Mobile Payments

US mobile payments will skyrocket to $214 billion in gross dollar volume by 2015, representing a 68% compound annual growth rate over the next five years, predicts Aite Group's Gwenn Bezard in a new...

European 'Square' competitor iZettle has sent out an email informing users that it was forced to withdraw support for Visa card payments in Denmark, Finland and Norway, where it has a strong presence already. The...

Stripe unveiled a new set of tools, called Stripe Relay, for retailers that help them build native buying experiences within apps like Twitter. Think of it as a buy button that merchants can place in multiple...

Luottokunta, BookIt and Microsoft have worked together to develop 'the world's first authentication service, which allows for mobile payments from any mobile phone and via any operator', using so-called iSMS. Luottokunta eMobile is a digital...

Payments processor, The Members Group (TMG) intrigued attendees of the TMG Executive Summit with a demonstration of its custom-built wearable payments app. In a presentation aptly named “The Future of Payments,” TMG Senior Product Manager...

PayPal says it has launched one touch payments in a move to simplify and accelerate their payment service and deal with the large number of incomplete transactions. The payment service, called One Touch for Web, is an extension...

When it comes to getting bills, Americans tend to trust their credit card company more than their mobile operator. This is one of many findings in a recent survey commissioned by Seattle based Billing...

Just over one third (34%) of smartphone owners will be ‘very likely’ or ‘likely’ to purchase more items from their mobile device thanks to 4G technology and faster internet connections, according to the latest...

Following in the wake of Apple and Samsung, LG Electronics is rumoured to also be entering the global mobile payment market with G Pay. Not only is it entering South Korean market, it is also...

Visa Europe and WorldPay announced that wagamama customers will soon be able to make purchases online using the V.me by Visa digital wallet service. wagamama, the pan-Asian restaurant chain, has over 100 restaurants in the...