Google Wallet makes it easy to pay – in stores, online or to anyone in the US with a Gmail address. It works with any debit or credit card, on every mobile carrier.
Google Wallet makes it easy to pay – in stores, online or to anyone in the US with a Gmail address. It works with any debit or credit card, on every mobile carrier.
NFC has revolutionised card and mobile payments payments by making them extremely convenient to use. But, can emerging technologies like beacons surpass even that by completely reducing friction and offering services beyond NFC's capabilities?
Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from the world of payments.
We take a quick look at recent data from Barclaycard that shows where the British public liked to pay using contactless payments.
Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from the world of payments. This week's round-up includes a company that shocks you if you overspend, Italian cheese that is used as currency and of course Android Pay in the UK.
The infographic says cash payments could decline by as much as 50% in the next ten years, exacerbated by the introduction of the likes of Android Pay, Samsung Pay and improvements to mobile coverage and public wifi.
Like some sort of payments equivalent of a fighter who just keeps picking the wrong fights, Barclays is taking on Android Pay by releasing its own contactless payment for Android phones service in June. The bank tried and failed to take on Apple Pay last year. We're not exactly sure how it expects to do better this time round...
Whilst in hindsight 2015 was by no means "the year of Apple Pay" that Tim Cook predicted, it could be argued to be the year of mobile payments - in the sense that's when the technology got more traction. Apple Pay notched its first full calendar year on the market and Samsung and Google both started rolling out its own Pays.
In early April we spoke to Steffan Aquarone, the founder and CEO of Droplet, a startup that lets users make hands-free payments at frequently-visited venues, about the excitement surrounding frictionless payments and the importance of 'making payments human'.
From the giant of Asia, Alipay, looking to the West for newer and bigger opportunities to a live demonstration of a cardless ATM, here are the five things we noticed on the second day of Money20/20 Copenhagen.
To accompany our daily roundup of all the comings and goings of Money2020 Europe, we will also be exploring in more detail some of the Track Sessions from the event! On Monday, we attended a session that explored the current hot trends in the payments industry including mobile wallets, blockchain and social media.
