Alipay, the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, is now available for Chinese tourists at all 242 Starbucks locations across Malaysia. Chinese tourists can find the nearest Starbucks through the in-app Discovery platform and then pay for their drinks...
Like Web 2.0, Mobile 2.0, and Vegetables 2.0 (And, yes, that’s a thing. Have you ever had fried brussels sprouts?), 3D-Secure 2.0 is also taking something in need of an upgrade and making it better. In this case, though, that upgrade comes to a security...
Customers with a Barclays bank account can now make payments simply by asking Siri to do it for them. 9to5Mac reported that the feature, added to the latest version of the company’s iOS app, uses the Siri integration for payment apps Apple introduced with iOS...
Things have been looking a bit more difficult for food delivery startup Blue Apron. After months of facing concerns that its competitive future may be limited now that Amazon has officially entered its space, now it has been hit by a lawsuit from a disgruntled...
Alibaba rival Tencent is gearing up to create a competing credit scoring system as it heats up its battle against Alibaba. According to a news report in The Financial Times, two years ago Ant Financial, the payment arm of Alibaba, rolled out Sesame Credit, using...
Payworks, a provider of point-of-sale (POS) payment infrastructure, announced news on Thursday (Aug. 3) that its payment gateway technology will be supporting the integration of Alipay, the mobile payment provider operated by Ant Financial Services Group, for mobile payment providers and Chinese consumers across the...
PayPal, the online payment company that has been striking a flurry of deals in recent weeks, has teamed with Microsoft to enable money transfers in Skype’s mobile app. In a blog post announcing the news, John Kunze, vice president of global consumer product & Xoom at...
Viva Payments, a global, cloud-based mobile payments factory that provides secure online payment services to consumers, professionals and businesses of any size, announced news on Thursday (July 27) that it formed a strategic partnership with leading Chinese mobile and online payment platform Alipay. Alipay is...
With a little mPOS magic, can finding a parking spot or running a restaurant be turned into just another day at the beach? From beating beachside blues to revamping how restaurants track and process payments, there’s seemingly little mobile technology can’t make at least a...
