It’s been 20 months since Apple Pay launched. Twenty months later what has happened? How many consumers use Apple Pay? How often do they use it? And how much do they spend? Well, Apple isn’t so keen on giving up those numbers. But as detailed...
In the mood for a little role play today? Your head of product walks into your office with his end of quarter report for one of your flagship services. This service was positioned as a critical feature in driving demand for other products and services...
New reports indicate that Alipay’s team is in negotiations with Wirecard over Alipay taking a 25 percent stake in the German banking software company. This is according to Bild am Sonntag, a German newspaper which noted that Wirecard was in private talks to take an investment...
Two different banks — JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. Two different studies on the same topic — mobile banking and mobile payments. Two very different results. What Consumers Said JPMC’s study consisted of 1,008 respondents from a survey of 1,500 adults across the...
NanoPay, a payments and loyalty platform provider, has launched the MintChip digital currency platform for consumers. This commercial deployment of MintChip, which the company lauds as a “regulator-friendly digital cash platform designed to be a safe, secure and fast way to send money and pay...
Just how attached are consumers to their mobile devices? Very, according to new survey results. In a recent Chase survey that consisted of 1,500 adults, 32 percent said they would be upset if they lost their cellphone, but just 19 percent of those reported being...
At the start of the year, I wrote a piece that outlined six trends that I suggested would set the agenda for payments innovation and commerce reinvention in 2016. The foundation for those six trends was the ability for innovators to leverage the near ubiquity...
Walmart Pay is making its way across the U.S. Well, at least to two more states: Alabama and Georgia. But what does that mean for Walmart Pay’s mobile payments footprint? We break it down in today’s 5-in-1: $45B-$60B | Amount of new sales Walmart plans to...
Walmart Pay has started its expansion across the U.S. with two more states. The retailer announced yesterday (June 16) that the mobile payment service will expand to stores in Alabama and Georgia. This service allows a customer with any iOS or Android smartphone with a major...