Digital payments
Digital payments
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After boosting security to accommodate Indian government demands, Uber is again going to be accepting payment cards for its services in India. It will accept payment cards starting this week, following a nine-month suspension.
July 13 -
Business members of Best Price, which Walmart operates as in India, will have the ability to make payments via M-Pesas mobile wallet service.
July 10 -
Zapp is racking up bank and merchant participants for its mobile payment venture in the U.K., filling the gap left by the telco-led Weve initiative and providing scale as Apple Pay launches.
July 10 -
Gemalto has entered an agreement to provide payment-capable wristbands that will allow tap-and-ride capabilities and fitness readings for transit riders in Wuhan, China.
July 10 -
In an attempt to encourage people to use MasterCard through Apple Pay, the card brand will have people at the 2015 MLB All-Star Game in Cincinnati, giving prizes to "the vast majority" of consumers who use Apple Pay with a MasterCard card.
July 10 -
The PayPal of today has come a long way from the 1998 startup that enabled people to transfer funds between Palm Pilots. As the company nears its spinoff from eBay, it is continuing its acquisitive streak with some transformative purchases.
July 10 -
Now the CEO of the mobile point of sale provider ShopKeep, Norm Merritt previously headed the global outsourcing company iQor and brings with him a few ideas about how to make big money by serving small merchants.
July 10 -
The new Amex Express Checkout service bears a passing resemblance to rival products like Visa Checkout, MasterPass and PayPal. But that similarity is only skin deep.
July 9 -
Digital money transfer provider Xoom has introduced an instant mobile reload service that allows consumers to send airtime credit online from the U.S. to prepaid mobile phones abroad.
July 9 -
American Express Co. unveiled an online checkout system today that lets customers use their account passwords to order clothes, flowers and concert tickets from a roster of retailers.
July 9 -
MasterCard's decision to do a 500-person trial of facial recognition for payment authentication next month may seem like a bold move in security, but it's really taking aim at friction.
July 9 -
QR codes, a relatively old technology, are back in the spotlight thanks to a consortium of retailers led by Walmart and Target that plan to use the codes in their CurrentC payment technology.
July 9 -
Chase Card Services has rebranded and redesigned its small business management mobile app, previously called Jot, to Ink from Chase.
July 8 -
Mobile banking technology provider Monitise Plc has informed its shareholders that Visa Europe will reduce its investment in the company, but will complete a three-year commercial agreement to develop services and finish products.
July 8 -
Many e-commerce companies are pressured to enable sales in multiple nations without the benefit of a local presence.
July 8 -
Apple's customers not only love buying Apple devices, they also love using Apple devices to spend more money at online and mobile commerce sites.
July 8 -
Lloyds Bank is exploring a way to use Near Field Communication to authenticate shoppers, but in a twist, it is using the mobile phones to receive rather than send the NFC signal.
July 8 -
Banks are particularly interested in fingerprint biometrics right now, likely due to the popularity of Apples Touch ID, which is used in Apple Pay.
July 8 -
PayPal is putting a lot of effort into ensuring that the company that emerges from eBay ownership this month is a much different and more powerful creature than the one it has been until now.
July 7 -
When Citi launched its Apple Watch app three months ago, it made the tough decision to offer it as a separate download from its Citi Mobile iOS app, rather than integrating it directly.
July 6



