PARTNER NEWS: Host card emulation (HCE) specialist SimplyTapp has closed a US$6m Series B funding round... More
SimplyTapp raises US$6m to grow HCE
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Powa raises $80m for US launch
Powa Technologies has raised US$80m from Wellington Management to launch its PowaTag mobile payments platform in the US... More
Visa licenses transactional ad platform
Visa has acquired a strategic licence for the technology platform developed by transactional advertising pioneer TrialPay... More
Square lets consumers send cash by text
Payments startup Square has expanded its Square Cash service, which lets US consumers send money to a contact via email, to include support for sending funds via an SMS text message... More
QikServe raises funds
QikServe has raised a further US$880,000 to support the expansion of its mobile ordering and payment platform for the hospitality sector... More
EyeVerify raises $6m
EyeVerify has raised US$6m in Series A funding for a service that uses the camera in a mobile phone to secure access to mobile banking and other apps... More
Visa invests in LoopPay
Visa has invested an undisclosed sum in Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) inventor LoopPay... More
Worapay raises funds
Lithuania-based mobile wallet platform provider Worapay has raised €400,000 in new funding from Israel’s Entree Capital, Verslo Zinios reports... More
Synchrony invests in LoopPay
Synchrony Financial, formerly GE Capital Retail Finance, has made “a strategic investment” in LoopPay, developer of a mobile phone add-on that lets US consumers make payments at merchants equipped with magnetic stripe card terminals... More
Robin raises funds for BLE in the office
Boston startup Robin has closed a US$1.4m seed funding round to expand and develop a solution that uses iBeacons and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to let workers interact with the office space around them... More
Estonia to get Worapay mobile payments
Lithuania-based mobile payments provider Worapay is set to go live in Estonia this month with partner and local businessman Rando Parna, who has acquired a license to operate the technology... More
Moven raises $8m series A
Mobile banking, payments and budgeting startup Moven has raised US$8m in a series A funding round and will use the money to invest in new features and tools and to build its international network of partners... More
BioCatch raises $10m to expand behavioural biometrics platform
BioCatch has raised US$10million to expand its behavioural biometric authentication platform... More
Digicash raises €2.2m to expand NFC, QR and BLE payments platform
Luxembourg-based Digicash Payments has raised €2.2m to expand its mobile payments platform on a “national and on an international level.” The service supports transactions via NFC, QR and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and has been adopted by four local banks... More
John Lewis backs tech startups
Upmarket UK department store chain John Lewis has chosen iBeacon, smart label and in-store digital engagement start-up firms to join JLAB, its first technology business incubator... More
Yoyo raises US$5m for mobile payments at universities
UK-based mobile payments, loyalty and rewards startup Yoyo has raised US$5m to expand its service... More
Ocho seeks funds for NFC key tray that sends messages to friends and family
US startup Ocho has unveiled an NFC tray that enables messages to be automatically sent to users, family members and colleagues when a key, wallet, phone or other NFC tagged object is placed on the device... More
Clear Channel to take NFC advertising global
Clear Channel Outdoor is to equip 75,000 out-of-home advertising sites in 23 countries around the world with its Connect mobile advertising platform, allowing consumers to interact with brands via NFC tags, QR codes and, in Latin America, via SMS... More
Flypay raises £1m to develop NFC and QR based restaurant payment app
Flypay has raised £1 million from mobile payment specialist Entree Capital to further develop its restaurant-based mobile payment app, which uses NFC and QR codes to enable consumers to pay at their table at participating restaurants including UK-based chains Wahaca and Burrito Mama... More
Proxama raises £8.6m
NFC specialist Proxama has raised £8.6m (US$14.11m) by placing 344m shares on the London Stock Exchange... More