Digital payments
Digital payments
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Samsung plans to expand its Samsung Pay service to more phones in 2016, including its lower-priced models.
December 29 -
The pimples and beauty marks of the mega-retailers CurrentC mobile wallet are on display for all to see during the app's ongoing beta test prior to its planned rollout next year.
December 29 -
The lowest-hanging fruit for payments efficiency is governments, which handle huge volumes of payments and generally lag private corporate payments in implementing automated processing.
December 29 -
A London-based startup aims to allow consumers to use Bitcoin as a form of payment even with merchants that havent started using the digital currency.
December 28 -
UAE Banks Federation (UBF), an association of 49 banks in the United Arab Emirates, this month said in it will move ahead with plans to develop a mobile wallet accessible to its members in 2016.
December 28 -
2015 was the year EMV began taking hold at the point of sale, with effects that rippled through nearly all other payment channels. Here's a look at how the payments industry is adapting to the changes brought on by EMV-chip cards.
December 24 -
Apple Inc. grabbed the early worm in mobile payments with Apple Pay's late 2014 launch, combining an intuitive mobile payments system for consumers with the buy-in of major banks and merchants. But the tech giants first-mover advantage never seemed to materialize.
December 24 -
Valve Corp. has agreed to work with UOL BoaCompra to accept payment on its online gaming platform, Steam, in Colombia and Peru.
December 23 -
Of all the companies in the payments landscape, few have changed as much as PayPal has in the past year. And heading into the new year, the newly independent alternative payments company is showing no signs of slowing down.
December 23 -
The concept of a high-tech multipurse card with a built-in display may seem out of place in a world where many of the same functions can be handled by mobile wallet apps, but some entrepreneurs remain committed to the idea of a futuristic plastic card.
December 22 -
ParkJockey plans to integrate PayByPhone's software into its mobile parking application.
December 22 -
Revel Systems has opened a new office in London to facilitate its growing business in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
December 22 -
In an effort to expand its digital banking platform, 1st Advantage Federal Credit Union added Fiserv's Mobiliti mobile banking, Popmoney person-to-person payments and remote deposit capture.
December 22 -
The Internet of Things is ready to take off in modern retail in the coming year, spurred by a growing connection to consumer payments.
December 22 -
Target Corp. is tight-lipped on the details of its proprietary mobile wallet, but reports of the retailer's plan for a software-based wallet app early next year are adding to the concern that the mobile wallet market is becoming oversaturated with options too early in its lifecycle.
December 21 -
America First Credit Union of Riverdale, Utah, is launching both Android Pay and Samsung Pay, the two most prominent mobile wallet options for Android smartphones.
December 21 -
Apple Pay and Samsung Pay are coming to China in early 2016, in a potential defensive move by China UnionPay to fend off competition from domestic mobile payment rivals on the rise in China, including Alipay and Tencent.
December 18 -
Fresh off the announcement of Walmart Pay, fellow retail chain and Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) member Target is planning its own mobile payment system, according to CNBC.
December 18 -
The age of Google Glass may be over, but 2015 saw wearable technology emerge in more subtle forms such as watches, rings and other items that appear more trendy than geeky. The payments industry is working to make the most of this fashionable trend.
December 18 -
Uber's ride sharing app is generally considered less of a threat to payment processors than to the Taxi and Limousine Commission, but the ease of Uber's payment process may prompt consumers to grow frustrated with any process that forces them through a traditional checkout page.
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