Barclays UK has announced the bank is now handling more than $6.52 billion in payments and transfers per month through its Pingit and mobile banking applications Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
In its first major deal after its record-breaking $25 billion IPO this month, Alibaba Group Holding has dropped almost a half-billion-dollars to buy a chunk of a Beijing firm that delivers technology services to hotels. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
The security system associated with the soon-to-be-released Apple Pay has been nearly universally praised as a significant advance in helping mobile payments go mainstream. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Coming soon to a Square merchant near you: the ability to pay with bitcoin or Apple Pay. Square CEO Jack Dorsey recently told reporters in Square’s new Canadian home-base that Square’s next reader will come equipped to handle both alternative payment methods. Get the Full...
This week, 400 hundred MasterCard partners from Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa gathered in Singapore to talk payments innovation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
Just a few weeks ago we thought that a $500 bitcoin floor was the bottom of the barrel, but bitcoin has dipped even further, reaching a new low, down in the 400’s. This week bitcoin took a long fall down to $410.61 from $450.68.
Predictive analytics firm Context Relevant has secured backing from some familiar banking players. The $13.5 million in new funding, on top of $21 million announced four months ago, comes from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bloomberg Beta, Goldman Sachs, Formation 8 and New York Life,...
Apple Pay may be the catalyst that mobile payments needed to get the payments ecosystem cranking, but that’s not all it did. It’s launched a whole new focus for the largest payments network in the world – tokens and data. Visa’s mobile chief, Bill Gajda,...
The Magic of the Camera Phone in Mobile Payments Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...
