Global Payments Announces Support for Apple Pay in Canada

Global Payments Inc., a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, is pleased to offer its merchants in Canada the ability to accept American Express payments made with Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay. As an Apple Pay-qualified payment provider, Global Payments’ robust suite of

Samsung Pay Makes It Easy to Purchase, Store, Use and Share Gift Cards Directly from Your Phone

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced that Samsung Pay, the most accepted mobile payment system that works at the majority of merchants today, now supports 50 popular merchant gift cards as well as a gift card store that enables users to buy gift cards from supported merchants for themselves, friends and family directly within the Samsung

Walmart Introduces Walmart Pay

Walmart knows customers want to save not just money, but also time. The retailer introduced Walmart Pay – a fast, easy and secure way for customers to pay with their smartphones in Walmart stores. Built with the goal of improving how customers check out and dramatically expanding mobile payment access, Walmart Pay is like no

62% of Adults in Tanzania Now Use Mobile Money Services

Some 62 percent of adults are covered with mobile money services across the country so far, a national financial digital money conference heard in Dar es salaam. The Bank of Tanzania Senior Legal Counsel, George Sije said, during the Mobile Money and Digital Payments Conference running under the theme Risk Management in the Mobile Money Ecosystem.

Vodafone Launches M-Pesa in Ghana

Vodafone extended M-Pesa to Ghana, the 11th Vodafone market across Africa, Asia and Europe to benefit from the world’s leading mobile money transfer service. The launch of the service, operating in Ghana under the ‘Vodafone Cash’ brand, follows a successful pilot launched in August 2015.  Around 15 million people – approximately 64% of the population

Mozido Brings NFC Mobile Wallet Services to Indonesia

Mozido, a provider of mobile wallets for payment and commerce solutions,  announced it has launched NFC mobile payment and loyalty services for Telkomsel Indonesia, in partnership with Verifone Mobile Money and financial services provider Finnet Indonesia. Mozido powers Telkomsel’s NFC-based TWallet application for its 140 million subscribers, enabling them to seamlessly tap and pay with

Gemalto Payment HSM Supports Cloud Tokenization Requirements for Secure Mobile Payment Transactions and Digitization of Credit Card Credentials

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announced that its SafeNet Luna EFT​ (Electronic Funds Transfer) Payment HSM (Hardware Security Module) supports new standards from the major credit card networks for secure implementations of contactless payments via mobile phones. The SafeNet Lun​a EFT device is able to deliver on highly secure cloud tokenization requirements in

South Africa Launches the WeChat Wallet, Your Mobile Payment Solution

WeChat has extended its features in South Africa with the introduction of the WeChat Wallet, a digital wallet service. Like a physical wallet, you can securely store your bank cards and make instant cash payments within WeChat with the new feature. With WeChat Wallet, users can electronically send cash to friends and family, just like

Verifone Teams Up With Danish Swipp App to Bring Mobile Payments in Store

Verifone and Swipp, a leading Danish mobile payment app, announced an agreement to integrate Swipp as an accepted payment method for more than 30,000 Danish merchants using Verifone devices. The development of the app has been supported by more than 70 banks in Denmark. Based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, the service will allow

Qatar Airways and Vodacom Form a Strategic Alliance

Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar, has entered into a strategic partnership with one of the world’s leading mobile money service providers, Vodacom, to launch a service that now enables customers to pay for Qatar Airways tickets using the M-Pesa service. The new service offers greater flexibility for Qatar Airways’ passengers