As the presidential campaign rolls on and candidates find themselves straining to keep voters’ interest with insults, innuendos and — when absolutely necessary — some cursory conversation about what actual policies they might pursue as president, a host of candidates in the field have taken...
March Madness meets payments. Sort of. March Madness is all about busted brackets – this year anyway – and how the players who take the field help their team get to The Final Four – and then the National Championship. And the bragging rights that...
Branch International — the San Francisco-based firm also known as Branch.co — has snagged $9.2 million in Series A funding that will allow it to expand digital financial services in sub-Saharan Africa. Billed as a “branchless bank,” Branch.co gives users access to a free Android app. Once installed, the...
Chinese consumers loves their mobile phones. Nearly 90 percent of them have one. And they love mobile payments on those phones, too. Total mobile transactions were up more than 60 percent last year in China and the volume driven by mobile on Alibaba’s Singles’ Day...
Recently discovered code within Facebook’s Messenger app hints at the company’s plans to give the platform capabilities on par with Apple Pay. As shared by AppleInsider, The Information has revealed, via an exploration of the code within the Messenger app, that Facebook possibly has designs...
As mobile wallet awareness rises among consumers, new research from JAVELIN shows why it’s time for banks to make their move into the market. Of course, they’re already trying. There’s the Capital One Wallet, and there’s Chase who is ready to roll out Chase Pay, and...
The world of mobile payments news this week started out in the one region of the world that doesn’t often make much news when it comes to what U.S. companies are doing in mobile commerce: Cuba. And everyone wanted in. Which brought about news from...
In a world where pay buttons are becoming ubiquitous, Apple is firing its own shot across the bow. The consumer electronics giant is set to debut Apple Pay and its fingerprint purchasing method across multiple websites later this year. Is this the spark that Apple...
While there’s no official launch date, Android Pay officially announced its U.K. launch plans today (March 23), reporting that “in the next few months Android smartphones will become even more useful with the launch of Android Pay.” With the launch a few months out, Android...
