May 14, 2019
The global wearable electronics market is expected to post a CAGR of more than 15% to reach $35.67 billion by 2023, according to market research by Technavio.
read nowMay 9, 2019
InComm Inc. an Atlanta-based payments firm, has announced the integration of its MyVanilla prepaid Mastercard with Fitbit Pay and Garmin Pay mobile wallet…
read nowMay 7, 2019
JCB International Co. and Viva Wallet announced a joint licensing agreement that allows JCB payment cards to be used at the POS and online at 108,000 merchants…
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Sainsbury's has launched what is says is the first till-free grocery store in the U.K. at its Holborn Circus location in London, where customers can check out…
read nowApril 24, 2019
Apriva LLC and AveriGo LLC have partnered on a mobile-first solution for launching micro markets in the vending and food and beverage service industry.
read nowApril 19, 2019
The Fido Alliance, EMVCo, and the World Wide Web Consortium have created a new interest group for organizations seeking to collaborate on a vision for web…
read nowApril 18, 2019
New York's Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is calling on consumers to boycott cashless retail stores and restaurants at the city's newly opened Hudson Yards…
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Branch, a mobile platform that gives hourly workers advance access to their earnings, said it will roll out the service nationwide beyond its existing base of…
read nowMarch 15, 2019
Barclaycard, the processor of nearly half of all credit and debit card transactions in the U.K., has entered an agreement with China's Alipay that will allow…
read nowFebruary 22, 2019
Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have announced plans to launch a joint credit card combined with an iPhone that gives customers the ability to manage…
read nowFebruary 19, 2019
Lloyds Banking Group has launched a pilot program to incentivize retailers to give cash back at the point of sale in response to criticism that consumers are…
read nowFebruary 14, 2019
Kroger Co., the Cincinnati-based supermarket chain, has announced the official launch of Kroger Pay, a smartphone-based system that combines the company's…
read nowFebruary 14, 2019
Alipay is partnering with Walgreens in a deal that will allow millions of Chinese visitors to the U.S. to make mobile payments at the point of sale, according…
read nowJanuary 24, 2019
Apple has added several partners to its Apple Pay service, including retailing powerhouse Target, Hy-Vee supermarkets and the Speedway convenience store chain.
read nowJanuary 23, 2019
Mercator Advisory group has released its 2019 Outlook: U.S. payments. The docyment is compiled from Outlook publications released in late 2018 for each of the…
read nowDecember 26, 2018
SOL Wallet, a fintech startup firm, has launched beta testing for a new mobile and web-based banking service in South Africa by March of 2019, according to a…
read nowDecember 18, 2018
The New York State Attorney General's office has reached a settlement with Western Union, Equifax, Priceline, Spark Networks and Credit Sesame Inc. over their…
read nowDecember 14, 2018
In 2018, cashless payments exceeded cash payments in the U.K. for the first time, as the use of banknotes and coins fell a substantial 15 percent.
read nowDecember 13, 2018
The U.S. Payments Forum has released its quarterly Market Snapshot, providing a look at the state of EMV chip adoption in the U.S., fraud and what's next for…
read nowDecember 11, 2018
In a recent probe by European Union regulators, Apple Pay was found not to be abusing competition laws, but the digital payment service could be subject to…
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