There’s never a shortage of news from the mobile payments players, and this week two of them made plenty of news across the ecosystem. That’s why PYMNTS’ 5-in-1 Daily Data Dive brings you the latest data points you may have missed from two major players in...
Normally focused on exercise, Fitbit appears to be considering the (business) health benefits of mobile payments. Reuters reports that the fitness wearables company has purchased wearable technology assets from Coin, a startup in the business of NFC devices (and who, earlier this year, struck a deal...
Mobile payments make for interesting pairings — a fact demonstrated earlier today by Alibaba and Samsung. The Chinese eCommerce giant and the Korean device powerhouse are joining forces to make it easier to pay the Alibaba way via Samsung devices. Going forward, Samsung Electronics plans...
PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman made it pretty clear during his company’s analyst day yesterday (May 18) that his vision for PayPal is about much more than being a digital payments platform and much, much more than just a “checkout” button on a website. The “new...
Pali Bhat, global head of payment products at Google, tells Karen Webster that making mobile payments stick with users in the U.S. is going to take more than just tapping-and-paying in-store. Bhat describes the slew of cross-channel payments capabilities and new partnerships, unveiled yesterday at...
When Google first gave a sneak peek of Android Pay a smidge less than a year ago on May 28, 2015, the knee-jerk reaction of many payments pundits was to call it a “copy/paste version of Apple Pay.” When Android Pay launched, it had the backing...
Not only has Android Pay officially launched in the U.K. today (May 18), but the mobile wallet is also making some serious moves when it comes to the access and availability of its APIs to developers and a variety of new partners. Google announced today at...
Android Pay is finally making the hop across the pond and opening for business for British users. To sweeten the offer, Google is launching with Android Pay Day at the end of the month with special promotions for English users, though the specific shape of that...
Android Pay has officially come to the U.K. In a company blog post written by Pali Bhat, senior director of product management at Google, the details of its launch were revealed, with the additional news that more countries — Singapore and Australia — are expected to...
