Retailers are bullish on the holiday shopping season thanks to consumer optimism, but a bigger factor affecting their end-of-year sales could be the great expectations of mobile payments users. To cater to the mobile shopper, Home Depot is introducing chatbots, and Sam’s Club members can...
Samsung said on Tuesday (Sept. 27) that its one anniversary of Samsung Pay in the United States has brought some new features to the payments platform. In a release, Samsung said that the past year has brought several milestones, among them support from more than...
Netclearance, the smart beacon technology provider, announced on Thursday (Sept. 22) the launch of its latest beacon: the mBeaconVend. The mBeaconVend is a mobile-agnostic beacon technology that enables vending machines to accept payments directly from a smartphone mobile wallet, ending the requirement for loose change...
Iliad, the payment testing software company, is warning that the mobile payment industry is growing rapidly and changing, presenting risks for companies as they integrate these systems with their existing ones. In a press release, U.K.-based Iliad’s chief executive, Anthony Walton, laid out what he...
Android Pay has been making inroads into the banking arena, across both the United States and the United Kingdom, with a less-than-heralded addition of 44 banks to its roster of financial institutions that work with the payments platform. Android Police reported on Tuesday (Sept. 20) that the...
At these ATMs, mobile money flows and water flows, too. Mobile World Live reported that Swedish tech firm Ericsson and pump maker Grundfos have announced a partnership to bring to Kenya’s markets an ATM water dispenser that also takes mobile payments. The site stated that the goal...
Taking a page from competitor Vodacom South Africa, MTN South Africa is canceling its mobile payments platform, Mobile Money. According to a report, the move comes a few weeks after reports surfaced that it halted signing on new Mobile Money customers in order to gauge...
In Brisbane, Xero announced that it has partnered with Macquarie Bank to build out the BPAY payments technology and functionality, to launch initially with Macquarie’s DEFT (to bill customers) and with EFTPOS provider Tyro (to pay suppliers). The functionality should be live by the end of the...
Consumers in France may be using their mobile phones and devices to shop online, but when it comes to how they pay, mobile payment methods aren’t as popular. That’s according to a new report by CCM Benchmark on digital commerce. According to a report highlighting...