SimplyTapp, a leading provider of HCE services for merchants, announced late last week (Feb. 6) that it received an additional $2.5 million fundraising round as part of its Series B fundraising plan from mobile payments platform Mozido. This brings the total funding for the company...
FreeCharge, an India-based bill paying program that rewards users with emailed coupons has just completed an $80 million Series C fundraising round as the company prepares to expand its transactional advertising program, according to TechCrunch. This follows a $33 million Series B fundraising round back in...
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The growing popularity of contactless payments in the U.K. has propelled the spending limit on contactless cards to be raised by £10 to £30 starting September 2015. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Ant Financial, an affiliate of the Alibaba Group, announced Feb. 5 that it will take a 25 percent stake in Indian mobile payments company One97, according to TechCrunch. This move appears to line up with Jack Ma’s vision of getting Alibaba more involved in India, which...
It has been theorized by industry analysts that Apple Pay’s big breakthrough may when Apple Pay is introduced into the new Apple Watch. When that happens, Apple Pay will take off due to the ease of tapping a watch compared to whipping out one’s phone....
As merchants increasingly explore the realm of mobile payments, they are starting to explore ways to steer consumers toward certain purchase decisions, including which payment tender to use. And while those solutions are today being brought to market by innovators, that doesn’t mean financial institutions...
Buoyed by the success of the Target data theft case back in 2013, the main counsels of that case will now be part of the plaintiff’s general counsel in the Home Depot multi-district litigation case regarding that company’s own experience with data hackers between April...
Greg Goldfarb may be one of the only merchant innovators Karen Webster has ever talked to whose company is not about to develop its own mobile wallet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
