Performance marketing technology company Criteo has released its 2015 State of Mobile Commerce report, which reveals that mobile apps generate almost 50 per cent of e-commerce transactions in the UK.

Seamless’ SEQR, the QR payment solution, is continuing its global roll out by launching in the UK today and will have a pre-paid account feature.

PayPal and Uber have agreed to extend their partnership, with nine new countries being able to accept PayPal payments that include Canada, Hong Kong and Sweden.

Vogogo, a payment processing, risk management and compliance company with a focus on cryptocurrency, has secured $12.5m worth of funding in a Series B round led by Beacon Securities, Clarus Securities and Salmon Partners.

Indian mobile payment platform Paytm has made three new additions to its board of directors, including Facebook’s first female engineer and the former global business head of WhatsApp.

Cross-border debit card fraud on UK cards has risen significantly, with the largest amount of fraudulent transactions taking place in the US, according to a new study.