eCommerce

Will Samsung’s Next Smartwatch Offer Mobile Payments?

Samsung will use Gear A smartwatch to expand Samsung Pay, according to reports

10 years ago

Yahoo To Close Maps, Pipes And Other Services

Yahoo is to close a number of products and regional websites, as well as end support for older Apple kit

10 years ago

Most Top Retailers ‘Won’t Accept Apple Pay’

Reuters survey finds many merchants won’t support the technology, even by 2016

10 years ago

TfL: London Loves Contactless Payments

Over 1.2 million contactless transactions now made every day on the TfL network

10 years ago

MasterCard: Every UK Shop Will Accept Contactless Payments By 2020

Company also says Apple Pay can be switched on in the UK, if you're an American

10 years ago

Amazon Starts European Corporate Tax Payments

Amazon begins paying corporate tax in a number of European countries, but will Google and Apple follow suit?

10 years ago

The Critic’s View – Cashless Payments Top Cash Transactions In The UK For The First Time

The UK is edging closer to ditching physical money – but what do the experts think?

10 years ago

Google Adds ‘Buy’ Button To YouTube Videos

New TrueView targeting system means you can shop whilst you watch

10 years ago

Worldpay – It’s Time We Retired ‘E-Commerce’ For Just Plain ‘Commerce’

WorldPay’s Kevin Dallas tells TechWeekEurope how the UK is helping evolve a dynamic and growing online payments industry

10 years ago

Consumer Trust Meltdown With Businesses Over Personal Data

Porkie pie time...study finds consumers deliberately provide wrong information when businesses ask for personal details

10 years ago

UK ‘Cashless’ Payments Overtake Physical Money For The First Time

Cash is dead, long live ‘non-cash’, Payments Council figures find

10 years ago

iZettle Makes Contactless Card Reader Available To UK SMBs

Card Reader Pro Contactless costs just £79 and supports the likes of Apple Pay

10 years ago

Alibaba Is Going Dotless To Revive The QR Code

New ‘Dotless Visual Codes’ will breathe new life in retail technology, Alibaba hopes

10 years ago

Mobile Shopping Pushes UK Online Sales To New High

British shoppers spending more online, particularly via mobile, than ever, as growth hits double digits

10 years ago

A ‘Buy’ Button Could Be Coming To A Google Search Near You

Reports claim that Google wants its mobile users to buy all the things

10 years ago

Alibaba Sued For Selling Counterfeit Goods

Chinese e-commerce giant under fire in the US from luxury brands including Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent

10 years ago

Xiaomi Finally Sets Up Shop In The UK

Chinese manufacturer will open UK online store tomorrow – but won’t be selling any phones

10 years ago

Facebook Instant Articles Promises Better Mobile Experience

New Facebook tool for publishers quickly creates interactive news articles on social network

10 years ago

Is Bitcoin Coming To The NASDAQ?

Stock exchange operator reportedly testing blockchain technology for private share trading

10 years ago

Download Festival Goes Cashless With Contactless Payment Wristbands

RFID ‘Dog Tags’ to be handed out to festival-goers in a bid to banish cash

10 years ago

Visa Europe To Launch V.me Digital Wallet Across The UK

Topshop, Iceland, Dorothy Perkins and Costco among retailers signed up for nationwide expansion

10 years ago

UK SMEs Set To Ramp Up Digital Spending

Business investment in websites is to increase dramatically over the next two years, research predicts

10 years ago

Google Profits Up Despite Advert Value Squeeze

Google's outgoing CFO reveals modest profit rise, amid increased competition for mobile ad dollars

10 years ago

Robot That Bought Ecstasy On Dark Web Freed By Police After Three Months

The Random Darknet Shopper had bought 10 yellow pills containing 90mg of ecstasy each as part of artists' experiment

10 years ago

Google Hits Back At European Antitrust ‘Objections’

Search giant “strongly disagrees” with the EC's “statement of objections” as it opens formal Android probe

10 years ago

It’s Official – Cash Is On The Way Out, Contactless And Online Banking Are In

UK consumers increasingly using contactless and mobile payments, Halifax survey reveals

10 years ago

UK High-Street Mobile Shopping ‘Worth Billions’ By 2024

Consumer spending on mobile devices set to top £53bn a year by 2024, Barclays predicts

10 years ago

PayPal, eBay To Remain Friends After Spin-off

PayPal and eBay will separate later this year, but will remain joined at the hip for at least five years

10 years ago

Ignore Payment Innovations At Your Peril

The PPRO Group's Tobias Schreyer explains why businesses should be prepared to embrace new technology

10 years ago

10 Of The Best Tech April Fools 2015

Were you caught out by any of these April Fools pranks?

10 years ago