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Visa Europe Supports Cloud-Based Mobile Payments
Visa Europe Payment Tokenisation Service (VEPTS) integrates tokenisation into services where payment credentials are stored in the cloud
Apple Pay Gets China Launch This Week
Mobile payments platform will go live with three Chinese banks on February 18
PayPal Commerce Lets Retailers Place ‘Buy’ Buttons Everywhere
New PayPal platform will let merchants put 'buy' buttons in social media, apps, email and adverts in bid to make e-commerce easier
Apple Pay Suffers First Major Outage
Visa customers left unable to link cars to their account during seven-hour Apple Pay downtime
London’s Black Cabs Are Going Contactless
Card payments will be installed in all black cabs by October, TfL confirms
M-Tickets Could Spell The End For Paper Train Tickets
Proposals to introduce ‘m-tickets’ could allow for mobile and smartcard ticket travel across the UK
How Secure Is Apple Pay?
Tony Anscombe, senior security evangelist at AVG Technologies, asks if we're giving up our security for convenience
Millions Of Contactless TfL Journeys Paid For By Mobile Phones
Launch of Apple Pay leads to massive spike in mobile payment journeys, TfL reveals
Barclays ‘Confirms’ Apple Pay Support By April
Twitter user claims Barclays CEO Ashok Vaswani sent an email confirming Apple Pay support would arrive by April 10 at the latest
Visa Contactless Payments Increase By 250 Percent In One Year
Huge increase in contactless use helps push Visa revenues to new high during 2015
Barclaycard Finally Reveals Apple Pay Competitor
mybarclaycard Android app allows for contactless payments up to £30
UK Online Spending Hits Record High In 2015
Black Friday and m-commerce help push online sales to £114bn over 2015
Contactless Payment For Travel Could Go Nationwide
Plans by the UK Cards Association hopes to have full payment system in place soon
CES 2016 – Samsung Pay Coming To Gear S2 Smartwatch, More Countries
Samsung Pay will soon be supported by the Gear S2 and in more countries as company shows off even more smartwatches at CES
What Are The Top Payments Trends For 2016?
From biometrics to Apple Pay, we take a look at some of the payments predictions for next year
Apple Pay Is Coming To China
Apple Pay expands further following deal with Chinese bank UnionPay
Contactless Payments Are The Key To A Profitable Christmas
Companies who don’t support contactless could be missing out on major returns this holiday season, EE survey warns
Walmart Joins Mobile Payment Game
Walmart Pay will speed up checkout for iOS and Android device owners
Got A MasterCard And Apple Pay? You Can Travel For Free In London Today
Payments firm opens up TfL network to promote its contactless services
Swatch Teams Up With Visa For Watch-Based Payments
NFC payments service will let Visa members use their watch to pay for goods
LG Prepares For Mobile Payments Launch
G Pay service will go up against other Android payments systems from Google and Samsung
Apple Pay Now Works With TSB And Tesco Bank In The UK
Customers of more UK banks can now use Apple Pay or their purchases
You Could Soon Be Able To Send Money Between iPhones
P2P payment system is apparently being prepared by Apple for launch next year
Verifone Engage Will Transform Your Checkout Experience
Get ready for a more immersive checkout experience thanks to Verifone’s new POS system
How Technology Is Driving Digital Change In The Banking Industry
Gemalto's Howard Berg tells us why embracing digital technologies could help banks connect better with their customers than ever before
Wearable Banking Is Taking Off With The UK’s Young Consumers
Nearly half of 18-30 year olds want to use their wearables to access banking services, report finds
Swatch Reveals Its Mobile Payments-Enabled Smartwatch
Watchmaker is working with several Chinese banks to develop Apple Watch beater
Mobile Payments Firm Square Files For Multi-Billion Dollar IPO
Payments company run by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey prepares to go public
LG Could Enter Mobile Payments With ‘G Pay’
Rumoured G Pay service would push LG into competition with Android Pay and Samsung Pay