Japan, in the last several years, has been something of a puzzle among mobile payments watchers around the world. It’s the market that should ignite but stubbornly refuses to. Its population is internationally renowned for being enthusiastic early tech adopters. They are eager participants in...
Sionic Mobile has announced the launch of mobile payments at gas pumps without requiring a mobile app. The company is integrating its secure, zero-friction ULink service with fuel dispenser supplier Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Passport point-of-sale solution, enabling fast and convenient payment at all PoS systems, payment...
FinTech startup Flutterwave is teaming up with Alipay to offer digital payments between Alipay and African merchants. Founded in Nigeria, Flutterwave is a a payments API that makes it easier for banks and businesses to process payments across Africa. “We’ve managed to connect African countries…to...
Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay has announced that it is facilitating payments through Alipay and WeChat Pay at Harrods’ Knightsbridge store in London, according to a press release. RiverPay’s in-store payments system supporting Alipay and WeChat Pay has been integrated with Harrods’ existing payments...
GoCardless has announced that DocuSign will deploy its SaaS-based payments platform for its European customer base. The U.K.-based, direct debit company revealed that DocuSign customers will now be able to access the GoCardless platform through Zuora, enabling customers throughout the U.K. and Europe to select...
Mobile food ordering moved from niche to mainstream in just a few years. According to the new Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker, the volume of food and beverage orders placed via mobile apps grew by 130 percent between 2016 and 2018. Currently, 60 percent of U.S. consumers...
Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay revealed that its staged merchant acquisition initiative with China UnionPay is growing in the North American retail industry. Since the launch of the partnership earlier this year, RiverPay has been expanding its payment portfolio by adding UnionPay QR code...
A new report shows that Square’s Cash App downloads increased by 2.2 million last month, while Venmo’s were up 1.7 million. According to a report from Nomura Instinet analyst Dan Dolev, the data also shows a slowdown in Venmo’s user acquisition. While year-over-year growth for...
Mobile wallet players across Europe and Alipay, the Chinese digital payment player, announced Monday (June 10) they are teaming up to promote QR code payment interoperability. In a press release, Bluecode, ePassi, momo pocket, Pagaqui, Pivo, Vipps and Alipay said they will adopt a unified...