Banks and financial institutions globally need to develop mobile point of sale (MPOS) strategies now, as major high street retailers begin to use MPOS solutions to reinvent their in-store shopping experience. This is the view taken by the global bank-driven business association, Mobey Forum, in the second in a series of white papers focusing on
Transdev has signed up to Corethree’s m-ticketing service to provide mobile ticketing using Barclays Pingit ‘mobile checkout’ payment service. The ‘mobile checkout’ payment feature enables travellers to make an instant payment via a ‘Pay with Barclays Pingit’ button, eradicating the need for the entry of long or large amounts of personal details, and is available
MasterCard and Ogone, a leading global online payment provider, announced today their partnership on the integration and deployment of MasterPass™. This collaboration covers Belgium, The Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain in a first phase and the remaining countries Ogone operates in later on. MasterPass™, the digital platform from MasterCard, optimizes and simplifies online
Visa and V PAY contactless payments are now possible in all German department stores of GALERIA Kaufhof including the Sportarena stores and DINEA restaurants. 3500 new contactless terminals have been installed. This enables customers to pay even more conveniently and faster in the 125 Kaufhof department stores and its subsidiaries in Germany. GALERIA Kaufhof thereby
HP has announced the further expansion of its activity in the payments industry, through the signing of a global agreement with Accumulate. Following a successful implementation of the IKO mobile payment scheme in Poland with PKO Bank Polski, HP is taking the Accumulate technology and project experience to a number of new markets under a
American Express launched a new Use Points for Charges feature available in the American Express mobile app that gives eligible Card Members the option to easily and conveniently redeem Membership Rewards® points for practically any purchase, from gas and groceries to clothing and manicures, all on their smartphones. Unlike rewards programs that only allow customers
PayAnywhere, a leader in mobile point of sale solutions, announced the availability of PayAnywhere 2.0, its popular mobile point of sale solution (mPOS) for Android, with an all new online merchant portal, PayAnywhere Inside. The Android PayAnywhere 2.0 mPOS app works with the free PayAnywhere mobile credit card reader, which plugs into the audio jack
Bank of China (BOC) and Union Pay International (UnionPay) have jointly launched the first BOC UnionPay Travel Card in Southeast Asia offering cardmembers privileges and discounts for tourism and hospitality attractions in China and the wider region. The card is now available in Singapore (credit card), Malaysia (pre-paid card) and Vietnam (debit card), and will
Your roommate finally paid you back for dinner through Google Wallet, and you want to use that money right away to pay for groceries this week. Now, you can use the new Google Wallet Card to spend the money instantly, either by purchasing in stores or by withdrawing cash at ATMs, without having to wait
MasterCard and Green Dot announced an expanded relationship that allows all U.S. cardholders with MasterCard ® rePower™-enabled prepaid cards to reload their cards via the Walmart Rapid Reload™ service. Walmart Rapid Reload utilizes the Green Dot® Network to provide cardholders with a fast and easy way to load funds directly to their cards by swiping
