Square will add support for Apple Pay mobile payments sometime in 2015, the company’s founder Jack Dorsey has told CNN... More
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EMVCo publishes guide to EMV chip technology
EMVCo has published A Guide to EMV Chip Technology, a report that provides an introduction to the EMV specifications and processes as well as the role of the technology within the wider payments industry... More
America First Credit Union adds Apple Pay
America First Credit Union has become the latest card issuer to roll out support for Apple Pay to its members... More
Google Wallet offers discounts
Google Wallet has announced availability of a variety of discounts to online shoppers who choose to Buy With Google this holiday season... More
Here forms NFC ticketing alliance
Nokia’s mapping and location intelligence service Here has formed the Open Mobile Ticketing Alliance (OMTA) with the aim of boosting adoption of NFC by ticketing and transit services across the world... More
Cartamundi to develop flexible NFC tags
Global playing card producer Cartamundi is working with Holst Centre, an initiative set up by Belgian nanoelectronics research centre Imec and Dutch research institute TNO, to develop NFC tags that make use of metal-oxide (IGZO) thin-film transistor (TFT) technology on plastic film... More
30% of US smartphone owners to use mobile payments this holiday season
Nearly one in three (30%) US smartphone owners say they plan to use mobile payment offerings such as Apple Pay or Google Wallet for shopping in stores this holiday season, Bluetooth ‘connected card’ maker Stratos’ 2014 Holiday Mobile Payments Survey has found... More
Drop offers beacon-based payments
Payments startup Drop has launched a mobile payments and loyalty solution that uses Bluetooth beacons to let shoppers order and pay from up to 200 feet away before picking up their purchase and leaving without having to wait in line at the point of sale... More
Square eyes global expansion
Square has updated its Register apps for iOS and Android to support 130 currencies and is in talks to bring its mPOS solution to Europe, TechCrunch reports... More
First Bus takes Pingit nationwide
UK bus operator First Bus is to accept payment via Barclays Pingit nationwide following a trial launch in selected areas of the country... More
Millennials more open to mobile payments
Among US and UK consumers who have not yet used a mobile wallet, 18-34 year olds are the most enthusiastic when asked about the potential benefits, research from JWT Intelligence has found... More
65% of Canadians plan to make mobile payments
Almost seven in ten Canadian smartphone owners (68%) are aware of NFC or QR codes and 65% are likely to make NFC or QR payments over the next six months, research by Visa Canada has revealed... More
Google Wallet adds refer-a-friend program
Google has introduced a refer-a-friend program to reward consumers with US$5 each time they introduce a friend to Google Wallet... More
SunTrust adds Apple Pay
SunTrust Banks is now offering Apple Pay to its clients and merchants, joining a long list of US banks already supporting the NFC mobile payment solution... More
US mobile payments to reach $142bn in 2019
US mobile payments volumes will grow from $52bn in 2014 to $142bn by 2019, according to a new forecast from Forrester... More
inMarket hits 18% of US mobile shoppers
Mobile in-store marketing solution provider inMarket’s iBeacon platform now reaches 31.5m monthly active consumers, the equivalent of 18% of all US mobile users, according to research conducted by Comscore... More
Bi-Lo adds Apple Pay
Bi-Lo Holdings, parent company of the Bi-Lo, Harveys and Winn-Dixie grocery store chains, has announced that it now supports Apple Pay in all of its 830 outlets in eight US states... More
Post Office offers Tweet-to-donate service
The Post Office has launched Tweet to Donate, a service developed with IMImobile that allows Twitter users to tweet cash donations to the UK’s Children in Need charity... More
Venmo adds TouchID
Users of the Venmo mobile payment app can now sign in with Apple’s TouchID feature on the iPhone 5S, 6 and 6 Plus... More
SnapChat adds cash transfers
SnapChat and Square have teamed up to launch Snapcash, a service that builds on Square Cash to let SnapChat users send cash transfers to friends from within the photo messaging app... More