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Barcelona Football Club Kicks Off Smartphone System For Football Tickets
Death of paper tickets? Football fans will gain access to the Nou Camp via their smartphones
Samsung Snaps Up LoopPay For Galaxy S6 Mobile Payments
Purchase of payments specialist should confirm a mobile wallet in upcoming Samsung flagship device
Say Hello To The World’s First Free Chip & PIN Reader
iZettle Card Reader Lite lets small businesses accept card payments free of charge
Visa Bins The Account Number For Mobile & Online Payments
Expansion of tokenisation technology will help to ensure security of Visa user accounts
Critics’ View – Contactless Spend Limit Hits £30
What do the industry experts think of plans to up the contactless spend?
Zapp: Don’t Worry, Mobile Payments ‘Safer’ Than Shopping Online
Payments provider is introducing new behavioural profiling technology to help spot anomalies
PayPal App Lets Drivers Pay For Fuel Via Smartphone
Over 1,000 Shell petrol stations will now accept mobile payment through PayPal app
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
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