For all the debate on NFC, there are plenty of plans afoot to use it for mobile payments. Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest FI, is working with wireless carrier Vimpelcom and card brand MasterCard to run a …
Taiwanese carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. said it will trial an NFC mobile payment project beginning later this year. The first phase will begin in the third quarter and will include Far …
Card brand Visa Inc. has added three mobile point-of-sale providers to its Visa Ready Program, and approved two additional mPOS providers to accept Visa payments, the company said. Mobile POS …
Chungwa Telecom, a Taiwanese mobile network operator, and card brand MasterCard are launching a new NFC mobile payment service. According to Focus Taiwan, the new service will let subscribers to …
The Visa mPOS solution will soon be available in Taiwan. The China Post has reported that card brand Visa announced it will be offering its own branded mobile point-of-sale solution to Taiwanese …
Chip-and-pin technology in prepaid cards would have made the recent $45 million bank swindle virtually impossible to pull off, given that there would be no way to counterfeit prepaid cards using data …
German bank Dortmunder Volksbank has announced the release of a new mobile virtual credit card based on MasterCard contactless PayPass technology, using the Giesecke & Devrient trusted service …
When PayPal announced that its relationship with Discover had been turned on this week, Don Kingsborough, head of retail at PayPal, said the company expected to be in 2 million retail locations by …
Visa Europe has announced major improvements to its mobile payment service Visa Personal Payments, including support for multiple currencies and "immediate payment" functionality. The pending …
MasterCard has announced that Canada will be the first North American market to offer consumers the MasterPass digital wallet. Merchants including Porter Airlines, WagJag, Jaunt.ca and Grocery …
Rakuten.com Shopping has signed up with MasterPass, MasterCard's new digital wallet service. Using MasterPass, consumers can use any payment card or enabled device to buy online or on their mobile …
The European banks that currently own Visa Europe are thinking of setting up their own competing payments network in Europe. Not only would this mean new competition for the card giant in its …
Visa Inc. is adding partners to its V.me digital wallet, announcing that online discount retailer Overstock.com Inc. now accepts V.me by Visa payments. Overstock joins retailers such as 1-800-FLOWERS …
Monitise PLC and Visa Europe have signed a new three-year commercial agreement, the companies announced. The deal covers the development and deployment of Monitise mobile technology — including …
Foursquare has announced the expansion of its Foursquare Specials for Credit Cards program to accept Visa, MasterCard and most debit cards. The new offering follows the same model as an existing …
Burger King's BK Delivers begins accepting MasterCard's MasterPass digital wallet.- Alicia Kelso
Following the departure of its chief, Google Wallet drops plans to introduce a branded card.- James Wester
New Samsung smartphone adds a number of features that may spur mobile payment adoption.- James Wester
With MasterPass, MasterCard takes on a supporting role.- James Wester
Partnership gives cardholders a discount for comparison shopping through the ShopSavvy app.
