Small businesses may not always be at the forefront when it comes to technology, but when it comes to how its customers pay, most are on board when it comes to mobile payments. That’s according to a new survey commissioned by Samsung Electronics America and...
The biggest dilemma facing innovators isn’t whether what they’re doing will cannibalize what makes them money today but rather getting enough people to try their innovations so that they become mainstream and can make money tomorrow. Getting people to embrace the new — and make...
Why shouldn’t your coffee cup be able to make mobile payments? That’s the question Australian telco Optus must have been thinking when it slapped an NFC chip inside coffee cups. According to a report, Optus is partnering with Frank Green, which makes reusable so-called “smart” cups...
Another day, another “Fill-In-The-Blank” mobile Pay. The last two years have seen an uptick in the number of players with digital payments ambitions and a variety of assets they hope will give them an edge. So when Citi announced its entrance into the mobile wallet...
Automatia announced Wednesday (Nov. 16) it launched what it said is Finland’s first real-time multi-banking platform for mobile pay. The new platform is dubbed Siirto and was designed and implemented by Tieto. Siirto is an open payment platform that follows new regulations set by EU’s Payment...
On Track Innovations (OTI), a global provider of NFC and mobile pay solutions, has announced its entry into the Australian market. OTI will deliver cashless payments with the help of Vend Access, a technology and solutions provider for vending and unattended machine operators in Australia, and Card...
It’s a good news/bad news beginning to the week for the team at London-based mobile pay startup Paym. The good news: the U.K. bank-backed P2P mobile pay service has officially processed £300 million in transactions ($365 million). “Having now passed the £300 million milestone, it’s clear the...
Ingenico Group, a player in seamless payments, announced Monday (Oct. 24) that Ingenico Mobile Solutions, its mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) division, has launched the Moby/3000, a Bluetooth-enabled mPOS card reader equipped to accept both EMV chip-and-signature and magstripe transactions. While many mobile card readers still rely on audio...
FIS, a player in financial services technology, announced Wednesday (Oct. 19) the launch of BuyWay, a mobile payments platform that unites all points of contact within a transaction to deliver seamless, secure, personalized shopping experiences at thousands of gas stations and convenience stores across the...
