Facebook has finally released its peer-to-peer payment system in the US, nearly three months after first announcing it . Users can now quickly transfer money to each other through its Messenger platform. |  | | | | New Products & Technology |
The managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has said the city-state will commit S$225m over the next five years to create a ‘vibrant ecosystem for innovation’. |  | | | Western Union has teamed up with WHSmith to integrate 300 mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) self-service kiosks within the retail group’s UK stores. |  | | | Microsoft will make the Yandex.Money payment application available on its Nokia Lumia smartphones in Russia this summer. |  | | |
Computop, a payment service provider, has entered into a partnership with Bitnet, a bitcoin payments processor, which will allow merchants to offer bitcoin as a payment method to customers. |  | | | MeaWallet, the cloud-based mobile payment platform, has partnered up with payment solutions company Value Card to launch open and closed loop mobile payment wallet solutions in the Philippines. |  | | | | |
