Just in time for the holiday season, Amazon announced that customers can purchase Amazon Coins and gift them for apps, games and in-app items in the Amazon Appstore and on Kindle Fire. Customers simply purchase a bundle of Coins on Amazon.com and an email is sent to the recipient to redeem. To celebrate the launch,
MasterCard have released new standards designed to help employees take full advantage of the benefits of having their paycheck electronically deposited onto payroll cards. The payroll card standards require employers and payroll card providers to offer cardholders greater insight on how to access their pay through educational resources and increased transparency of any fees. Additionally,
TSYS have announced the release of a white paper titled “EMV is Not Enough: Considerations for Implementing 3D Secure.” The paper considers the impending U.S. migration to Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) chip to combat fraud, but concludes that there are additional steps issuers must consider to mitigate fraud risk. This report concludes that there
GlobalCharge have announce their accreditation under the new Payforit scheme for In-App mobile transactions becoming the first to offer a Payforit approved solution. Payforit is the UK mobile micropayment scheme, created and supported by all of the UK mobile network operators (MNOs), enabling consumers to use their mobile phone account or prepaid balance to transact
Three-quarters of US consumers are using their mobile devices to plan their holiday shopping this year, with in-store price comparisons – or “showrooming” – and mobile coupons as the primary reasons for shoppers to reach for their mobile device, according to a new report. New research from mobile advertising specialist MobPartner reveals that 75 per
ATMIA has issued a position paper urging payment networks to work collaboratively with ATM deployers to retain open market flexibility in making routing choices. EMV migration is more complex in the United States where multiple networks exist and further confusion has resulted from court rulings on the Durbin Amendment. ATMIA retained Tremont Capital Group, Inc.
MasterCard has announced it will enable Commonwealth Bank of Australia MasterCard cardholders to securely load and store payment account credentials on select flagship NFC-enabled Samsung devices, enabling fast and secure contactless payments. Commonwealth Bank of Australia is the first bank globally to collaborate with MasterCard and Samsung to offer this service to its customers, using
Doxim Inc., a provider of automated client onboarding, enterprise content management and document processing solutions, and Silanis Technology, an electronic signature provider, have announced a strategic partnership that will see Silanis’ e-signature solution e-SignLive™ integrated into Doxim’s solutions for banks, credit unions and wealth management firms. With this partnership, financial institutions using Doxim’s OpenAdvantage® client
NCR Corporation a provider of consumer transaction technologies, announced that Lukoil, one of the world’s largest oil and gas providers, is improving the customer experience and increasing operational efficiency by deploying NCR’s latest point of sale (POS) software and hardware for petroleum and convenience stores. NCR’s POS solution will be implemented at more than 170
Evolve Money, the first online and mobile app that makes it easy for people to track and quickly pay more than 10,000 bills using cash, now offers people more choices of how to pay with the addition of debit and prepaid cards. Launched this summer by PreCash, Evolve Money is gaining traction as a fast,
