Here at PYMNTS, we are geeks for numbers. And stats. And all things mobile, especially if you’re talking payments. Surely, you’ve caught on by now… That’s why, in week nine of 2016, we’ve gathered up the top 10 figures that we dug up out of...
Xoom’s mobile bill pay has made its way to the Philippines. The PayPal company announced yesterday (Feb. 17) that its new bill payment service is available for Filipinos in the United States to pay the Smart and PLDT postpaid bills of their friends and family in the Philippines online,...
Venmo has set a new company record by hitting the $1 billion mark. As in $1 billion worth of payments made using Venmo during the month of January. This record number for Venmo was more than 2.5 times the payments volume the company saw the...
For as many differences as there are in the payments ecosystem between the U.S. and emerging markets, there’s one common thread that both sides of the consumer spectrum have increasingly found access to. And that thread, of course, is mobile. As a result, the conversation...
LG Pay won’t be making its debut at the Mobile World Congress this year, an LG official has confirmed. Speaking to The Korea Times, LG said it has decided to hold off the launch of its mobile payments system beyond the big mobile commerce event but...
Apple Pay may (finally) be on its way to China. The latest buzz on MacRumors points to the possibility that Apple Pay will officially launch in China this Thursday (Feb. 18). A customer service representative at China’s Guangfa Bank reportedly posted, via the bank’s WeChat...
A new contactless payment method is making its way to European Vodafone customers through a new partnership. Late last week, NFC World+ reported that Vodafone is teaming up with online payments provider PayPal to ensure Vodafone Wallet users will be able to make NFC-enabled payments at various...
The Broncos weren’t the only big winner at the Super Bowl. PYMNTS caught up with Joe Mach, vice president of vertical solutions at Verifone, who discussed the victory his company and ParkHub celebrated at Levi’s Stadium when their mPOS solution parked 75,000 fans at a...
Nearly one year ago, MPD CEO Karen Webster spoke at Innovation Project 2015 about how mobile was disrupting the payments industry — and why the industry wasn’t looking back. “More than any other, mobile is the ecosystem that has given rise to the sea-change taking place in...