NXP Semiconductors, Visa and Mastercard are launching mWallet 2GOm, a white-label service aimed at smoothing efforts to develop mobile wallets. As Rafael Sotomayor, SVP of secure transactions and identification at NXP Semiconductors, tells Karen Webster, whether it’s payments on your wrist, payments via spoken word,...
Cryptocurrency company TransCrypt has launched its beta payments platform to the public. “Today, TransCrypt reaches the biggest milestone in the company’s history so far with the launch of its app,” said Nick Machulis, CEO of TransCrypt, according to Mobile Payments Today. “We’re set on a...
AT&T has launched a new product, the LTE-M button, that allows users to place orders online in one click. According to Engadget, the service is designed for businesses. While it’s not pre-programmed like Amazon’s Dash buttons, companies can program it to accomplish tasks that fit...
Square may be closing in on PayPal a bit, with the company’s monthly downloads of the Square Cash app increasing at a faster rate. Barron’s, citing a research report issued this week by Nomura Instinet, reported that monthly downloads of Square Cash are happening at...
Veea Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with CITCON, a cross-border mobile payment company, that will make Alipay and WeChat Pay available to more U.S. merchants. Businesses that use VeeaPay will also be able to accept Alipay and WeChat Pay payments. In addition, businesses can...
Chase has announced that small and mid-sized retailers who sell on the eCommerce platform BigCommerce will soon be able to accept Chase Pay on their online stores. In addition, BigCommerce will enable immediate merchant onboarding with WePay, a Chase company. The additions, expected to happen...
iZettle, the mobile payments company, disclosed Tuesday (May 8) that it will list on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange in 2018. According to a report in Reuters citing iZettle, it would mark one of the largest FinTechs in Europe to become a public company. The listing, noted Reuters, depends...
To offer customers more convenient payment options, Grubhub is adding Venmo to its platform. With the new functionality, consumers will have an easier way to share the cost of a delivery order with friends, Grubhub said in a announcement. Customers purchasing food on Grubhub, Seamless or...
To enable mobile payments, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is working with its fare payment vendor to upgrade its payment capabilities. WMATA seeks to be “mobile ready” by 2019, the agency said in a statement. “Mobile fare payment is the future of transit, giving...