Mobile Payments

Stratos has announced results from its Stratos Wearables Payment study. The consumer survey found that almost one out of three (30%) of US smartphone owners already own a wearable device. The most popular wearable type was...

PayPal shares are up 5% in its first day as a separate and publicly traded company. The payments system company officially split with eBay on Friday, 10 months after they announced that they were going their...

According to the term sheet, which was picked up by equity analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Sanjay Sakhrani, Apple will receive 15 basis points (0.15 percent) per credit card transaction, as well as...

PointsPay, a company that offers a mobile wallet and payments for loyalty programs, has launched its PointsPay mobile app, a mobile-based wallet for redeeming loyalty points and miles at the POS. Part of Loylogic, a...

Apple Pay is reported to be in discussions with US banks to develop a P2P payments service that will let users send money to one another from their phones rather than relying on cash or checks. The move...

UK mobile payment provider Zapp has announced a wide range of retail partnerships across a range of sectors like Asda, Sainsbury’s, House of Fraser, Thomas Cook and Shop Direct (including the very.co.uk, Littlewoods, Isme,...

Advisory firm KPMG has forecast that global m-payment transactions will grow by 97% per year, over the next 3 years, as consumers demand greater NFC services on smart-phones and tablets. According to the study, the...

Consumer adoption of mobile payments will deliver wide-ranging benefits for the UK economy, according to a new report published today by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr). The study, commissioned by Zapp,...

CHARGE Anywhere has launched its mobile payments platform in Nigeria. The explosion of interest in mobile payments in emerging markets garnered a need to deliver mobile transactions securely. G-Pay Africa has selected CHARGE Anywhere...

Zelle announced $75 billion in money moved in 2017 across its P2P payments network, as millions of consumers reduced their dependence on physical checks and cash in the US. The $75 billion  across the P2P payments network was an...