Digital payments
Digital payments
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Samsung has decided to discontinue its Samsung Wallet service as it prepares to launch Samsung Pay.
May 15 -
London-based Givvit has chosen Judo Payments to enable payments within its mobile gifting app.
May 15 -
Southern Refreshments is updating its fleet of Georgia vending machines to include cashless options and mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) readers, a move that it hopes can boost spending.
May 15 -
Walgreens' vision for creating a patient-centered pharmacy combines mobile health care, digital health technologies and its Balance Rewards prepaid and loyalty system.
May 14 -
While Apple's taking an early incremental approach to Las Vegas, terminal manufacturer Ingenico is very bullish on the technology picking up steam with the gaming industry and its patrons.
May 14 -
Walmart is partnering with Alipay, the payments affiliate of Alibaba Group to accept mobile payments in 25 stores in Shenzen with the goal of having it available in all 410 Walmart stores in China by the end of the year.
May 13 -
More than 400,000 USAA customers, five of which are over 90 years old, have opted to use biometric traits to authenticate themselves within the bank's mobile app.
May 13 -
Canadian telecommunications companies Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) and SaskTel now offer their customers mobile payments through TD Bank.
May 13 -
Beaconsthose little Bluetooth mechanisms stores use to beam ads to shoppers' phonesmay someday play a critical role in payments. But the technology is still years away from being a practical alternative to cards and NFC-based mobile wallets.
May 13 -
Rumors of an alliance between China's e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba and Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant Apple are heating up again and are coming from a very high-placed source.
May 12 -
Federal and state regulators said that mobile telephone carriers Verizon Wireless and Sprint have agreed to settle allegations that they bilked consumers out of millions by allowing third parties to "cram" unauthorized charges onto their customers' bills.
May 12 -
Square Inc. says it has received more funding for its Square Capital program, which grants loans to Square merchants based on their transaction history.
May 12 -
For many industries, the introduction of open standards has been a key driver for innovation. The rapid evolution of the internet and online services offer a vivid example of the degree to which open standards can enable immense innovation and growth.
May 12 -
Latin America is becoming a must-have market for mobile payments, replete with fast growing m-commerce adoption and card network investment.
May 11 -
Google's Android may have more smartphones in circulation, but Apple's iPhone is responsible for the bulk of the spending from mobile wallets.
May 8 -
As many companies scramble to find the winning formula for mobile payments, they are coming to market with distinctly different ideas. It's still not clear what the best tactic should be, but a few mistakes stand out as lessons for others.
May 8 -
Card issuers, already fighting the threat of mobile wallet initiatives that draw funds directly from bank accounts, must now contend with a new partnership that makes carrier billing a more viable replacement for bank cards at the point of sale.
May 8 -
Munich-based payment company Wirecard AG will support the implementation and financial processes behind the launch of Orange Cash in Spain.
May 7 -
Swatch Group AG will introduce a model that can make mobile payments around July or August, which will give Apple Inc.'s smartwatch more low-price competition.
May 7 -
While PayPal deals with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau probes related to its consumer credit products, one of the company's founders is forging ahead with a company he created to develop its own consumer credit service for e-commerce.
May 6



