| Sweden's own mobile payment provider Seamless announced it's working with Kuwait International Bank and McDonald's on a pilot launch of its SEQR mobile payment solution. News of SEQR's launch in Kuwait comes less than a week after the news that … | |
| Intuit announced a new retail partner in the U.K. to help it distribute its Intuit Pay chip-and-PIN mobile POS solution. The three-month pilot means Intuit's card reader will be sold in Staples retail stores, according to a post by Mobile … | |
| The U.K. Payments Council, which represents the interests of the U.K. payment industry, has released an initial report addressing the development of payment systems in the U.K. "Payments Roadmap – An Initial Report" is the Payments Council's … | |
| According to NFC World, Deutsche Telekom is working with corporate payment provider AirPlus International to pilot an NFC mobile payment program aimed at business travelers. DT's employees in Germany can use the T-Mobile MyWallet app on their mobile … | |
| In a second announcement today, Swedish mobile POS provider iZettle said it will be working with Santander UK to offer self-employed professionals and small businesses its services for card payments with mobile devices. Santander UK is a wholly … | |
| Nigeria's central bank has been pushing mobile payments as a mechanism to address the nation's high rate of unbanked consumers. To that end, the country's Association of Licenced Mobile Payment Operators is looking to develop standards and build a … | |
| Money transfer service MoneyGram has signed an agreement with European carrier Lebara Mobile. Through the partnership, Lebara's U.K. subscribers can send money from the Lebara Money app on an iOS or Android device to MoneyGram locations worldwide … | |
 | Just last month, Banco Santander announced a partnership with fellow Spanish FI CaixaBank to build consumer-facing mobile payment products. Today, Banco Santander, the Eurozone's largest bank with more than €1.4 trillion ($1.9 trillion) in … |
| China's Xinhua News Agency is reporting the launch of a new mobile payment system from China UnionPay and China Mobile. According to pictures available in the story, the new system will use NFC to transmit information from the phone at the point of … | |
| Direct carrier biller txtNation is expanding into Belgium. The company announced that it has officially switched on direct connectivity across all mobile operators in Belgium. "Being a Tier 1 mobile aggregator in any market provides us with far more … | |
