Mobile Payments

Two Big Banks’ Takes On Mobile Payments Interest
June 23, 2016

Two different banks — JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. Two different studies on the same topic — mobile banking and mobile payments. Two very different results.   What Consumers Said JPMC’s study consisted of 1,008 respondents from a survey of 1,500 adults across the...

Meet MintChip — The Latest Digital Currency Player
June 22, 2016

NanoPay, a payments and loyalty platform provider, has launched the MintChip digital currency platform for consumers. This commercial deployment of MintChip, which the company lauds as a “regulator-friendly digital cash platform designed to be a safe, secure and fast way to send money and pay...

Chase Survey: 48 Percent Prefer To Pay With Phones
June 21, 2016

Just how attached are consumers to their mobile devices? Very, according to new survey results. In a recent Chase survey that consisted of 1,500 adults, 32 percent said they would be upset if they lost their cellphone, but just 19 percent of those reported being...

Mobile Payments
Payments’ Innovation Half-Year Progress Report
June 20, 2016

At the start of the year, I wrote a piece that outlined six trends that I suggested would set the agenda for payments innovation and commerce reinvention in 2016. The foundation for those six trends was the ability for innovators to leverage the near ubiquity...

PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Walmart Pay’s Expansion
June 17, 2016

Walmart Pay is making its way across the U.S. Well, at least to two more states: Alabama and Georgia. But what does that mean for Walmart Pay’s mobile payments footprint? We break it down in today’s 5-in-1: $45B-$60B | Amount of new sales Walmart plans to...

Walmart Pay Lands In Two More States
June 17, 2016

Walmart Pay has started its expansion across the U.S. with two more states. The retailer announced yesterday (June 16) that the mobile payment service will expand to stores in Alabama and Georgia. This service allows a customer with any iOS or Android smartphone with a major...

10 Moves This Week From The Mobile Pay Players
June 16, 2016

The second full week of June brought a flurry of news from many of the “majors” in the mobile payments ecosystem. Samsung Pay Now In Singapore While this news has been well known for a few months now, Samsung Pay arrives in Singapore today (June...

Mobile Payments
Samsung Pay Launching Down Under — With New ‘Value-Added’ Features
June 15, 2016

Samsung Pay is officially online Down Under today (June 15), and according to Elle Kim, Samsung’s VP and head of global business development for Samsung Pay, this is just a first step. Samsung is doing payments now, but its vision is much bigger and more...

VocaLink Launches Mobile Payments App For UK’s Big Banks
June 13, 2016

VocaLink is pairing up with four of the largest U.K. banks to launch the “Pay by Bank” mobile payments app, which will soon be available. Those four banks are Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Halifax and Lloyds Bank. As part of the launch of the app, these...