Finnair is gearing up to offer online payments in-flight, announcing it has teamed up with ePassi, Finland’s ePayment platform to provide Alipay to travelers. According to a report, Finnair said it’s the first airline around the globe to offer online payment platform Alipay. The airline operator...
Target is gearing up to get into the mobile pay game, with Recode reporting the retailer plans to launch a mobile payment feature in one or more of its mobile apps. According to the report, citing comments that Chief Information and Digital Officer Michael McNamara...
Wirecard, the digital payment company, announced Tuesday (Jan. 17) it is rolling out its mobile payment solution, boon, in France. In a press release, Wirecard said that, after initially launching boon in the U.K. market in May, it is now rolling it out to France, making...
Airtel, the largest telecom provider in India, announced Thursday (Jan. 12) the national launch of a mobile payments bank, which, according to a report, is India’s first one. According to the report, Airtel is taking advantage of a big push by the Indian government to...
HSBC is gearing up to take on Hong Kong P2P mobile payment company Jetco, launching its own P2P mobile payment app. According to a report, HSBC has a holding page online that invites cardholders to sign up for the payment service. HSBC is enticing consumers by...
Thanks in part to the convenience of mobile pay, charitable giving during the holidays surpassed $971 million in 2016, according to PayPal. According to a report, which cited data from PayPal’s interactive tracker, the payment company’s online giving platform, in 2016, PayPal said it processed $7.3...
In the U.S., mobile payment options have expanded over the past few years. Adoption, however, has been slower on the uptake, with only modest growth even over last year. As PYMNTS’ Karen Webster recently put it this week: “Consumer adoption on mobile pay has been...
In a big CES reveal, Samsung Vice President and General Manager of Services and New Business at Samsung America Nana Murugesan told the crowd that since the introduction of Samsung Rewards, the South Korean electronics giant has seen its daily use almost double. Samsung Pay — which...
The global mobile wallet market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 35.5 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to research firm Research and Markets. In a press release highlighting the launch of new research, dubbed “Global Mobile Wallet Market 2017–2021,” Research and Markets said...