Consult Hyperion helps deliver a milestone in contactless card ticketing for...
Consult Hyperion has been working with Transport for London (TfL), the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London, to prepare for the launch of...
View ArticleConsumers and industry see mobile payments differently
A recent Mercator Advisory Group survey shows a disconnect between financial and retail executives and consumers when it comes to attitudes toward mobile payments. The survey questioned 35 retail and...
View ArticleContactless Payments in Europe expand
MasterCard Europe today announced the 2012 milestones for MasterCard PayPass, showing that consumers are embracing the Tap&Go
View ArticleCorFire integrates PayPal to enhance mobile commerce services
CorFire, the mobile commerce business of SK C&C USA announced a strategic integration with PayPal to advance the adoption of mobile commerce services by merchants, including quick service...
View ArticleC-SAM and MasterCard announce strategic partnership
Mobile wallet and transactions platform provider C-SAM and MasterCard announced a global strategic partnership, as well as a minority investment by MasterCard. Additional terms of the agreement were...
View ArticleDexter malware infects POS systems worldwide
Security researchers have discovered malware that has been infecting and siphoning off payment information from point of sale systems at major retailers around the world for months. Dubbed “Dexter” by...
View ArticleFirst m-banking platform in Brunei
On the 1st of December, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) gave its customers a sneak preview of its upcoming electronic mobile payment service – the first cashless mobile payment solution. It will...
View ArticleImpatient diners want mobile payment options
Many consumers like the idea of using mobile payments and other new technologies to pay for their meals at favourite restaurants, according to a National Restaurant Association study. The study found...
View ArticleIntuit and Monitise collaboration
Intuit and Monitise are exploring the delivery of new mobile solutions that will help businesses and consumers better manage their money on the go. The two companies share a common mission to simplify...
View ArticleLess than half of UK high street stores support NFC
Contactless NFC were being touted as the next big thing, but Juniper recently revised its forecast that the market would be worth $180 billion in 2017 to just $110 billion, which has been attributed to...
View ArticleMoSoCo launch NFC mobile technology in Poland
Sequent, a provider of NFC Trusted Service Manager (TSM) software and services, says that MoSoCo has chosen its technology and products for its cloud-based mobile loyalty, marketing and prepaid card...
View ArticleSparebanken Vest – mobile overtaking online
Just two months after rolling out its first m-banking application, Norway’s Sparebanken Vest is forecasting that mobile will soon overtake online as the bank’s primary channel for customer...
View ArticleSquare introduces digital gift card aimed at small merchants
Square is offering a new service that will enable consumers to purchase digital gift cards from the 250,000 merchants that accept Square Wallet. Square CEO Jack Dorsey says Shoppers will be able to...
View ArticleSumUp drives Taxi.de app payments
SumUp has entered into an exclusive partnership with Taxi.de, a mobile taxi-hailing service used by citizens across Germany. The deal will enable Taxi.de to offer full card payment functionality...
View ArticleSurvey says consumers want mobile payments
60% of consumers worldwide expressed interest in mobile payments, in a recent IMS Research survey, with consumers in China, South Korea, Poland and Turkey the most open to the idea of using mobile...
View ArticleTfL implements of contactless payments on Bus network
Transport for London (TfL) is preparing to introduce contactless bank card ticketing to reduce the production and distribution costs connected with traditional paper-based and smart card ticketing...
View ArticleTurkey: online shopping via cards in 2023 exceeds €150 billion
Online card shopping, which achieved an annual growth rate of more than 50 percent in Turkey in the last 5 years, is continuing to develop. Interbank Card Center of Turkey (BKM) is playing a...
View ArticleVeriFone fail with Sail
VeriFone has given up trying to sell Sail, its app and dongle-based system for turning smartphones into card acceptance devices, directly to merchants and will instead offer the technology to banks....
View ArticleEnd of the Line for Cash?
The industry is moving toward digital payments as a result of the changing attitude and behavior of consumers with regard to cashless payments. For example, Barclays has launched a mobile payment...
View ArticlePayments meets mobile
Leadership perspectives – Payments meet mobile In 2012 Payments Cards and Mobile, in cooperation with Visa, began a project to capture the thoughts and perspectives of some of the biggest players in...
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