Samsung is to launch a smartphone app in South Korea that will make it easier for consumers to make online payments using Samsung Pay, ETNews reports... More
Mobile payments
Apple Pay to expand rapidly in Asia and Europe
Apple is “working rapidly” to expand Apple Pay across more countries in Asia and Europe, Jennifer Bailey, VP of the mobile payment service, has told TechCrunch... More
A quarter of Brits will make NFC mobile payments in the next year
One in four British consumers intend to use their mobile phone to make NFC-based mobile payments in the next 12 months, according to research from MasterCard... More
MasterCard collaborates on speeding up EMV checkout
MasterCard is working with other payment networks, acquirers and processors to develop a standard that will reduce EMV checkout times... More
Samsung Pay to launch in Spain next week
Samsung Pay will launch in Spain next week, marking the mobile payment service’s first expansion into Europe, City A.M... More
US startup raises funds for multipurpose smart wallet
US startup Spendwallet is raising funds on Indiegogo for an electronic wallet device that can store up to 20 magnetic stripe cards and will let the owner make payments at the point of sale using the company’s self-developed Magnetic Flux Emulation (MFE) technology. More
Android Pay adds 47 banks
Google has added a further 47 banks and credit unions to its list of Android Pay supporting financial institutions... More
LG Pay to launch in September
LG is expected to launch its LG Pay mobile payment service in September, according to ETNews... More
Polish bank gets HCE mobile payments through First Data and Bell ID
PARTNER NEWS: Customers of Eurobank Poland can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments as a result of a collaboration between First Data Poland and tokenization and mobile payment specialist Bell ID which offers cloud-based mobile payments as a service to Polish banks... More
Gemalto analyses success of SK Telecom’s NFC service
PARTNER NEWS: A case study of South Korean mobile network operator SK Telecom’s NFC-based mobile wallet which explores the reasons behind its success is now available from digital security giant Gemalto... More
Apple Pay adds Visa, MasterCard and five major banks in Singapore
Consumers in Singapore can now add their MasterCard and Visa cards to Apple Pay, after the mobile payment service launched there in April 2016 with support from American Express alone... More
Wells Fargo to add NFC-based mobile payments to banking app
Customers of Wells Fargo Bank across the US will soon be able to make NFC-based mobile payments and ATM withdrawals with a tap of their phone using the Wells Fargo Wallet, a mobile payment service expected to launch “later this summer”... More
MyPay to launch mobile wallet in Myanmar
Customers of mobile financial services provider MyPay in Myanmar will soon be able to make payments using their mobile phone through a new service based on technology from mobile wallet provider Cellum... More
Chili’s Grill & Bar to enable Android Pay at the table
Customers of Chili’s Grill & Bar across the US will soon be able to pay for orders through Android Pay by tapping their phone against a pay-at-the-table tablet from Ziosk... More
Pizza Hut Asia trials order and pay using a robot called Pepper
Customers at Pizza Hut locations in Asia will soon be able to place orders, receive offers and complete payments on a tablet held by Pepper, a humanoid robot developed by SoftBank Robotics. The transactions will be completed through MasterCard’s MasterPass digital wallet service. More
Wells Fargo to launch NFC mobile payments
US bank Wells Fargo is expected to launch an NFC-based mobile payment service this week, according to the Los Angeles Times... More
Starbucks to take mobile payments and rewards to India
Starbucks is to launch its mobile payment and loyalty app in India this year... More
Inside Secure launches MatrixHCE solution
Financial institutions can now select Inside Secure’s Visa Ready MatrixHCE solution as a means of rolling out mobile payment solutions within a matter of weeks... More
One in 10 UK card payments were contactless in 2015
The average UK adult made 20 card payments per month in 2015, of which around one in 10 were contactless, research released by Payments UK reveals... More
Wearable device gives users electric shock if they overspend
Owners of a Pavlok wearable device will now be given an electric shock whenever they spend too much money using a new service developed by UK-based Intelligent Environments. More