Mobile Payments News & Media
PayPal Xoom to launch domestic money transfers with Walmart
November 13, 2019
Xoom, the international money transfer service from PayPal, announced its U.S. domestic rollout with strategic alliances with Walmart and Ria, which will let…
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Card networks begin EMV SRC rollout for easier online checkout
November 13, 2019
American Express, Visa, Mastercard and Discover announced the arrival of more secure checkout experiences due to the long-awaited implementation of the EMV…
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Credit One, American Express launch co-branded rewards card
November 6, 2019
Credit One Bank and American Express are launching a co-branded rewards card called the Credit One Bank American Express Card, which offers 1% cash back on all…
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Kroger: Visa credit cards now welcome
October 31, 2019
It's safe to whip out your Visa credit card when shopping at Kroger and its family of stores. The cards are now welcome, after a seven-month ban at Kroger and…
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Venmo launches cashback rewards program with major retailers
October 29, 2019
Venmo, the P2P platform from PayPal, is launching its first-ever rewards program that pays cash back to customers when they use their card at participating…
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Mobile payment not yet meeting industry projections
October 21, 2019
Mobile payment transactions are not yet meeting industry projections and a big reason is a lack of confidence by the consumer.
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Self-checkout market to hit $4B by 2024
October 10, 2019
The self-checkout system market is predicted to jump from this year's value of $2 billion to over $4 billion by 2024, according to a Global Market Insights…
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Alipay mobile wallet growth up 20%
September 25, 2019
Ant Financial chairman and CEO Eric Jing said that Alipay and its local e-wallet providers served 1.2 billion customers around the world in June 2019, a 20…
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ING teams with Aifi, Dutch grocer on cashierless concept store
September 9, 2019
Grocery store chain Albert Heijn has teamed with ING Group, the Amsterdam-based banking company and California-based startup Aifi, to test a new cashierless…
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Southwest embraces Apple Pay in deal with CellPoint, UATP
September 9, 2019
Cellpoint Digital and UATP announced a multi-year agreement with Southwest Airlines to integrate Apple Pay as an alternative payment method for tickets and…
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Amazon testing human hand-scanning for payment process, report says
September 5, 2019
Amazon is reportedly testing scanners that can identify a human hand as a point-of-sale cashier option.
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Discover Card leads JD Power customer satisfaction survey
September 3, 2019
Discover Card is tops on the 2019 J.D. Power survey for customer satisfaction for the fifth time in the last six years.
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Are mobile payments on the verge of a breakthrough?
by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group
Despite years of hype and expectations that failed to materialize, U.S. mobile payment adoption may be close to a breakthrough as issuers transition to…
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National Australia Bank tests cashless payment for small, solo merchants
August 9, 2019
National Australia Bank is testing a tap-on-phone technology that allows small businesses and sole proprietors to accept cashless payments.
read nowToms debuts new checkout payment option
August 8, 2019
Toms, a shoe and accessories retailer, is partnering with payments provider Klarna to offer two additional pay options at online checkout. Shoppers can now pay…
read nowCashierless checkout startup raises $35M in funding
August 8, 2019
Standard Cognition, which provides cashierless checkout technology, has raised $35 million in Series B funding, which more than doubles its valuation to $53…
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July 23, 2019
LG Electronics USA has jumped into the mobile wallet arena by announcing the launch of LG Pay, a new platform that is available for download via Google Play on…
read nowACI Worldwide, Worldpay to expand alternative payment options for overseas merchants
July 22, 2019
ACI Worldwide entered an agreement with Worldpay Inc. to drive the acceptance of alternative payment methods by merchants in international markets.
read nowWex expands mobile payment platform to thousands of gas stations
July 18, 2019
Wex Inc. entered an agreement with Shell Oil Co. to make its Wex Fleet DriverDash mobile fuel payment platform available to fleet drivers at thousands of Shell…
read nowNets, Swish launch in-store tap-and-pay pilot for merchants in Sweden
July 16, 2019
Payments firm Nets A/S and Swedish payments app Swish are planning to launch a pilot program at two restaurants that are owned by one of the country's leading…
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