June 20, 2012
Microsoft’s Windows 8 Phone Gets NFC Wallet, But Who Will...
Microsoft’s newest smartphone device will come equipped with the tech giant’s own version of the most hyped technology in payments: Windows Phone 8 has an NFC-enabled digital wallet. Get the...
June 20, 2012
KC Fed’s Hayashi: Mobile’s Chicken-And-Egg Problem Persists
Mobile payment applications may seem cool at first glance. But at least one industry expert isn’t quite yet convinced. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
June 19, 2012
Ingenico Signs New U.S. Distribution Deal with The Phoenix Group
Ingenico signed The Phoenix Group to a new multi-year distribution agreement according to a press release. TPG is said to be the largest independent distributor of POS terminals and solutions...
June 17, 2012
Chicago Moves Forward with Open-Loop Transit Payment Plan
Chicago-based bus agency Pace has partnered with the CTA to move open-loop transit payments a step further, Finextra reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
June 17, 2012
Hong Kong Firm Uses MasterCard PayPass for Nation’s First Mobile...
Asap Transaction Processing Corp Limited (Asap TP) has launched Hong Kong’s first contactless mobile wallet through a partnership with MasterCard, using the network’s new PayPass technology, Finextra reports. Get the...
June 14, 2012
France Readies For Expected eCommerce Boom
France is a booming e-commerce market. Juniper forecasts that there will be between 10 and 15 million people with contactless payment ready NFC phones in France by 2015. However only...
June 12, 2012
Contactless Cards Replace Cash in Turkish City
If Mayor Yılmaz BüyükerÅŸen has his way, the “inefficient and germ-ridden” use of cash will be nonexistent over the next few years in his Turkish town of EskiÅŸehir Metropolitan Municipality....
June 10, 2012
Major Spanish Bank Prepares Mass Rollout of Contactless EMV Cards
La Caixa, a Spanish bank with more than 10 million customers, is preparing a large-scale rollout of new Opetlio contactless EMV payment cards through a partnership with Gemalto, Mobile Payments...
May 31, 2012
UK Post Office To Bring Contactless Payments to 11,500 Locations
NFC has a new advocate: the U.K. Post Office is set to bring contactless payment acceptance to 30,000 registers in 11,500 postal locations, Finextra says. Get the Full Story Complete...
Dining in is back on the menu at many quick-service restaurants (QSRs), but digital ordering and payment options are still playing a major role in their operations. In the Order To Eat Tracker, a PYMNTS and Paytronix collaboration, Brad West, chief operating officer at Noodles & Company, explains how innovations like contactless payments and ordering are playing a key role in driving sales across all channels.
Mobile wallets are finally breaking into the mainstream, but Apple Pay’s dominance isn’t guaranteed. “Apple Pay @11: Usage is Up, but Competitors are Gaining Ground,” a PYMNTS Intelligence study, finds that weekly in-store wallet use has more than doubled since last year, yet credit and debit cards still rule checkout lines, and Google Pay, PayPal and Cash App are closing fast. Download your copy now.