Royal Mail, the U.K.’s postal service, may soon be carrying some typically unwelcome mail through a pilot project that allows online retailers to send marketing material to consumers who have visited their website, The Guardian reports. This means that junk mail which was once conveniently filtered into a spam...
Imagotag, a subsidiary of Store Electronic Systems (SES), an electronic shelf labels supplier, just sealed an exclusive agreement in Germany with a mysterious “leading international retailer.” The €35m contract, which is one of the world’s largest ESL roll-out agreements to date according to Imagotag’s website,...
Visa Europe CEO Nicholas Huss defended the case of credit cards in Europe during MoneyConf in Belfast, reports International Business Times. Huss explained that while contactless payments are indeed on the rise in Europe – with 2.4 million contactless paypoints at the moment – ultimately...
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s Competition Commissioner, announced last week (June 11) that the EU is looking into Amazon e-books business practices on its home turf. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
On its quest to conquer the digital world, MasterCard announced yesterday (June 10) the launch of MasterPass in Belgium, a digital platform which will be implemented by Buy Way, a credit on the point of sale. Buy Way’s 585,000 customers can now activate their MasterPass wallet...
Judo Payments, Europe’s only mobile-first payments platform, confirmed this week (June 9) that it will support Apple Pay during its launch in the U.K. this coming July. Until recently it was still unclear where the launch would take place. Now that we know Apple Pay...
SumUp, Europe’s leading mPOS company, has raised at least $45 million (€40 million) to date to continue expansion and work on the next generation of its payment hardware around contactless payments, reports TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The Sex Pistols have gotten behind a credit card. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...
MasterCard is taking its case to the British authorities that bitcoin (and its digital currency brethren) needs additional regulation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
