Search Results for: Mobile payments
Cryptocurrencies are getting more popular, but why someone to use them?
March 9th, 2017
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin or Ether are getting more popular among people as more companies tend to accept them as a mean of payments. Cryptocurrencies are not bound by geography or any Central Bank. Out there, exist over 3000 ...
Sage announces agreement to acquire Fairsail
March 7th, 2017
The Sage Group plc (“Sage”) the UK’s largest tech company today announces an agreement to acquire Fairsail, the UK’s fastest growing tech scale-up and the global cloud HCM and people management system for mid-sized businesses. Currently a minority shareholder, ...
Barclaycard to embed contactless payment in watches and jewellery
March 3rd, 2017
Barclaycard names new bPay partnerships to embed Contactless Payment in Watches and Jewellery Partnering DCK, with its range of ‘Tutch’ jewellery, and HK-based Tappy Technologies, a payment pioneer who embeds technology into traditional timepieces, instantly transforming them into wearable ...
Apple’s U.K. Suit Against Qualcomm Adds to Global Patent War
March 3rd, 2017
Lawsuit filed Thursday cites claim on patents and designs Apple says Qualcomm unfairly charges royalties for technology Apple Inc. sued Qualcomm Inc. in a U.K. court, adding to lawsuits across the globe in a sprawling battle over patents and ...
Visa to Launch First Everywhere Initiative in Europe
February 28th, 2017
Today, Visa announced that the Everywhere Initiative, an innovation program designed to encourage the development of the “next big thing” in payments, will expand into Europe. Entrants in Visa’s first-ever European Everywhere Initiative will have the opportunity to compete ...
Suits you sir: Contactless mirrors come to the fitting room
February 20th, 2017
Shoppers will soon be able to pay for items directly from the fitting room by tapping their NFC-equipped mobile phones at a virtual checkout located on a contactless mirror developed by San Francisco innovation outfit Oak Labs. Created in ...
Plus500 reports Preliminary Results for the Year 2016
February 7th, 2017
International online trading platform provider, Plus500, reports record preliminary unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Financial Highlights: · Record year with strong revenue growth due to increase in New Customers3 and Active Customers4 · Net profit ...
China Fintech Deals Double In 2016 While US, Europe Decline
February 2nd, 2017
Chinese investors continued aggressively investing in financial technology (fintech) last year, despite a slowdown in other major markets around the world. Fintech investments in China doubled during the first nine months of 2016 year-on-year, driven by major funding rounds ...
MoneyGram Agrees to Merge with Ant Financial
January 27th, 2017
MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, and Ant Financial Services Group, one of the world’s leading digital financial services providers and parent company of Alipay, a global mobile payment platform, today announced that they ...
Payment provider SafeCharge published a Pre-close trading update
January 20th, 2017
Pre-close trading update SafeCharge (AIM:SCH), the global provider of payments services, technologies and risk management solutions for online and mobile businesses, provides the following update as it enters its closed period ahead of announcing its results for the year ...
