Barclaycard’s new partnership sees smartphone cases go contactless
Barclaycard has partnered with Case Station, a company that makes personalised phone cases, to embed contactless technology in the latter's smartphone cases.
“Send 10 Euros to Sam” – N26 Bank lets users send money with Apple’s Siri
Digital challenger bank, N26, which has been live for one and a half years and has more than 200,000 customers, rolled out a new feature that allows its customers to transfer money using Siri. All they have to do is talk to it.
Cashless transactions a hit at festivals, says Barclaycard
Cashless transactions at this year's British Summer Time festival increased sharply as more small and micro-businesses started to accept card, mobile and contactless transactions, says Barclaycard.
ING explores AI robotics with Pepper, the world’s first humanoid robot
ING, the Holland-based bank, wanted to experience artificial intelligence first-hand by inviting Pepper, the world's first humanoid robot, designed by Japanese firm Softbank.
Bank Holiday Weekend sets record for ATM cash withdrawals
This August Bank Holiday Weekend saw a record amount of cash withdrawn from ATMs, according to LINK, the UK's cash machine network.
UK contactless payments overtakes cheques for the first time
Cheques are become less and less common in the UK according to new research from global market research firm Mintel which claims contactless card use has overtaken cheque payments in the UK for the first time.
How We Pay in Europe: a look to the future
New data from Worldpay, which surveyed 4,000 shoppers in Europe, shows the continent is becoming more tech-savvy and a keen adopter of new payment technology.
Samsung Pay hits 100 million transactions on first anniversary (Infographic)
A year after its first launch, Samsung Pay has revealed that in that time it has processed 100m unique transactions in seven countries.
MasterCard implements contactless technology at The Barclays golf tournament
Just as Visa is making the most of a popular sporting event, so too is MasterCard as the company has announced plans to introduce new payment technology to The Barclays gold tournament.
Visa’s Olympic contactless payment ring a hit with athletes
Visa's contactless payment ring has been a hit with athletes at the Rio Olympics.
