Beacon executives at the ad:tech New York conference claim that nearly five million beacons will be deployed over the next five years. The execs did acknowledge that beacon adoption has been slower in the U.S. than in other geographies, but expect to see those difference...
Samsung Electronics has announced its intention to push into the mobile payment space with their own service offer in cooperation with local m-pay services provider Yelopay. The mobile service is also offered in partnership with Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, Yoori Bank, NH Nonghyup Bank, Citibank...
Welcome to the bigtime, iPhone. You’re now subject to the same nasty malware as everyone else. What changed is a Silicon Valley security firm—Palo Alto Networks—came across some malware called Wirelurker, which is focused on iOS devices, according to a report in The Verge. The...
Omnichannel isn’t just a retail phenomenon. Issuers have a big a challenge – and opportunity – in adapting their customer acquisition and servicing plans to a new cross channel customer, says SVP of Global Customized Marketing, Margot Vaughan. Vaughan sat down with MPD CEO Karen...
Payments players around the globe gathered last week to chat about all things payments and commerce. As you might expect, there were lots of new products, big ideas and big predictionsshared. We thought you’d like to see the things that we thought were worth sharing....
Apple Pay has certainly been the rising tide that has lifted all mobile payments boats – and conversations. Hard to believe that it’s been in market for less than a month. But since that time, Apple Pay isn’t the only mobile payments scheme to make...
Ever since it first launched in Sweden two years ago, global mobile payments provider SEQR has expanded into several other countries in Europe. And alongside many other players in the space, SEQR claims to be Europe’s “most used” mobile payments solution. And now, it’s coming...
Mobile commerce is breathing new life into retail – even at gas pumps and convenience stores. For certain consumers, that means purchasing everyday items like fuel or a soda or a newspaper is about to get a lot quicker and a lot more convenient. In...
The mobile wallet wars make strange bedfellows. This week, CurrentC stayed on the defensive while Google could be heard singing Apple’s praises as the rising Apple Pay NFC tide has lifted all boats (albeit very, very slightly). In other news, Burger King decided to jump...
