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E-payment & Security, Technology

Barclays iPhone app update allows for payments to be sent to contacts with Siri

August 21, 2017

Via: Apple Insider

Payments are limited to people in the user’s iPhone contact list, or existing payees through the bank. Users command Siri to make the payment, and the transaction is authenticated with Touch ID. Barclays does not that there are “single and […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Apple Pay comes to over 20 more US & Russian financial institutions

April 5, 2017

Via: Apple Insider

Apple on Tuesday updated its rosters of banks and credit unions supporting Apple Pay with over 20 additions, mostly in the U.S., but also including two in Russia. In the latter group are AK BARS Bank and Gazprombank. Apple noted […]


E-payment & Security

Google to reward UK Android Pay users over the festive season

December 6, 2016

Via: TheNextWeb

Contactless payments are hugely popular in the UK. The technology allows people to quickly pay for low-value items simply by tapping an RFID-enabled debit or credit card, or a smartphone against a special reader. With almost four percent of card […]


E-payment & Security

How to Protect Yourself When Using a Contactless Card

November 1, 2016

Via: NYTimes Tech

For banks and retailers, there is a fine line between making people’s use of credit and debit cards as painless as possible and protecting individuals’ financial details from swindlers. How that balance may eventually play out is already taking shape […]


E-payment & Security

Samsung Pay now lets you buy things using your retina

September 21, 2016

Via: TheNextWeb

Samsung has just pushed a relatively large update to its mobile payment platform, Samsung Pay. The upgrade brings a handful of much-requested new features to the application, including the facility to pay for goods using your retina on the Galaxy Note 7. Version 2.3 […]


E-payment & Security

Will Mobile Payments Lead to the Death of Cash?

August 18, 2016

Via: Emarketer.com

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 […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Wal-Mart’s mobile payment app may lack incentives to draw new users

July 8, 2016

Via: itCurated

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s expansion of its mobile-payment system across the U.S. may meet resistance from shoppers with little incentive to whip out their phones at the register. “There’s got to be something in there that would get consumers to use […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Mobile Payment Users in Canada Get More Enthusiastic

June 29, 2016

Via: itCurated

More smartphone users in Canada have plans to increase their mobile payment usage this year than last year, according to research breaking out intentions by demographic. Regardless of age or gender, mobile payments appear to be getting more popular. In […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Apple Pay is So Much More than Just a Payment Mechanism

May 25, 2016

Via: itCurated

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 […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Samsung Pay Announces Important New Support for Marketers

May 20, 2016

Via: itCurated

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 […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Japan wants to start using fingerprints as currency

April 11, 2016

Via: itCurated

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are on the distant horizon, and the Japanese authorities want to make the process of getting into the country and buying stuff as easy as possible for visitors – by using their fingerprints […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Why We Are Still Reaching for Wallets, Not Phones, at the Checkout

April 8, 2016

Via: itCurated

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 […]


Platforms, Technology

Facebook plans to use Messenger for retail point-of-sale service, could integrate Apple Pay

March 29, 2016

Via: itCurated

The popular Facebook Messenger app could soon become far more than a chat client, with the social networking service apparently planning to offer in-store purchases through its mobile app, after the company signaled it could partner with Apple Pay for […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Apple Pay to feature website integration later this year, report says

March 24, 2016

Via: itCurated

According to people familiar with the matter, Apple has informed potential e-commerce partners that Apple Pay will soon support purchases place through the Web, providing a new path to payment for iPhone and iPad users, reports Re/code. When Apple Pay […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Most Mobile Banking Consumers Use Payment Apps to Pay Bills

March 23, 2016

Via: itCurated

Image Credits: PayPal Nearly three-quarters of mobile banking app users use a mobile payment app to pay a bill, according to February 2016 research. That’s about three times as many as use one to send money to a friend. S&P […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Why College Students Prefer Mobile Payment Methods

March 21, 2016

Via: itCurated

College students use a variety of mobile payment methods, including PayPal and Apple Pay. According to December 2015 research, they use these methods because they are easy to set up and use. Sallie Mae and Ipsos surveyed 793 US internet […]


News

Bring Your Own Smartwatch: Mobility Management Vendors Prepare

February 2, 2016

Via: itCurated

Image Credits: tizenexperts.com How long will it take before IT organizations are tasked with enabling and securing smartwatches? Good Technology and AirWatch, two enterprise mobility management companies, are already preparing their respective platforms for such demands. Two enterprise mobility management […]


E-payment & Security

More Major Merchants Tap Visa Checkout for Mobile Sales

January 14, 2016

Via: itCurated

With eCommerce growing at four times – and mobile commerce growing at eight times – the rate of traditional commerce, it’s no surprise that mobile and online commerce solutions are red hot today. To that end, Visa just announced that […]


E-payment & Security, Technology

Money Transfer Showdown: Square Cash vs. Venmo vs. PayPal

January 11, 2016

Via: itCurated

With peer-to-peer payment services like Square Cash, Venmo, and PayPal there’s no need to carry cash anymore. These mobile apps make splitting checks, paying friends back, and lending money to family members as easy as tapping your finger. Let’s look […]


E-payment & Security

Walmart to roll out its own mobile payment system

December 10, 2015

Via: itCurated

Walmart is rolling out in its stores its own smartphone-based payment system that uses QR technology rather than near-field communication, or NFC, which is used in the payment systems of Apple and Google. Integrated into its smartphone app, the new […]