Aspire, the first business neobank in Southeast Asia, unveiled plans to go “plastic-less” via the issuance of Visa corporate cards with the help of FinTech firm Nium. The tie-up will also make all Aspire cards available on Google Pay, according to an announcement. “Making Aspire’s...
Uber Eats has introduced a contactless ordering feature that will work when diners are eating in a restaurant as the fight against COVID-19 continues. USA Today reported the “Uber Eats Contactless Order Feature” allows users to pay the tab with the app while at a...
Visa is teaming with Norwegian digital-wallet company Vipps on a new initiative to boost mobile payments in Europe, according to a report from Cards International. With the new strategic partnership, Visa clients can use Vipps’ platform to make digital wallets and offer diverse ways for...
Square Inc. has been having a very good year. The San Francisco-based financial services company, developer of Cash App, the mobile payment platform that allows users to transfer money, has seen its stock soar by 173 percent this year. Its stock opened Wednesday (Sept. 2) at...
Remitly, which sells financial services products aimed at making it easier for immigrants to send money electronically to recipients in their countries of origin, said on Wednesday (Aug. 26) that its mobile wallet network has nearly doubled in size this year. The network now includes 300...
Though the great consumer shift to digital is often seen as a side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s not entirely accurate, Mike Cowen, Mastercard’s head of digital payments for the U.K., Ireland, Nordics and Baltics told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. For a certain segment...
After Epic Games provided gamers with a discounted way to purchase digital items directly via the company, Apple took the Fortnite app off of its App Store Thursday (Aug. 13) and noted that the game contravened its rules. The game maker filed suit soon after,...
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messenger program, is expected to enter India’s payments market after becoming compliant with the country’s data-localization standards, according to a report from YourStory.com. WhatsApp Pay made its first foray into India in 2018 with a beta launch. Now it will be available...
Mobile payments penetration has historically faced a gap in Southeast Asia, Joel Neoh, founder of leading regional online-to-offline company Fave, told Karen Webster. Consumers in locales like Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines can store payments credentials on their phones and make online purchases with no...
