Samsung South Africa has added a new QR payment feature to its digital wallet. Scan to Pay is designed to offer Samsung Galaxy users an alternative to physical cards and make checkout quicker, the tech company announced Friday (Aug. 28). “Scan to Pay is designed...
Apple’s next major iPhone software update will enable users to build digital gift cards and tickets, Bloomberg reported Monday (May 4), citing unnamed sources. The new “Create a Pass” feature in the Wallet app is designed for situations in which a business provides a QR...
Real-time payments are becoming a fixture in financial ecosystems across North America, driven by updates in network capabilities, expanded transaction limits and innovative use cases. The latest edition of the Real-Time Payments World Map tracks several key developments in the United States and Canada that...
As QR codes have grown in popularity, so too have QR-code driven scams. “Because they are everywhere — from gas pumps and yard signs to television commercials — they’re simultaneously useful and dangerous,” Dustin Brewer, senior director of proactive cybersecurity services at BlueVoyant, said in...
August 06, 2025
Real-time payments are becoming a fixture in financial ecosystems across North America, driven by updates in network capabilities, expanded transaction limits and innovative use cases. The latest edition of the Real-Time Payments World Map tracks several key developments in the United States and Canada that highlight the continued evolution of fast, efficient payments. In the […]
May 21, 2025
Business-to-business (B2B) transactions typically involve higher volumes and more complex authorization than consumer payments. Companies must balance usability with security, often managing multiple layers of authentication for different roles, departments...
May 07, 2025
Latin America is undergoing a dramatic shift in how money moves. But it isn’t traditional financial institutions that are leading the charge. Instead, mobile wallets and real-time payment systems are...
January 13, 2025
Digital payments are growing in Latin America as companies like Mercado Libre and TerraPay rapidly advance digital banking and digital wallets in the region. Central bank instant payments mandates and...
August 30, 2026
Samsung South Africa has added a new QR payment feature to its digital wallet. Scan to Pay is designed to offer Samsung Galaxy users an alternative to physical cards and make checkout quicker, the tech company announced Friday (Aug. 28). “Scan to Pay is designed to remove unnecessary friction from everyday transactions,” the company said […]
May 04, 2026
Apple’s next major iPhone software update will enable users to build digital gift cards and tickets, Bloomberg reported Monday (May 4), citing unnamed sources. The new “Create a Pass” feature...
July 27, 2025
As QR codes have grown in popularity, so too have QR-code driven scams. “Because they are everywhere — from gas pumps and yard signs to television commercials — they’re simultaneously...
January 02, 2025
KuCoin introduced a solution designed to bring cryptocurrency payments into the retail sector. The digital asset exchange’s KuCoin Pay aims to bridge “ the gap between traditional retail and crypto,...
