Mobile apps play an increasingly important role in consumers’ lives with 20 per cent of people making online purchases whilst at work and 67 per cent saying they would be put off shopping with a retailer if they had a negative experience with its app.

The service, called Amex Express Checkout, allows American Express card users to quickly make purchases online with only their americanexpress.com User ID and Password.

Digital business payments company Bill.com has released a smartphone solution that allows merchants to manage and accept international business payments.

Synaptics, the human interface solutions company, has launched, Match-in-Sensor™ fingerprint authentication, its fully hardware encapsulated fingerprint sensor and matching solution.

The fear of having their financial information stolen or compromised is the number one fear for US consumers, beating being pick-pocketed or having their house robbed.

MasterCard has received a formal complaint from the European Commission after it was discovered that the card processing firm has been imposing ‘‘artificially high’’ transaction fees.