ROAM, part of the mobile commerce platform provider Ingenico Mobile Solutions, launched its latest version of its mobile point of sale (mPOS) application ROAMpay X5, according to a company release.
Now in its 4th year, TSYS Consumer Payments Survey had its share of surprises. Like consumers now prefer credit to debit when shopping online and rewards will get them to switch to a new card issuer. Sign of the times (people feeling better about credit...
Alibaba is discovering that the Chinese and U.S. E-Commerce marketplace present their own set of challenges, particularly when looking at the urban versus rural market audiences, but the Chinese E-commerce giant believes tapping into a niche market, like farmers, can help boost its online users and sales growth....
Officials with the not-yet-launched CurrentC mobile payment app from MCX have started trying to defend their app from comparisons with Apple Pay, saying that many of the unkind comments about CurrentC are not true. MCX COO Scott Rankin told USA Today, for example, that reports...
When Apple insists on its cut from Apple Pay transactions, it’s not kidding. According to details from a leaked copy of the contract, Apple can request a written certification that the amounts are accurate and if they dispute it, they get to hire an auditor....
The San Francisco 49ers have gone live with a network of beacons that covers all 1.85 million square feet of their football stadium, TechCrunch reported. The beacon network, with an accompanying smartphone app, is designed to help crowds at the 68,000-seat Levi’s Stadium quickly and...
Easy Taxi, a global B2B mobile taxi app, is expanding operations in Qatar. “With the Easy Taxi App, taxi goers no longer need to aimlessly wait for a taxi to come, or deal with the confusion of explaining their location-which is even more challenging if...
While there’s been an overflow of Apple Pay chatter in the industry, the 7,500-plus attendees at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas and 20,000-plus attendees at CARTES SECURE CONNECTIONS event in Paris showed there’s plenty of interest from industry CEOS about other payment options, security and mobile innovations. Topping...
A new, flashy and powerful competitor entering any arena can have any number of effects on the gladiators already slugging it out, a situation that the announcement and launch of Apple Pay has illustrated in real-time in payments over the last ten or so weeks....
