A quarterly report filed this month indicates that MasterCard is paying lobbyists to concentrate on “Bitcoin and mobile payments,” according to TheHill. MasterCard is the first company to officially lobby on digital currency. TheHill reported that, since Congress has shown interest in bitcoin, MasterCard’s lobbying...
According to reports, Apple wants to incorporate mobile payments into the new phone.
MTN partnered with Tele10 to add a TV payment service to its payments options.
Commonwealth Bank launched an ATM system where customers can withdraw cash just by using their mobile device.
The new eWallet will encrypt bitcoins after a purchase so no one can trace where and who it came from.
mPay, which allows users to send up to £250 a day on their mobile phones using only phone numbers and without disclosing banking details, is already available to 30 million British Customers–those who bank with Barclays, Bank of Scotland, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds, Santander or TSB. Get the...
Despite a very active first quarter of 2014 that included, among other things, a very public fight with investor Carl Icahn over the future of PayPal, eBay's Q1 earning came in ahead of analyst predictions. PayPal also enjoyed a very strong Q 1, with total...
After purchasing a 44 percent stake nearly three years ago for a reported $28 million, Neiman Marcus is pulling out of China’s Glamor Sales Ltd. The Chinese company, which made a name for itself selling high-end fashions at a discount, was supposed to function as...
According to sources familiar with the situation, Intuit is currently in talks to purchase Check, a Mint-like mobile-finance app that allows users to track and pay bills. The service currently has 10 million users and Intuit is looking reportedly looking to scoop the company up...
