Tag: Contactless
The global mobile money landscape
The mobile money sector is one of the most fluid in the whole of the mobile ecosystem, with more players entering and exiting, new...
Apple Pay performance problematic at POS
Just months after Apple Pay went live, the adoption rate came in at an impressive 11% of all credit card-owning households and 66% of...
Asia Pacific sees 49% growth in contactless payments
MasterCard has revealed that consumers across Asia/Pacific are embracing contactless payments, with the number of unique contactless users (or tappers) in 2014 growing by...
UK is the global leader in contactless payments
According to a new research from Timetric, contactless payments have become a major tool for migrating consumer payments from cash to cards, particularly debit...
Vodafone wallet to accept contactless card payments
Vodafone customers will soon be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at...
Apple Pay simplicity raises fraud concerns
A recent rise in fraudulent Apple Pay transactions raises concerns among security analysts that the service's simplicity may be a major weakness.
Users only have...
Türk Ekonomi Bankası launches mobile payment app using Visa’s HCE technology
Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TEB) has announced it will launch a mobile contactless payment application, powered by Visa Europe’s HCE (Host Card Emulation) technology. The application...
Banking app prototype for Apple Watch
Misys has unveiled what it claims to be the first banking app prototype for the Apple Watch.
Developed by a team at Misys Labs, the...
UK shuns cash as cards dominate payment market
The way we pay for everything is changing, with more digital transactions than ever before. But how close are we to the tipping point?
This...
Samsung waives fees for Samsung Pay mobile payment service
Samsung, which is gearing up to launch its own mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, in Korea and the US this summer, has decided not...