Amazon has now started a trial of allowing shoppers to purchase apps and to make in-app purchases within Amazon’s app store and to then have those charges appear on their phone bills. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Alibaba may have raised its IPO share price range to as much as $68 due to investor demand, but it’s much harder to calculate how much the Chinese e-commerce giant’s payment affiliate, Alipay, is worth, according to the Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story...
U.S., European and Asian merchants wanting access to Chinese consumers and businesses now may enable customers in that country to pay using Alipay under a partnership payment-technology provider Zooz announced today with China’s popular online-payment service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
To reach every corner of the world with the games on its Android platform, Google is thinking about how people pay, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Apple has locked down the iPhone 6’s NFC chip, which it uses for Apple Pay mobile payments, and it can’t be used by any other apps, the company confirmed this week. So you shouldn’t expect third-party apps that let you use NFC tags or pay...
Investors may be concerned about the threat that Apple Pay poses to eBay’s PayPal unit, but the impact may be less negative than many assume, according to the Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Investors hoping to snatch up stock in Alibaba for a bargain price between $60 and $66 won’t be getting their wish when the Chinese e-commerce giant goes public later this week. In a filing with the SEC yesterday (September 15) Alibaba raised the price range...
NFC is not quite the method of mobile payments most users are most familiar. That honor still goes to the QR code or barcode which 45 percent of reported mobile users said they had experienced at least once, according to the latest report by Nielsen,...
When first unveiled under the name project Oscar, Weve was a collaboration between British telecoms EE, Telefonica and Vodafone to grab a piece of the set-to-ignite-any-minute mobile market in 2012. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
