MasterCard Reveals strong growth of contactless payments in Europe driven by convenience, mass transit and mobile payments. Whether at major retailers, grocery stores or parking , using vending machines or taking mass transit and taxis, Europeans love tapping to pay for their everyday purchase. In the last quarter of 2014, tap transactions in Europe grew
Visa Inc., the global leader in payments, announced that it is expanding the use of new security technology that replaces the traditional 16-digit Visa account number with a unique series of numbers, helping to prevent exposure of sensitive consumer account information in online and mobile payments. “In 2015, Visa will offer secure payments across a
“South African consumers are driving a mobile payment revolution enabled by a slew of innovative home grown technology companies. Local retailers, brands and agencies are leveraging the power of mobile payments in clever ways to unlock new revenue streams and boost customer retention.” So says Bevan Ducasse, CEO of wiGroup, following the release of the
Bluefin Payment Systems, the leading provider of secure payment technology for enterprises, financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses, announced that its PayConex PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Solution is now certified for Mobile Payments. Bluefin’s Mobile P2PE Solution becomes the first North American mobile solution to receive PCI validation. Bluefin’s Mobile P2PE Solution will interface
Commerce Bank now offers its customers Apple Pay, a new category of service that is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay. “Apple Pay is a significant step forward in mobile payments and we are happy to be able to offer this feature to our customers,” said Carl Bradbury, Commerce
The NCR Silver cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system for small businesses has been integrated with LevelUp, the nation’s leading mobile loyalty and payment platform, to provide small businesses – primarily fast casual restaurants – with an additional method for accepting mobile payments and marketing to customers. LevelUp provides businesses with an easy-to-use loyalty system that automatically
Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based transactional tax compliance solutions, and Shopgate, a leading software-as-a-service mcommerce platform, have announced a new global partnership that will help merchants remain tax compliant when taking mobile payments. The partnership strengthens Avalara’s support of the mobile commerce industry by integrating AvaTax™, Avalara’s proven sales tax compliance solution, into
SignaPay LTD, a payment solutions provider announced the acquisition of PayHubTM, a payments technology company that offers an innovative online payment gateway that currently services over 2,100 businesses throughout the United States. PayHub allows integration partners the ability to capture new markets and securely accept online and mobile payments. Developers can incorporate payment acceptance within
Since the launch of Apple Pay, Apple’s new mobile payments offering, other mobile payment solutions in the US, like Google Wallet and Softcard, have noted that Apple has helped create general awareness of mobile payments, including for their services. Apple only released its mobile payment system in October, but the feature is already gaining traction
American Express announced the launch of its American Express Token Service, a suite of solutions designed to enable its card-issuing partners, processors, acquirers and merchants to create a safer online and mobile payments environment for consumers. With American Express Token Service, traditional card account numbers are replaced with unique “tokens,” which can then be used
