Amazon has announced that customers in the US, UK and Germany can now buy, spend and earn Amazon Coins on their Android phones and tablets. Previously available for use exclusively on Kindle Fire tablets, Amazon Coins can now be used to buy the latest apps directly from their Android device. Customers simply need to download the
Loop, a smartphone-enabled commerce solution accepted at virtually every retail point-of-sale terminal, has announced the release of its LoopWallet app to U.S. consumers, making them the first in the world to rely on mobile devices as their primary method of payment instead of cards or cash. The LoopWallet app is now available at the Apple
Orange has announced the launch of Orange Cash in Spain, a rechargeable prepaid card from MasterCard that can be used within smartphones or as a traditional payment card. With Orange Cash a consumer will be able to make online payments in a safe way, send money to the mobile phones of other Orange Cash users
Visa has announced it is offering clients new options to securely deploy mobile payment programs, including for the first time an option to host Visa payWave-enabled accounts in a secure, virtual cloud. The move expands Visa’s support for mobile payments globally and will give financial institutions greater choice in offering consumers secure ways to pay
MasterCard has announced it will publish a specification that leverages Host Card Emulation (HCE) for secure near field communication (NFC) payment transactions. The approach will enable consumers to easily use their MasterCard-branded cards on their NFC-enabled phones to make contactless payments. Today, there are two million contactless-enabled merchant locations in 63 countries around the world.
MasterCard has enhanced its rewards capabilities for cardholders, giving them more ways to redeem, exchange and trade their rewards points. These unique capabilities, unavailable to consumers that are members of current credit card-based rewards programs, will be delivered through a relationship between MasterCard and Points International Ltd. Based on the popularity of travel and experiences,
ABI Research has forecast that over 34 billion tickets will be delivered to mobile devices over the next five years. The combined number takes into consideration the multiple technologies used to present a mobile ticket at time of authentication, including QR codes, NFC, SMS, mobile wallets, Bluetooth Smart, and dedicated apps. In terms of the
NCR Corporation, a leader in consumer transaction technologies, announced that China Construction Bank (CCB) Beijing branch has recently implemented NCR Dynamic eLock Management solution, an automated teller machine (ATM) electronic key management solution specifically designed for the China market. The Dynamic eLock Management Solution restricts the access to an ATM’s safe to only authorized users
Orange and Visa Europe have announced the commercial launch of Orange Cash in Caen and Strasbourg, two of the cities with the highest use of contactless payments in France. With the launch Orange becomes the first mobile network operator in France to offer mobile contactless payments to its customers. The Orange Cash application acts as
U.S. Bank employees are piloting software that lets customers speak a simple passphrase, such as “my voice is my password” to access a credit card account on a mobile device. The feature – called voice biometrics – allows select credit card customers to use their voice to login with a spoken passphrase so they can
