Diversifying and re-evaluating roles within the payments industry
CEO and Co-Founder of Payworks Christian Deger explains how developing partnerships between SMBs and VARs is benefiting the industry.
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Samsung Pay beats Apple Pay to market in India; also launches in Sweden
Sweden is the third country in Europe that offers Samsung Pay capabilities.
Innovation, security and PSD2 were the major talking points at the European Payment Summit Day 1
Panellists had different opinions on whether the legislation provided any upside for banks, but did agree that it was the biggest change to the industry for over half a millennium.
Wirex, Paytm are latest digital payments companies to complete funding rounds
Monzo also revealed its latest funding round last week.
Monzo raises £19.5m in Series B funding round: More crowdfunding happening next week
A further £2.5m is expected to be raised from crowdfunding on Tuesday.
Starling Bank tests voice command payments with Google Home
Yet more Google technology is infiltrating the payments industry.
Google Assistant on the verge of launching payments feature
The new feature appears closer to being fully functional than previous rumours had suggested.
‘Leapfrogging’ in payments innovation: Why India is overtaking more developed markets
Favourable regulation, a lack of legacy systems, and growth in smartphone adoption is fuelling the pace of change in the Indian payments market.
Mobile wallet spend will reach $1.35tn in 2017, according to research
A Juniper Research report is predicting a 32% increase in mWallet payments in the next 12 months.
Android Pay will be available on the Android Wear 2.0 watch
Google has changed its hands free payments approach after ditching voice recognition payments tech earlier this week.
