Visa Europe recently announced a partnership with Telefónica Digital, and at the same time, forecasted that by 2020, 50 percent of Visa transactions will be from a mobile device. PYMNTS.com spoke with Mary Carol Harris, Vice President and Head of Mobile, Visa Europe, and she...
The German economy is heavily reliant on cash for transactions whether big or small, and despite the proliferation of cashless payment methods in Germany, cash payments have by no means diminished. According to a report by the Deutsche Bundesbank, around 91 percent of consumers in...
Despite the financial crisis in Spain’s housing sector and the weakening of its banking sector, e-commerce seems to be on the rise according to predictions by eMarketer, and online digital intelligence and marketing firm. According to the source, ecommerce in Spain is projected to increase...
Buckaroo, a Dutch online payment service provider, has signed a contract with European Merchant Services (EMS), a provider of customer-oriented payment services for e-merchants operating in Europe. Online merchants and companies that are affiliated with Buckaroo can now have their credit card payments and other...
Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers is adopting technology from Mobile Money Network to enable readers of its tabloid to make purchases via their smartphones. On spotting a product in the advertisement supplements in the paper, the reader can input a QR code found alongside the...
The parking-by-smartphone service Pango has had success in Israel and Europe — about 2 million transactions a month in Israel, France, Germany and Poland — and is now setting stage for an entry into the American market, according to The Baltimore Sun. Dani Shavit holds...
Google Wallet appeared to have gained some positive momentum at the end of last week, when it said it had updated its mobile payment platform to accept any payment card issued by one of the four major U.S. payment networks. Get the Full Story Complete...
American Express says it may be the next company to be targeted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement actions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Just in time for the 22nd anniversary of the Jane’s Addiction farewell tour, otherwise known as Lollapalooza, Google made news with some pretty big changes to its digital wallet. Here’s our take on how Google may have just made its way thru the mosh pit...