Jordan mobile provider Orange has announced that it will be offering mobile content back-up through Gemalto’s LinqUs Cloud Backup solution. Orange subscribers can save and restore their mobile data like the phonebook contacts ‘in the cloud’ in case of handset loss, change or damage, no...
French provider of semiconductor solutions for secure transactions and digital identity, INSIDE Secure, has announced that its M/Chip 4 payment applet has been certified by MasterCard. The payment applet can be used by banks, wallet providers, transit operators, mobile network operators, handset and tablet makers...
After getting in some trouble with Visa in Denmark, Finland and Norway, iZettle is back to the Nordic countries and has brought a new chip and PIN card reader. The new reader will be provided to old and new clients to allow them to take...
Wacom, the digital pen and tablet manufacturer has been saving time for thousands of customers of Spain’s Confederation of Saving Banks (CECA). The manufacturer was at Cartes 2012 showcasing the biometric digital signature solution it has been providing these banks with since 2009. Today, virtually...
According to WapSart and Openstat Russia is now home to 35 million mobile users, that is 25% of the country’s population. Mobile adoption has experience a speedy increase in the last few years, growing 51% in 2012. Russians are keen to use their smartphones for shopping...
According to SNCD’s “Mobile Marketing Attitude” Survey, 80% of French smartphone and tablet users would like mobile applications to access their loyalty schemes and even more would like to be able to store their loyalty cards on their mobile devices, to replace physical cards. Get...
When Diners Club first launched in 1950, it became the world’s first multi-purpose charge card and helped to define the card industry as we know it today. Now owned by Discover, and under the leadership of new President Eduardo Tobon, Diners Club International is seeking...
How can anyone predict what mobile payments will look like in 2018? By exploring how innovation and regulation will come to define the various players in the industry. PYMNTS.com spoke with Ted Bissell, mobile payments expert at PA Consulting, to discuss how he breaks down...
With social media continuing their worldwide growth, financial institutions must find ways to leverage the new medium to reach new customers, gain access to new data and enable payments capabilities on a global scale. PYMNTS.com spoke with Amit Sethi, managing director of India and Southeast...