Gemalto Enables Commercial Mobile NFC Transport and Payment Rollout in Hong Kong

Gemalto a leader in digital security, announces it has worked with PCCW-HKT, one of Hong Kong’s major mobile network operators, and Octopus Cards (OCL), a leading contactless smart card payment service provider in the world, to bring the security and convenience of mobile NFC ticketing to its subscribers, as well as a number of additional

Jumio Announces PORT Device-based Wallet Infrastructure

App-based dig­ital wal­lets have thus far met with lim­ited con­sumer adop­tion due to sev­eral issues: con­sumers must typ­i­cally down­load a ded­i­cated app (often times an app for each mer­chant), how and where to use the wallet is com­plex and con­fusing, the func­tion­ality offered – payments only – is not broad enough for what con­sumers really need in a wallet.

Digital River Expands Relationship with PayPal

Digital River, Inc. expanded its relationship with PayPal, a company that provides a faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. In addition to being certified as a PayPal provider, Digital River has added PayPal Express Checkout and Bill Me Later to its existing PayPal portfolio. The new payments represent the first in a

City National Bank to Introduce FIS Cardless Cash Access at ATMs

FIS™, a provider of banking and payments technology, and City National Bank, one of the US’s private and business banks, announced an agreement to pilot FIS Cardless Cash Access at City National ATMs in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco. City National plans to introduce this emerging technology to clients in its three

UKFraud Launches New Mobile Wallet Consultancy Practice

Against a backdrop of recent developments in the mobile wallet and mobile payment device technology sectors, risk and fraud prevention specialist UKFraud has launched a new mobile wallet consultancy practice. The move reflects recent positive and influential developments from Google with their Wallet and more recently from Apple with the launch of its latest iPhone

Estel Launches New m-POS Platform for Asia & Africa

Having achieved significant success in the fields of Prepaid Recharge & Mobile Money in emerging markets, Estel now introduces its m-POS (Mobile Point of Sales) platform for accepting card payments for Asian, African & Latin American markets. Globally, merchants accept payments via various types of cards (Credit / Debit / Gift / Prepaid) using traditional

PayPal and Viableware Streamline Digital Payments at Full-Service Restaurants

Viableware announced that PayPal payments will be accepted on the RAIL payment platform, a mobile payment device that enables full-service restaurants to securely accept various forms of payment at the table. The integration expands PayPal’s presence in the dining vertical and will enable the payment service on all RAIL devices expected to be implemented by

First Community Credit Union Launches NCR Video Teller

First Community Credit Union (FCCU), which serves more than 96,000 members throughout the greater Houston area, has added a new branch location in the HEB grocery story on FM 1488 in The Woodlands with the help of interactive video technology from NCR Corporation. FCCU is the first financial institution in Houston to deploy NCR APTRA

Paydiant and Future POS Launch Integrated Mobile Wallet Solution

Paydiant, provider of a cloud-based mobile wallet, cardless ATM access, offer redemption and loyalty platform, announced it has integrated its mobile wallet solution with the Future POS restaurant and hospitality point-of-sale (POS) system. Nearly eight thousand Future POS customer locations can now offer mobile payments in a variety of checkout scenarios including pay-at-the-counter, pay-at-the-tablet/handheld and

Pay Your Bills in a Snap With the New Zapper App

Zapper.com’s new Scan-to-Pay app uses the camera on your smartphone to make paying your bills as quick and easy as taking a photograph. Zapper.com allows businesses to generate unique QR Codes for bills. When you receive a bill with a Zapper QR Code on, you just open the app, scan the QR Code and confirm the amount