Bharti Airtel, which provides telecommunications services, is teaming up with Qualcomm, a chipmaker and wireless tech company, to accelerate the pace of the 5G rollout in India. The companies said the partnership’s activities would “create new opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses to become viable...
ByteDance has launched a mobile payments service for Douyin, the Chinese version of the popular short-video app TikTok, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Jan. 19). The Beijing company is looking to expand its eCommerce business and take on China’s big payments platforms — Ant Group’s Alipay...
Globe Fintech Innovations of the Philippines, the FinTech arm of Globe Telecom and the operator of the mobile wallet GCash, has landed $175 million in additional venture funding. In a press release, Globe Fintech, known as Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and other existing...
Mastercard is testing a cloud-based setup that will “enable contactless payments acceptance via a mobile phone.” This Cloud Tap on Phone will mean that “any business – regardless of size – can deliver new and best-in-class contactless consumer experiences using a device they already own:...
FriendShip Kitchen, an Ohio-based chain of convenience restaurants, has become the first U.S. retailer to be certified as Safe Shop Assured by implementing contactless pickup using Paytronix’s guest engagement platform. FriendShip Kitchen said that its new FriendShip Curbside service allows customers to order and pickup...
Verishop is integrating with iOS to enable users to hold video chats while also exploring places to shop, the company announced in a press release Tuesday (Dec 15). Shop Party, a new app feature, allows consumers to hang out and shop with their friends online,...
Square is offering merchants in the beauty and wellness industry a point of sale (POS) tool that integrates appointments, payments and checkout for a streamlined, secure process. Square Appointments is a front desk solution that works with the business payments processing tool Square Register. The...
A new front in the battle between Apple’s App Store and the maker of “Fortnite” has opened up as app makers have formed a new trade group. The nonprofit Coalition for App Fairness emerged Thursday (Sept. 24) and reportedly plans to push for legal and...
When stadiums and concert venues open up once again, fans may find themselves in a whole new technological ballgame. This includes touchless payments and mobile ordering technology. Industry giant Ticketmaster and VenueNext, a mobile commerce tech provider, are dialing up a partnership aimed at addressing...
