UnionPay International announced on Tuesday (Aug. 16) that several daily-spending merchants in Canada will start accepting UnionPay mobile QuickPass, marking the debut of the service in North America. Before its entrance into Canada, UnionPay mobile QuickPass was accepted at over 220,000 POS terminals in Hong...
A love of rewards programs and befuddlement with mobile technology were some of the findings from the latest PYMNTS/InfoScout Mobile Payments adoption tracker, which has polled 4,000 consumers over the last 18 months. Comparisons between Android mobile payments and Apple Pay users show that more...
It’s amazing what you can find when you dig into the data. We have tens of thousands of data points from questions we’ve asked 4,000 consumers every quarter over the last 18 months, in conjunction with InfoScout, about the adoption of mobile payments. The last...
Vending machines in Canada are getting high-tech, and they have Apple Pay and PayRange to thank. On Monday (Aug. 8), the Canadian National Vending Alliance (CNVA) announced it has inked a partnership with PayRange, the mobile payment solution company, to allow customers to make mobile payments at...
MobiKwik, the mobile payments company, is teaming up with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to accept eCash payments on the latter’s eCatering service, Food on Track. The Food on Track app enables passengers to order and get food from preferred restaurants delivered...
We’ve been trying to ignite mobile payments now for more than a decade and we’ve barely moved the needle. Karen Webster says that it’s time to stop looking at our navels and even the future for inspiration – but back to the annals of payments...
Just when you think that it’s going to be hard, once again, to find a Sizzle, yesterday happens. SIZZLE Payments and Consumer Choice What a difference a day makes. Two days ago, the payments ecosystem was humming along as it always does. Maybe even more boring...
Big companies like PayPal have been dominating the digital payments world for many years. And then came Apple, along with the other tech companies, like Google and Samsung. And for years, banks have caught flack for not offering digital and mobile payments options that are up to...
Apple Pay is officially in play in another country: Switzerland. For Apple, this is the first country in Europe outside of the U.K. to start accepting Apple Pay as a payment method. Currently, the service is available in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, China and...