Barclays has officially launched its answer to Android Pay via an upgrade to its Android app. The bank previously declined to join Google's NFC payment service, which launched in the UK this May, and has kept its own service fairly quiet ...
Reports on Monday suggest that Facebook is plotting to expand the Messenger app’s payment capabilities with an in-store option. Currently, some 800 million users of the standalone app are able to make personal payments, but The ...
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After months of rumours, Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone is finally a reality. Apple today announced the launch of the iPhone SE, a downsized version of the iPhone 6S. The phone boasts much of the power of its larger sibling, although ...
Tags: Apple, iPone SE, Smartphone, Tim Cook
Visa has announced that it has extended its Visa Token Service available to the automotive industry for easy and secure mode of payment for car-based commerce. Visa today announced it was making the Visa Token Service available to auto ...
Barclays has updated the Barclaycard app for Android to enable customers to make contactless payments using their smartphones. In lieu of Android Pay remaining a US-only proposition at present, Barclays is introducing the stopgap ...
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Alipay, the online payment service run by Alibaba, is being launched in Europe as the e-commerce giant struck a deal with Wirecard, a German payment processing company, which will let merchants using Wirecard's point-of-sales terminal ...
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The entertainment industry in China has seen explosive growth in recent years (an expected CAGR of 17 percent between 2010-2015), growing at a much faster pace than the overall economy. As more and more people in China enter the middle ...
LG is planning to add a fingerprint sensor onto its upcoming flagship G4 smartphone, a new report says. According to KoreaHerald, the decision was made at the last minute in hopes of maximising the device’s potential ahead of next ...
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Online payment giant PayPal has confirmed that it is to purchase Paydiant, a company that provides mobile wallet technology for a number of major apps. Most notably among those supported apps are those from MCX, which is the consortium of ...
Tags: PayPal, Apple Pay, Online payment
Chinese consumers spent lavishly on travel, movies and gifts during the lunar New Year holiday. While hoards of travelers were on their way home on Feb. 18, New Year's Eve in China, Wu was enjoying the sunshine in Bali with her family, ...
Tags: Holiday Consumption, travel, movies, gifts
The average customer satisfaction score for Amazon slipped five points to 83 to tie with QVC for the highest score among the top 100 e-commerce sites measured over the holidays, likely because of increased price competition, according to ...
Apple is seeking help to bring its Apple Pay mobile payments platform to new territories, a job posting on the company’s website has revealed. According to the listing, identified by iClarified (via Apple Insider), the Cupertino ...
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Online and mobile payments worldwide are forecast to reach €3 trillion in the next five years, according to a report by Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com. Mobile payment is the growth leader, outpacing ...
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Europe, the world’s third largest region by B2C e-commerce sales, shows wide diversity in terms of payment methods used in online shopping, according to a report by Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com. While ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (to 3 October), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $718.2m, up 22% on $587m last quarter and 51% on $477m a year ...
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