Facebook Messenger is already set up to allow users to send each other money, but has yet to turn on the feature, according to screenshots released by Stanford computer science student Andrew Aude.

Ola announced the launch of their in-app wallet feature, enabling a seamless payments experience that might just challenge Uber in India as the American service faces regulatory problems.

Mobile payments service Square has raised $150 million in its Series E funding round, and is now valued at $6 million during a tumultuous time for the payments industry.

Despite an early surge in stock prices for new tie-up Daum Kakao, investor concerns over the companies’ ability to expand globally have been followed by an exodus of South Korean users from Kakao Talk due to increased monitoring of the messaging app by the government.

Worldline, an Atos subsidiary for e-payment services, has been selected by the Aduno Group to provide Yomani payment terminals, starting in Switzerland at the end of this year.

Devastating power cuts in New Zealand’s biggest city have closed all major banks and ATMs and may have reduced spending by as much as NZ $4.3m, according to the electronic payment processor Paymark.