Search Results for: digital payments
Swift: 73 banks worldwide joined the global payments innovation initiative
July 1st, 2016
More than 70 banks worldwide collaborate to dramatically improve the cross-border payments experience with greater speed, transparency and end-to-end tracking SWIFT announces today that 73 banks worldwide have now joined its global payments innovation initiative, designed to improve the cross-border ...
Indian payments industry set for rapid changes
June 30th, 2016
Initiatives such as Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and mobile technology are giving a boost to banking and payments The amount of cash in circulation in India is estimated at around 18% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), making ...
Microsoft brings contactless payments to Windows 10 phones
June 22nd, 2016
Following the lead of Apple, Google and Samsung, Microsoft is bringing contactless payments to Windows 10 mobile phones. Initially only available to ‘Windows Insiders’ in the US with Lumia 950, 950 XL and 650 handsets, the new feature lets ...
Mobile payments: The new future of commerce
June 16th, 2016
We look at how the mobile commerce space is advancing and why this often overlooked part of the brand engagement process is important for marketers to focus back on Many sales and marketing campaigns would be pointless if they ...
Visa introduced Digital Commerce App that enables financial insitutions to grow their mobile capabilities
June 8th, 2016
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) introduced the Visa Digital Commerce App, an issuer-branded mobile commerce solution that enables financial institutions to offer their own mobile app to customers with valuable card management services – ultimately expanding and strengthening their Visa credit, debit ...
Spain is the first country in Europe to introduce Samsung Pay contactless payments
June 6th, 2016
Samsung Electronics today has announced the launch in Spain of Samsung Pay, a secure and simple mobile payments service that works anywhere you can pay with a contactless credit or debit card. Spain is the first country in Europe ...
Japan approves new regulations for digital currency exchanges
June 1st, 2016
According to latest reports, the Diet in Japan (the legislature that is composed of the Lower and the Upper Houses) has approved a bill on Wednesday to regulate operators of virtual currency exchanges in the country, in order to ...
Mobile Payments: Where’s the Benefit?
May 5th, 2016
The ‘use case’ for mobile payments, particularly at the point of sale, is still not strong enough to lure the bulk of smartphone owners. Apple’s Tim Cook speaks of mobile payment adoption as if the market is exploding. On ...
MasterCard Digital Enablement Service Propels Growth of Secure Digital Transactions across Europe with More than 60 Projects Underway
April 6th, 2016
The adoption of digital payments continues to grow worldwide with MasterCard predicting that by 2020, 38 percent of payments made throughout Europe will be digital. This shift in consumer behavior will be powered safely and securely by the MasterCard Digital ...
Bank of America Makes Online Payments Seamless With Visa Checkout
April 4th, 2016
Streamlines Access and Simplifies Enrollment Through Bank of America’s Online Banking In the latest step at simplifying consumer payments, Bank of America announced today that it will pre-select customers’ eligible Visa cards for enrollment in Visa Checkout directly from ...
