With Americans preparing to enter a holiday shopping season they might not be able to afford, Venmo has debuted a pair of tools it says are designed to help consumers spend smarter. Beginning Tuesday (Nov. 22), customers can find and donate to the charity of...
Once upon a time, we used our mobile phones solely to make calls. And now those super-powered devices are the launching pads to getting everything done. Once upon a time, we got in the car and drove to the supermarket, grabbed a cart with squeaky...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Sezzle has launched a partnership with Sensepass, maker of “The Wallet of Wallets,” to tap into continued consumer interest in contactless payments. Through the partnership, shoppers can make payments via the Sensepass hub, which accepts card payments, platforms like Venmo...
Between growing smartphone penetration, the proliferation of new FinTech solutions and a growing shift from cash to digital payments, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region has experienced a significant increase in digital payment volumes over the past two years. Data published last week by the...
Even before the pandemic heightened local demand, contactless card use had been growing in the United Kingdom as far back as 2007 when the “OnePulse” card was launched, limiting payments to £10 (about $10). But since October 2021, when the spending limit for contactless cards...
Square’s Early Access Program for Tap to Pay on iPhone is officially over and the payment option is now available to all sellers in the U.S. using an iPhone and Square’s point of sale (POS) app. Early access to Square’s iPhone Tap to Pay option...
Shopify has unveiled POS Go, a point-of-sale (POS) hardware solution that lets merchants transact sales “from counter to curb.” “With POS Go, merchants can close the sale anywhere, while viewing detailed product information, customer notes and purchase history to level up the in-store experience,” the...
Financial technology platform Adyen has partnered with Block’s mobile payment method Cash App to become the first such platform to offer Cash App outside of its Square ecosystem. With this partnership, businesses working with Adyen will be able to begin accessing Cash App Pay as...
Kenya has been at the forefront of Africa’s mobile money revolution ever since Safaricom launched the continent’s first mobile money platform M-Pesa, but Ethiopia has lagged behind its neighbor and other countries in the region. In fact, it’s only this month that Ethiopian FinTech Kacha...
