Digital payments
Digital payments
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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.
December 18 -
Wirecard has made its boon mobile wallet available in Spain and Ireland.
December 17 -
Uber has long taught that the best way to get consumers to pay with a mobile device is to make the payment almost invisible. Now, with the help of Facebook and Braintree, Uber is applying that philosophy to the rest of its business and if Facebook has its way, other companies will again follow Uber's example.
December 17 -
Merchants using Mangopay to sell through online marketplaces will have an option to set up and accept recurring payments through GoCardless' direct debit network.
December 17 -
Banks give toasters to new customers, but what can tech companies give? The companies behind Android Pay and Samsung Pay hope to entice users with as much as $25 in gift cards (which, yes, can still be used to buy toasters).
December 17 -
Banks are positioned well to be the trusted digital intermediaries, especially in the business-to-business segment, but only if they stay ahead of the innovation curve.
December 17 -
Crowdfunding platform provider Veterans Call has launched a payment application that allows users to donate to veteran charities from their mobile phones and pay through their phone bill.
December 16 -
Following its promise to make mobile point of sale products a key revenue-driver for the company, Verifone Payment Systems released a new mobile card reader for independent and micro merchants.
December 16 -
Google Wallet was seemingly sidelined this year when Android Pay replaced it as Googles flagship mobile payments app, but a recent update to the Wallet app shows that Google still sees potential in the aging brand.
December 16 -
Google's mobile wallet, Android Pay, can now be used for in-app purchases on Android devices.
December 15 -
UnionPay has partnered with more than 20 commercial banks to launch its QuickPass mobile wallet service in Beijing.
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