Payment Methods

Will Apple Pay Increase Online Sales?
November 19, 2014

Adobe Digital Index says that online stores that enable digital wallet payment options are likely to experience a higher conversion rate, with customers 10% more likely to check out when a mobile wallet option is available. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Square Adds Gift Cards To Its Mix
November 19, 2014

Square is getting back into the gift card business this holiday season — but this time, the mobile payments service is selling physical cards to its retailers, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

International
Alibaba Makes It Australian Move
November 19, 2014

Right after its executives signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on Monday (Nov. 17), Alibaba held a briefing in Melbourne to promise to bring far more Australian “products, brands and businesses” to China’s online shoppers through both Alipay and the Taobao Marketplace, Forbes is reporting....

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Google Wallet Now Bribing Shoppers To Join
November 19, 2014

If you can download Google Wallet and can somehow persuade enough friends—OK, if you’re trying to force them to use Google Wallet, maybe you better go for acquaintances and distant relatives from your spouse’s family—to do the same, you could pull in $100. Get the...

Apple Exec Eddy Cue Explores The Apple Pay Experience
November 18, 2014

Apple SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue was featured yesterday on The Tech Report in a segment that utilized the iPhone 6 to make purchases using the newest mobile wallets solution, Apple Pay. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Why Global Financial Inclusion Programs Fail
November 18, 2014

For well over a decade, players across the payments space and all around the world have been trying to crack the code on delivering mobile financial services to the un-and-underbanked consumer. And despite many great ideas and the urgent need to move those without bank...

Mobile Payment Startup Taps Into Indian Villages
November 18, 2014

Ezetap, a mobile payment startup, wants to connect small Indian villages with business and is using its mPoS to do so, Business Standard reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Snapchat Partners With Square
November 18, 2014

Photo-sharing service Snapchat has launched a new, photo-free use for its network: Sending money. The company announced a partnership with Square on Monday (Nov. 17) and went live with a person-to-person payment service called Snapcash for its 100 million active users.

Mobile Payments To Explode By 2019
November 18, 2014

Mobile Payments currently accounts for about $50 billion, but that number is expected to nearly triple by 2019 to $142 billion, the New York Times cited from a report from Forrester Research. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...