Nearly three in ten US consumers (29%) express a willingness to use mobile wallets in the next six months, a survey by Computer Services Inc... More
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US vending supplier to offer mobile payments
US consumers will soon be able to make mobile payments at vending machines belonging to American Food & Vending, by tapping their device against a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) plug-in dongle provided by digital payments enabler PayRange... More
US bank expansion for Apple Pay
Apple has added a further 23 banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, AppleInsider reports... More
Alibaba developing VR mobile payments
Chinese internet giant Alibaba is developing virtual reality-enabled mobile payment technology, according to China Daily... More
Samsung Pay on menu in US restaurants
Diners at 3,000 US restaurants with Ziosk pay-at-the-table tablets can now settle their bill using Samsung Pay... More
Mastercard sees US EMV growth
Eight out of ten Mastercard US consumer credit cards now include chips, representing an 88% increase in EMV adoption since the October 2015 liability shift... More
Samsung Pay preps South African launch
Samsung is involved in “detailed work” with South African banks and regulators to launch Samsung Pay in the country early next year... More
Mastercard and Visa join ClearXChange
Mastercard and Visa have joined Early Warning’s peer-to-peer network ClearXChange, allowing US consumers to send money to others using their Mastercard or Visa credit and debit cards... More
Samsung Pay offers US$5 rewards
Samsung Pay users are being offered rewards via a new introductions promotion called the High Five Referral program, which credits their account with US$5 every time a customer they referred to the mobile payment app makes a first qualifying purchase... More
Qatari bank to launch biometric ATMs
Customers of the Commercial Bank of Qatar will soon have the chance to withdraw cash from ATMs via biometric scanning... More
Samsung Pay update brings rewards
The latest Samsung Pay update introduces a Samsung Rewards Card... More
Cypriot bank introduces NFC wristbands
PARTNER NEWS: Customers of Cyprus’ Hellenic Bank can now make payments using PayBand, an NFC wristband provided by digital security giant Gemalto via its Optelio wearable range... More
ČSOB launches HCE in Czech Republic
Customers of Czech bank ČSOB can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using its new NaNákupy mobile wallet... More
Yandex.Checkout gets QR codes
Russians can now make payments through online payment service Yandex.Checkout by scanning a QR code with the Yandex.Money mobile app... More
ANZ accused over Apple Pay support
Australian bank ANZ is being accused of “pulling a fast one” after walking away from a collaborative effort with its big four rivals to seek stronger negotiating powers over third party mobile wallets and announcing its support for Apple Pay... More
Biometric banking to top $4bn by 2021
Global revenues for biometric banking technologies are expected to top US$4bn by 2021, ABI Research has revealed... More
Coinbase rolls out in Australia
Bitcoin wallet Coinbase has expanded into Australia... More
Windows Hello heads to apps and websites
Microsoft is to extend its Windows Hello biometric authentication solution into apps and websites via the Microsoft Edge browser... More
Venmo enables in-app payments
Users of the PayPal-owned Venmo mobile payments app will soon be able to make purchases in third party mobile apps using the service... More
Americans expect cashless society in their lifetime
Almost two thirds of US consumers (62%) expect the country to become a cashless society in their lifetime, research released by Gallup reveals... More