Mobile payments service Zapp bases brand identity on 'feeling you get when...
Enabling real-time payments on mobile phones via existing mobile banking applications, Zapp’s brand world centres around the ‘Tingle’, a graphic representation of the feeling you get with things work....
View ArticleMasterCard forces merchant POS upgrade to contactless as standard
The card scheme has set in motion a two-phase shift to contactless as a standard by insisting that all new POS terminals must be capable of accepting 'tap and pay' cards upon deployment as from 1...
View ArticleMonitise revenues rise but losses grow
Revenue for the year was £95.1 million, up from £72.8 million the previous year. But there was an Ebitda loss of £31.4 million, up from £19.3 million in 2013. Monitise had already warned back in July...
View ArticleBarclays fined £38m for putting clients' assets 'at risk'
The fine comes three years after Barclays paid out £1.1m for a similar issue. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the bank's investment arm had put £16.5bn of clients' assets "at risk" between...
View ArticleBarclays sees mobile banking surge
Latest figures also show the average Barclays customer visits a branch less than twice a month and uses Barclays Mobile Banking 26 times a month. In an attempt to get more customers switched onto...
View ArticleHow mobile payments can help grow your business
Mobile payments are growing rapidly around the world, with more innovative ways to pay introduced every year. Some analysts say the recent changes to financial transactions are nothing short of...
View ArticleRetailers to launch mobile payments
Mobile payment innovation Zapp, which has been developed by the company behind Link cash machines, has unveiled a string of firms where customers will be able to use the new technology, which also...
View Article10 things you need to know about e-finance
There is now a vast array of apps and online services that allow us to manage our money – whether that means saving it, spending it admiring it or fretting about the lack of it - and they are...
View ArticleApple Pay is only the start: Mobile wallets are about to take off
Exciting stuff, but haven’t people been predicting the end of cash for some years now? Despite new developments like Apple Pay, talk of a “mobile wallet” revolution (with smartphones becoming the...
View ArticleEurope leads world in mobile payments as North America lags behind
Adyen, the Amsterdam-based payment technology company, released the findings as part of its Q3 Mobile Payments Index. It’s worth noting that the index covers the last period before Apple Pay launched,...
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