Owners of a new Jaguar have an additional reason to feel superior to other drivers. Going forward, with a tap of the touchscreen on their cars’ digital dashboards, they will be able to pay for gas at UK Shell stations using either PayPal or Apple...
Restaurant limbo … we’ve all been there. You’ve finished your meal, and you’re ready to leave, but you can’t go until the waiter brings the bill, takes your credit card and delivers a receipt for you to sign. Depending upon how many tables the waiter...
The inevitable end of the mobile payment company acquired by Fitbit last May is finally here. Coin, which was founded as a mobile payment company initially in late 2013, has seen its fair share of ups and downs over the years. From seeking to take the...
In a move to rein in the workload of Juan Benitez, Braintree has announced via blog post that it has officially hired a stand-alone CTO. Benitez has been pulling double duty as both Chief Technology Officer and General Manager. John MacIlwaine will be formally filling...
When PayPal announced its earnings last week, the world was laser-focused on a couple of numbers: 197 million accounts, worldwide, up from 192 last quarter and 184 at the start of 2016. $354 billion in payment volume, for 2016, up from $282 billion from 2015....
Tesco, the U.K. supermarket operator, is extending mobile pay app PayQwiq to all of the Tesco stores around the U.K. In a press release, Tesco said the move is in response to positive feedback from customers during the initial rollout of the service. PayQwiq, which...
Finnair is gearing up to offer online payments in-flight, announcing it has teamed up with ePassi, Finland’s ePayment platform to provide Alipay to travelers. According to a report, Finnair said it’s the first airline around the globe to offer online payment platform Alipay. The airline operator...
Target is gearing up to get into the mobile pay game, with Recode reporting the retailer plans to launch a mobile payment feature in one or more of its mobile apps. According to the report, citing comments that Chief Information and Digital Officer Michael McNamara...
Wirecard, the digital payment company, announced Tuesday (Jan. 17) it is rolling out its mobile payment solution, boon, in France. In a press release, Wirecard said that, after initially launching boon in the U.K. market in May, it is now rolling it out to France, making...
