contactless payments

Contactless payments are various touch free ways of paying. When you tap to pay with your contactless card or payment-enabled device, checkout is safe and secure. These payments are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards (RFID, and NFC), or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices.

Mastercard, UAE Exchange: Building A Cashless Middle East

Mastercard, UAE Exchange: Building A Cashless Middle East
Mastercard, UAE Exchange: Building A Cashless Middle East
February 20, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Carrying wads of hard currency in an overstuffed wallet has ceased to be fashionable, thanks to the advent and proliferation of plastic money and cashless...

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Half Of Payments Executives Are Focused On Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Payments
Half Of Payments Executives Are Focused On Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Payments
February 19, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

With the advent of emerging FinTech startups, banks face some competition for payments. When a consumer or a company wants to send a payment, they...

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NXT-ID Enables Pay With Bitcoin
NXT-ID Enables Pay With Bitcoin
February 08, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Fit Pay, a unit of NXT-ID, announced news on Thursday (Feb. 8) of the launch of FlipTM, a contactless payment device for cryptocurrency holders. Get...

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PayPal On Taking Merchants From Here — To Their Multichannel Anywhere
PayPal On Taking Merchants From Here — To Their Multichannel Anywhere
February 07, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Consumers don’t really care what word retailers and payments providers use to describe a seamless payment experience across all of the places they shop on...

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The Future Of Banking Comes To Sunday’s Big Game
The Future Of Banking Comes To Sunday’s Big Game
February 02, 2018  |  Innovation

Whether their money is on the Pats or the Eagles, one thing is for sure: Football fans will be spending a lot of it this...

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iZettle Grabs $47M Additional Funding, Eyes Market Expansion
iZettle Grabs $47M Additional Funding, Eyes Market Expansion
December 13, 2017  |  News

iZettle has grabbed €40 million in funding (the equivalent of $47 million) that the Stockholm-based payments firm will use to expand into new markets. Get...

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Visa Eyes Transit Operators With New Business Unit
Visa Eyes Transit Operators With New Business Unit
November 14, 2017  |  VISA

In an effort to get more travelers to use a debit, credit or prepaid card when commuting, Visa announced news of the launch of its...

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Square’s Services And Payments Volumes Are Sizzling – So Why Are Investors Skeptical?
Square’s Services And Payments Volumes Are Sizzling – So Why Are Investors Skeptical?
November 09, 2017  |  Earnings

Square continued its 2017 run of earnings strength with the release of its latest quarterly results on Wednesday (Nov. 8), notching growth in both payments...

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