Tag: mobile payments

May 26, 2023

The research results gave the Fed an opportunity to plug the arrival of its new FedNow faster payments system, which is expected to launch services publicly in July. That real-time payments system from the central bank has been in development […]

April 11, 2023

It can be inconvenient if you want to send money from your PayPal account to someone who uses a different digital payment app. Visa is looking to become a sort of middleman and solve for the compatibility problem with “interoperability”. […]

November 1, 2022

“Honeywell Smart Pay gives sales associates and service employees the power to finalize payments on-the-spot in retail, parcel delivery, public transportation services and other businesses where mobile payment can be used,” the company said in the release. Nonetheless, it’s a […]

October 23, 2019

A study into the United States mobile payments market reveals almost 30% of smartphone users will use a mobile payment app of some description. While there are general payment platforms like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, the top […]

July 24, 2017

Compatibility within the JCPenney app for iPhones and iPads is “coming soon,” the company added. In-store transactions require an iPhone 6 or later, or else an Apple Watch. JCPenney is believed to have been running a pilot program for Apple Pay as far back […]

July 18, 2017

As is now standard, the latest U.S. additions are highly regional, such as Connecticut’s UBI Federal Credit Union. Most nationwide U.S. banks were signed up by early 2015, just months after Apple Pay’s Oct. 2014 debut. The international additions include […]

April 28, 2017

Mobile wallets have taken off faster in China than in the U.S., concluded a recent Forrester Research study. It found that 76% of metro Chinese consumers use mobile wallets or are interested in doing so, compared with only 36% of […]

March 24, 2017

Companies that accept mobile payments are growing faster and more profitably than companies that don’t, according to a recent study done for NTT Data. The fastest-growing companies are also the most likely to accept mobile payments, according to the global […]

August 18, 2016

With plenty of mobile payment options out there, from Apple Pay to Venmo, one might wonder if cash has an approaching expiration date. According to July 2016 research, roughly half of US internet users said dollars and cents will never […]

June 22, 2016

  Microsoft has announced a mobile payments app for Windows 10 Mobile, bringing the flailing operating system up to speed with iOS and Android. Announced alongside the rollout of Windows 10 Mobile Preview Build 14371, Microsoft Wallet is available to […]

May 25, 2016

Apple Pay was announced in the US in late 2014 and launched with quite a bit of fanfare in the UK in July 2015. Today, most of the big UK banks have committed to support Apple Pay, although not all […]

May 20, 2016

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. announced today that Samsung Pay is giving U.S. users another way to “slim down their physical wallets” with the support of membership features. Samsung Pay users now have “easy, direct access” to merchant membership and loyalty […]

April 20, 2016

Since it turned on the lights last fall, Samsung Pay has managed to reach more than 5 million users and $500+ million in transactions. That’s a pretty remarkable feat, considering that it’s only available on a few phones. For comparison, […]

April 8, 2016

Image Credits: Engadget Phone and software makers, including Apple, Google and Samsung, are getting involved in mobile payments to make their products more useful and attractive to their owners. Behind all this is the belief that consumers will discover the […]

January 4, 2016

Technology advances not so much when it exhibits innovation, but when it becomes truly practical for everyday people. 2015 saw a lot of that as voice assistants started to show how they could live in the home and in mobile […]

October 28, 2015

NXSystems, a global payments provider, shared with MMW this week details of their two new platforms to help airlines track and manage international transactions while increasing ROI and eliminating fraud. NXSystems’ BankView and Tokensation solutions allow airlines to execute reservations […]

October 26, 2015

The number of people in the US using their phones to pay for goods and services at the point of sale will continue to climb steadily, with 2016 being a year of significant growth for the technology. According to the […]

August 14, 2015

There’s a smaller battle waging within the never-ending smartphone wars that Samsung just managed to heat up: mobile payments. The Korean mega tech firm has announced the release of Samsung Pay, its answer to Apple Pay and Android Pay. While […]

April 15, 2015

Mobile-first payments platform Judo Payments has released an SDK specifically for mobile development solution Xamarin. Judo built the payment SDK for the Xamarin platform after seeing the growing demand for Xamarin components globally, with the initial SDK tailored for Android, […]

February 24, 2015

Here are potential innovations to watch this year in mobile payments, and credit card payments in general. This is going to be a major year for innovation in mobile payments, and credit card payments in general, as the fundamentals of […]