part of Samsung Pay, the New York Times reports... More
Starbucks Canada to add Mobile Order & Pay
Starbucks will launch its Mobile Order & Pay service in approximately 300 company-owned stores in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada on October 13... More
Verizon agrees to support Samsung Pay
US mobile network operator Verizon Wireless has confirmed it will be adding support for Samsung Pay... More
Aramark and Tapingo take mobile payments to 25 US universities
Foodservice, facilities and clothing provider Aramark has partnered with US mobile commerce app provider Tapingo to enable university students and staff to order food from participating locations and pay directly from their mobile device using their student card, credit card or PayPal... More
Chevron to offer NFC mobile payments at the pump
Oil and gas company Chevron has teamed up with Visa to offer mobile payments at the pump at 20 locations in San Francisco and Silicon Valley from “later this fall”... More
DART to implement NFC fare payment system
Commuters using public transport services provided by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will soon be able to pay for travel using NFC smartphones, third-party or agency-issued transit cards and EMV contactless cards... More
MasterCard to add biometric security to online transactions in 2016
MasterCard has unveiled MasterCard Identity Check, a suite of solutions that make use of biometrics and one-time passwords delivered via SMS to secure online mobile transactions... More
Miami Heat fans get mobile payments and ticketing
Fans of basketball team Miami Heat will now be able to make purchases at concession stands across the AmericanAirlines Arena by having a QR code scanned on their mobile device... More