Not only has Android Pay officially launched in the U.K. today (May 18), but the mobile wallet is also making some serious moves when it comes to the access and availability of its APIs to developers and a variety of new partners. Google announced today at...
Android Pay is finally making the hop across the pond and opening for business for British users. To sweeten the offer, Google is launching with Android Pay Day at the end of the month with special promotions for English users, though the specific shape of that...
Android Pay has officially come to the U.K. In a company blog post written by Pali Bhat, senior director of product management at Google, the details of its launch were revealed, with the additional news that more countries — Singapore and Australia — are expected to...
What’s next for MCX and its CurrentC mobile payments product? Well, according to a statement released by MCX CEO Brian Mooney late yesterday (May 16), via their PR rep, MCX and its CurrentC mobile payments product is folding its tent. But it’s not the end for...
Today, the mobile payments field has been reduced by one. A statement released by MCX CEO Brian Mooney late yesterday (May 16), via their PR rep, said that MCX and its CurrentC mobile payments product is folding its tent. The decision, said the written statement,...
It looks like the Barclays Mobile Banking app will be going head to head against Android Pay in the very near future. The U.K. bank announced on Thursday (May 12) that it will soon introduce a new capability to its mobile app that will enable...
Could it be that the best way to authenticate the consumer is by leveraging two things that everyone has — their voice and a mobile phone? That’s inspiration for one company: SayPay, a voice recognition and biometric authentication solutions provider for financial transactions. It uses its...
According to the latest data from Visa Europe, one in five in-person card transactions are now being made with a contactless card. That translates to roughly 3 billion tap-and-pay transactions in Europe over the course of the last 12 months, tripling levels from a year...
BBVA Compass has thrown its support behind two major mobile payment services: Android Pay and Samsung Pay. The financial institution announced that it has now made the services available for its cardholders, underscoring “BBVA Compass’ drive to provide more and varied ways for its customers to bank...