Mobile Payments

Apple, Facebook Take On Payments And Digital Banking

The rise of smartphones and the emergence of a new app-only ecosystem are transforming the way we borrow, lend and spend. One firm that’s been driving this change is Apple, which has “revolutionized the smartphone landscape” with the iPhone, according

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Facebook Messenger Payments Developments

The arrival of the digital age has transformed the retail banking industry and altered the relationship between banks and their customers. New banking channels like websites and mobile applications have introduced an entirely new way to reach customers and do

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Google Introduces New P2P Payment Feature in Gmail Android App

Rolled out earlier this week through a Play Store update, Google has launched a new feature that allows users of the Gmail Android app to send payments as attachments. Previously, users could send and request payments only in Gmail on

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How Companies Are Becoming Banks Through Digitalization

Digitization is changing the world at least as much as the industrial revolution did. All areas of life, society and work are affected by the digital change. Even the financial sector is feeling these changes. The traditional financial structures are

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Loadoo Prepaid Card Supports PayPal Withdrawals and Bitcoin

Loadoo LLP, a company registered in the UK, provides a prepaid payment card which users can load through PayPal or via bitcoin. Loadoo offers virtual and plastic cards that are available in euro, US dollar and British pound. The company

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Apple Pay: Wirecard Announces Expansion of Boon in Switzerland

Wirecard, a leading payment service company, launched its mobile payment solution for customers in Switzerland as part of its planned global expansion. Boon an iOS-based mPayment application, was previously limited to the United Kingdom and France. After establishing a strong market

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Facebook Payments Registered as E-Money Entity in Spain

Facebook has registered as an electronic money provider in Spain as the firm seeks to expands its peer-to-peer payments functionalities over Messenger to Europe. Facebook Payments International Limited (FBPIL) was added to the Bank of Spain’s register of e-money entities on

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Wird die digitale Brieftasche von Twint im 2017 den Schweizer Markt erobern?

Im Mai dieses Jahres haben Paymit, das elektronische Portemonnaie der Schweizer Banken und Twint das Konkurrenzprodukt der Post Finance den logischen, längst fälligen Schritt gewagt. Die Zahlungsverkehr-Schwergewichte bündeln ihre Kräfte und wollen ab April 2017 Apple Pay und Alipay, zumindest

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TWINT will das digitale Portemonnaie der Schweiz werden

TWINT bereitet den Markteintritt der neuen App vor und gewinnt laufend weitere Partner: Die grossen Schweizer Acquirer und bedeutende Händler sind an Bord sowie über 30 Schweizer Banken. Mit 550‘000 Downloads und 250‘000 Transaktionen im Monat ist TWINT/Paymit bereits vor

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SIX Payment Services spannt mit Alipay zusammen

Der paneuropäische Zahlungsdienstleisterin SIX Payment Services und Chinas Vorreiter für mobiles Zahlen – Alipay – reagieren auf einen Trend im Einzelhandel und erschliessen für Händler das Potenzial von Millionen von Neukunden. Nutzer der beliebten chinesischen Bezahl- App Alipay werden demnächst

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