Apple’s much-anticipated mobile wallet will go live on Monday 20th October, with 500 more banks already signed up to the service, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced at a press conference.

Global mobile payments solutions provider Omlis believe that the rapid rate of mobile phone adoption in emerging economies such as Latin America, Africa and Asia, could see the world’s poorest continents become global leaders in internet and mobile payments use within the next 5 years.

Beleaguered supermarket chain Tesco is trialling a new mobile payment scheme to help it tackle the lunchtime rush.

Alipay is focusing on identifying users via fingerprints and face recognition as more and more Chinese start to pay via their smartphones.

Intel Corporation has introduced Intel® Data Protection Technology for Transactions, the industry’s first built in solution to provide end-to-end encryption of consumer and financial data for (POS) platforms.

Only 9 per cent of corporate treasurers are satisfied with their ePayment solutions, according to research, leaving banks vulnerable to loss of custom.

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