Mobile payments firm Boku plans to partner with Japan’s LINE Pay, a money transfer service, to allow the more than 37 million LINE Pay users in Japan to pay for merchant digital goods and services through the Boku platform. Both the public and private sectors...
Carrier billing has managed to establish a strong foothold worldwide — as it has been a popular way to buy digital content in Asia, Europe in the Middle East. In the U.S. on the other hand, it never gained much traction past the early days...
Financial institutions (FIs) are working during the pandemic to provide speedy digital services while fighting off the rise in fraud attempts. Small- to medium-sized business (SMB) customers need rapid access to loans as they attempt to stay afloat, and FIs must be able to quickly...
After some three months of keeping consumers at home, governments around the world are beginning to let people publicly mix again — albeit in a modified fashion that involves wearing masks, keeping socially distant and limiting crowded indoor locations. The big question is how to...
June 18, 2020
Carrier billing has managed to establish a strong foothold worldwide — as it has been a popular way to buy digital content in Asia, Europe in the Middle East. In the U.S. on the other hand, it never gained much traction past the early days of cellphone use and consumers tapping it to purchase ring […]
June 03, 2020
After some three months of keeping consumers at home, governments around the world are beginning to let people publicly mix again — albeit in a modified fashion that involves wearing...
April 22, 2020
While being the victim of fraud is never good, there is something to be said for at least being able to identify where exactly one went wrong. Clicked the wrong...
March 27, 2020
Although every business wants to “future-proof,” actually doing it is much, much harder. As the first quarter of 2020 has been kind enough to demonstrate on a global scale, the future is...
January 18, 2024
Boku promoted longtime executive Stuart Neal to head of the mobile payments company. Neal has been serving as Boku’s CEO designate since July of last year, when outgoing CEO John Prideaux announced his plans to retire, the London-based company said in a news release Thursday (Jan. 18). “We’ve secured partnerships with all the major tech […]
June 25, 2020
Mobile payments firm Boku plans to partner with Japan’s LINE Pay, a money transfer service, to allow the more than 37 million LINE Pay users in Japan to pay for...
November 03, 2016
Boku, an independent carrier billing company, announced Wednesday (Nov. 3) the expansion of carrier billing for Spotify music users in Switzerland. According to a blog post, the expanded carrier billing...
February 27, 2015
Mobile payments firm Boku recognizes that while not everyone memorizes their credit card number, most have their mobile digits committed to memory. That’s why the company is looking to allow...
