Google working on Hands Free payment app for Android and iOS
After launching Android Pay, Google is piloting a new payment app that Google calls the future of mobile payment. Called Hands Free, the app lets users pay in stores without even taking the phone out...
View ArticleApple Pay takes on China’s internet kings in mobile payments
Apple Inc launched its mobile payment system in China in a bid to convince the hundreds of millions of users of the country’s entrenched, dominant services to switch. “We think China could be our...
View ArticleAmazon acquires Emvantage to spruce up online payment platform for India
Amazon has confirmed to acquire Emvantage Payments, a privately held company that offers services in the area of online payments. Emvantage has developed a series of payment solutions including a...
View ArticlemRUPEE now available on IRCTC as a payment option
mRUPEE, a subsidiary of Tata Teleservices, has announced that it has tied up with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), India’s largest e-commerce company, to provide an additional...
View ArticleVinod Khosla leaves mobile payment company Square’s board
Mobile payment company Square said Director Vinod Khosla, the company’s second largest shareholder, had left its board ahead of its initial public offering. Khosla will remain an adviser to Square’s...
View ArticleGoogle rolls out Android Pay mobile payment in the US
Google Inc said it would roll out Android Pay, a one-touch payment app on Android devices, in more than 1 million locations in the United States on Thursday. The payment service can be used through...
View ArticleSamsung smartwatch with mobile payment will launch later this year: Report
Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to offer a mobile payments function in a smartwatch to be launched in the second half of the year, South Korea’s Electronic Times newspaper reported on...
View ArticleGoogle to launch Android Pay at I/O in May: Report
It is known that Google is working on its Apple Pay rival called the Android Pay. Now, sources related to the matter have told ArsTechnica that Google will be launching the new payments API at the I/O...
View ArticleLine announces mobile payments service that lets you shop within the app
Messaging app Line has announced the global launch of its payment system, called Line Pay, which will allow users to transfer money and purchase items directly from the app. Line claims that the...
View ArticleCVS, Rite Aid and Wal-Mart among 50 retailers that have refused NFC payments
Some large U.S. retailers are refusing to use Apple’s new electronic payments service as they commit to developing a rival payments system that would bolster their profits by eliminating credit card...
View ArticleApple’s priorities for China include launching Apple Pay mobile payments...
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook was quoted on Friday as saying he had “very open” talks on privacy and security with a senior Chinese official, days after a web monitoring group linked the government to...
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