mobile payments

Google Pay and PayU extend partnership in EU online payments

By Jeff Domansky

October 18, 2018

Online retailers using PayU in Europe can now add to Google Pay to mobile and online payments for customers. Google and PayU first introduced Android Pay (now Google ...

Payments news roundup: Pulse Network, Stripe vs PayPal, mobile fraud, more

By Jeff Domansky

September 14, 2018

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We’ve got a payments news roundup with news you can use from around the globe. Pulse Network looks at some of the reasons Apple Pay is gaining with ...

Amazon Pay says Kon’nichiwa to Japanese cashless payments market

By Jeff Domansky

September 6, 2018

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In Japan, 80% of consumers pay for transactions with cash. That’s why Amazon Japan’s decision to introduce Amazon Pay in partnership with startup Nippon Pay shows they are ...

Passwords passé, “something I am” biometrics ID coming soon

By Jeff Domansky

September 3, 2018

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A new report from Juniper Research says password-based solutions are increasingly impractical, and service providers have begun testing alternative second factors; ‘something I am’, such as a fingerprint, ...

Google Pay offers Indian consumers loans within its mobile app

By Jeff Domansky

August 27, 2018

Google Pay now offers Indian consumers loans

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Google and four Indian banks will offer Indian consumers instant loans in the ultracompetitive $1 trillion Indian digital financial market. According to a Bloomberg report, “HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI ...

Retail payments trends, digital impact and what’s ahead for merchants

By Jeff Domansky

August 2, 2018

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The changing customer and technology landscape is having a huge impact on retailers in-store and online. A recent Retail Wire presentation provided a look at the most recent ...

Research: What do customers want from your brand app?

By Jeff Domansky

June 8, 2018

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A new research report from digital app developer WillowTree offers valuable insight into consumers’ use of brand apps, their expectations for value, and the impact their experiences have ...

Are banks disconnecting from mobile banking customers?

By Jeff Domansky

April 14, 2018

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A new report from Javelin Strategy & Research suggests banks may be failing to pivot fast enough to keep up with the changing demands of consumers for mobile ...

SWIFT payments; IKEA VR shopping; UK shoppers ready for wearables payments

By Jeff Domansky

March 31, 2018

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We’ve got three interesting global payments stories to carry you into the weekend, starting with an attempted hack on Malaysian central bank via the SWIFT network. Next, we ...