The number of global smartphones used to make in-store contactless payments is predicted to increase by 1,000 percent this year. And as the annual Mobile World Congress comes to an end tomorrow, one thing that’s become even clearer: mobile will continue to be a remarkable...
MasterCard will be issuing every adult in Egypt a mobile-based debit card account that will double as a national ID card, the card brand and the Egyptian government announced on Tuesday (March 3) at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Get the Full Story Complete the...
For Apple Pay, it’s 98 and counting. Apple confirmed on Tuesday (March 3) that 17 more financial institutions have gone live with full Apple Pay support in the past two weeks, bringing the total just shy of the century mark, 9to5 Mac reported. Get the...
MasterCard is partnering with mobile ticketing and “intelligent travel solutions” provider Cubic Transportation Systems to stitch payments and retail offers into Cubic’s public transit ticketing and trip-planning app, the companies announced at Mobile World Congress. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 2, Visa, Accenture and Pizza Hut announced a new proof-of-concept connected car program that will enable drivers to order and pay for pizza using car dashboard software. The partnership will combine Visa Checkout’s payments features, Accenture’s...
While there are no shortage of electric cards that promise to be a physical home for all of a consumer’s divergent plastic rectangles, Stratos stands out and is reportedly close to shipping out to the public. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
It didn’t take long for Costco to replace American Express and find new partners for its co-branded credit cards as the wholesaler retailer announced Monday (March 2) that it has chosen Citigroup and Visa as its new credit partners starting April 1, 2016. Get the...
Visa is extending its presence into the African mobile money market through a new partnership with Bharti Airtel to bring mobile payments services to seven additional countries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Billion dollar companies lose 3 percent or more of their revenues a year to mobile fraud. Many have resorted to frequent, impractical creation of complicated passwords to stop these losses – but that just isn’t cutting it. Biometrics, however, introduce “a new paradigm in user...
