On its quest to conquer the digital world, MasterCard announced yesterday (June 10) the launch of MasterPass in Belgium, a digital platform which will be implemented by Buy Way, a credit on the point of sale. Buy Way’s 585,000 customers can now activate their MasterPass wallet...
Judo Payments, Europe’s only mobile-first payments platform, confirmed this week (June 9) that it will support Apple Pay during its launch in the U.K. this coming July. Until recently it was still unclear where the launch would take place. Now that we know Apple Pay...
SumUp, Europe’s leading mPOS company, has raised at least $45 million (€40 million) to date to continue expansion and work on the next generation of its payment hardware around contactless payments, reports TechCrunch. SumUp is a German startup, launched in 2012 with its headquarters in London....
The Sex Pistols have gotten behind a credit card. This is not an extremely late April Fool’s story – though it might well be the moment that history officially calls “time of death” on punk rock. Yes, the band that famously sang “Your future dream...
MasterCard is taking its case to the British authorities that bitcoin (and its digital currency brethren) needs additional regulation. “In the current environment we feel that the risks of digital currencies outweigh the benefits,” the company wrote (in a letter digital currency website Coindesk managed to...
Ever gotten frustrated trying to get a waiter’s attention so you could pay for your meal and continue with your busy day? Things are about to change in the U.K. Pay-At-Table, a new app feature launched this week (June 8) by restaurant booking service Bookatable.co.uk,...
Despite the fact that smartphones and bank cards are NFC-based and that new NFC driven apps are increasingly available, the technology remains rather marginal in France. The infrastructure is there without the interest, reports ZDNet in France. One hurdle is the fact that stores are ill-equipped, and...
In an attempt to reassure the Silicon Valley, the Commissioner in charge of the EU’s digital economy, Andrus Ansip, claimed yesterday in an interview with the The Wall Street Journal that the EU’s single digital market is not about protectionism, but really about opportunities. In the...
Iyzico, a Turkish payment service provider for apps and e-commerce, has just raised a $6.2 million Series B, bringing up its total to $9.4 million since launched in May 2012, Techcrunch reports. The round was lead by International Finance Corporation (IFC- of the World Bank...