Mobile Payments

Both Apple and Google are engaged in conversations with mobile payments startup BOKU about a potential acquisition or a wide-reaching partnership at the very least, we've heard from people familiar with the talks, which...

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...

Google has launched a tool designed to enable one-man-band merchants moving from site-to-site to accept payments using its Checkout system and Android mobile phones. In a blog, the search giant says its Android Payment Chrome...

PayPal announced PayPal Beacon, a low-powered Bluetooth device that will allow consumers to automatically check-in at local stores. The company descibes it as a "complete hands free experience" that will "reinvent today’s in-store shopping experience." “PayPal...

The UK’s payment technology, or PayTech, sector is booming and closing the gap on the US, its closest rival, according to research from the Emerging Payments Association (EPA), sponsored by The Bancorp and conducted...

Samsung has expanded its Bixby artificial intelligence (AI) platform to include the ability to make payments through Samsung Pay. The voice controlled virtual assistant is currently only available in South Korea on Samsung’s flagship Galaxy...

Monthly consumer adoption of mobile wallets (including those offered by merchants, card issuers, and the “Pays”) has nearly doubled in three years from 11% to 21%. However, monthly frequency of wallet purchases per person has...

MasterCard has announced the launch of its first app 'MasterCard MarketPlace' that gives cardholders mobile access to exceptional deals. The sale of physical merchandise via mobile phones hit $1.2 billion in 2009, according to ABI...

Raiffeisen Bank and R

The proliferation of smart devices and mobile apps will give rise to a more sophisticated and interactive customer service experience over the next four years, according to a recent study by Ovum. With more than...