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Apple Pay Joins The Mile High Club

Partnership with JetBlue lets passengers use Apple Pay to pay in-flight

Mobile Payments To Topple Debit And Credit Cards By 2020

However Experian study find fears of fraud are still holding back some customers from embracing mobile payments

Mobile Biometrics ‘To Top £20bn By 2020’

Acuity study predicts that mobile payments and online banking will drive biometrics windfall

It’s Official – Contactless Payments Are Taking Over

‘Tap and pay’ becoming increasingly popular, with 45 million contactless payments card now active in the UK, Barclaycard survey finds

Galaxy S6 To Launch Samsung Into Mobile Payments

Quick payment method puts Samsung in competition with Apple Pay

Gmail Brings Google Wallet Online Payments To The UK

Emailers can now send or request money using Gmail

Kaspersky – Don’t Be Too Worried About The Security Of Mobile Payments…Yet

Kaspersky Labs' David Emm tells TechWeekEurope that the security threat to mobile payments is still in its infancy - but hackers are learning

TransferWise Racks Up Further Investment

Andreessen Horowitz funding values London-based company at close to $1bn

Amazon Now Controls A Quarter Of Online UK Sales

Major Christmas boost pushes retail titan into conquering position in the UK market

eBay Confirms Job Losses Amid Shareholder Pressure

Pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn forces eBay management to slash jobs and sell off assets

Amazon Calls It Quits On Mobile Payments

Amazon Wallet app is withdrawn after just six months

Cancer Research UK Launches Contactless Donation Scheme

Partnership with Clear Channel allows public to donate using their mobile and interactive shop window advert

Barclays Looks To Speed Up Mortgage Applications With Quick Scan App

Scan and Attach will help brokers process mortgage applications faster than ever before

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How Can Your Business Take A Slice Of The Sharing Economy?

With a quarter of UK adults now using online marketplaces, Zeeshan Feroz, head of marketplace sales at Skrill, tells TechWeekEurope that the fintech industry needs to become part of a collaborative effort to make Britain the global cen ...

Bitcoin ‘Could Be Helping Terrorists’, Says Major Banking Group

Cryptocurrency poses risks due to lack of proper regulation, BBA letter warns

Is Google Preparing For A Major Mobile Payments Push?

Reports suggest search giant is eyeing up payments provider Softcard for Google Wallet expansion

Mobile Payments “To Increase By 1000 Percent” In 2015

Deloitte report predicts this year would be a big one for payments using mobile devices

Is It Time To Get Rid Of Your Bitcoin?

Cryptocurrency loses over 25 percent of value in less than 24 hours, dropping as low as $170 overnight

Hyprkey’s Mobile Wallet Uses Fingerprints To Authorise Payments

HYPR-3, which supports credit, debit and even Bitcoin, opens for pre-orders today

CES 2015 – LoopPay Wants To Make Your New Wallet A Phone Case

Samsung Galaxy S5 and Note 4 customers will soon be able to buy goods with just a touch of their phone

How One UK Retailer Upped Its Online Transaction Game

Liberty Games needed to provide its global customer base with the assurance that their transactions would be safe and fraud-free

How Do Online Businesses Gain The Amazon Trust Factor?

Advertorial: Online businesses can struggle to convince new customers to trust them with their precious payment data. But a well known brand can bridge this trust gap