Digital payments
Digital payments
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The PCI council continues to expand its reach, with the intent of remaining a strong guide for data security well into the future.
September 30 -
Building on a new mobile payment gateway that MasterCard developed for Egypt, an Egyptian bank last week launched the Phone Cash mobile wallet for consumers.
September 30 -
The various stakeholders in the U.S. payments system may need to put their differences aside to stay relevant as technology advances. But whether wide-scale collaboration is practical or even possible is open to debate.
September 30 -
The Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University is home to many startups that hope to someday be as successful and famous as Square or LevelUp.
September 30 -
eBay's $800 million purchase of Braintree is the latest in a series of acquisitions that are steadily building PayPal into a powerhouse in mobile payments. Most of these acquisitions took place within the past two years.
September 27 -
The assault on cash in India will continue through a new wallet offering from Mobikwik.
September 27 -
Corethree Ltd. has added Barclays' Pingit mobile checkout option to its mobile wallet for transportation services.
September 27 -
Afrocoin Mobile Money is launching a service that allows mobile phone users to send money to family members in Africa.
September 27 -
Toronto-Presto, a mass transit project that integrates payments for about ten systems in Ontario, is planning to add more card payment options and mobile technology over the next couple of years.
September 27 -
SecureKey is developing new payments technology that will allow consumers to use their mobile devices to enable fast authentication at the point of sale.
September 27 -
PayPal's $800 million deal to buy the payments processor Braintree fuels a fast-paced acquisition streak that has granted PayPal some of most disruptive technology and people in the payments industry.
September 26 -
PayPals parent company eBay has entered into an agreement to buy online payment processor Braintree for $800 million in cash, a deal thats expected to close in the fourth quarter pending regulatory approvals.
September 26 -
Square Inc. sent a notice to customers today warning that updating their iPhones and iPads to the latest version of the iOS operating system could prevent Squares card reader from working properly.
September 26 -
As the U.S. payments industry advances in its migration to EMV-chip cards, some merchants perceive the EMV push as "a giant head-fake" to establish a foundation for mobile payments based on Near Field Communication technology.
September 26 -
As Rogers Communications' David Robinson paced a stage in the company's corporate offices, he balanced two seemingly contradictory business decisions: its new role as an issuer of plastic credit cards and its long-term bet on mobile wallets.
September 26 -
EnStreams vision of a mobile wallet looks a lot like an old school wallet, stuffed to bursting with payment cards, library cards and other documents. It's an ambitious strategy, but one that relies on the cooperation of a wide range of stakeholders.
September 26 -
As payments technology evolves, some are urging the Federal Reserve Board to take a leadership role in establishing guidelines and standards whereas others are quick to argue against the notion.
September 26 -
CardSpring has launched CardSpring Connect, bringing marketing tools and online performance tracking to its local business clients and enabling them to create online-to-offline promotions.
September 25 -
Tech-savvy smartphone owners are well aware of mobile walletstheyre just not eager to use them.
September 25 -
Merchants that use Square will be able to use it with Intuit's QuickBooks accounting software, as Intuit adds support for the mobile card reader in the newest version of its program, according to multiple reports.
September 25



