Major banks ready their own mobile payment apps
Several major national and international banks are planning to launch their own mobile payments apps next year.
View ArticleStarbucks says 1 in 6 payments already mobile
Starbucks says mobile payments are taking off in a big way and it's already handling almost 7 million a week at its U.S. coffee shops.
View ArticleA guide to the top mobile payments options
The launch of Apple Pay last month jump-started the mobile payments business, with several companies pushing hard to become your preferred payment method in stores. Even more competitors are on the...
View ArticleApple strikes deal with China's UnionPay for App Store payments
Apple today announced it had struck a deal with UnionPay, China's most popular credit and debit card system, to accept payments for digital goods on its App Store.
View ArticlePolice suspect fraud took most of Mt. Gox's missing bitcoins
Nearly all of the roughly US$370 million in bitcoin that disappeared in the February 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox probably vanished due to fraudulent transactions, with only 1 percent taken by hackers,...
View ArticlePayments startup iZettle makes chip & PIN card reader available for free
With a free Chip & PIN card reader, Swedish mobile payments company iZettle is lowering the threshold for small companies to start accepting card payments.
View ArticleBox woos financial services firms with a tailored cloud offering
It was just about two weeks ago that Box set out to remove a major barrier to the cloud for security-minded organizations with its Encryption Key Management capability. Now, it's taken that focus a...
View ArticleApple Watch won't boost Apple Pay payments by much
The Apple Watch supports Apple Pay, but it's unlikely that the smartwatch, coming April 24, will significantly boost the number of mobile payments made by U.S. customers.
View ArticleConfusion but hope as US faces payment revolution
In just under six months, a behind-the-scenes switch in the payments industry will change the way U.S. consumers shop and could bring wider acceptance for Apple Pay and its competitors.
View ArticleApple Pay rival CurrentC coming in mid-2015
The mobile payments space is about to get more crowded: CurrentC, a platform backed by some of the country's biggest retailers, will launch in the next few months and give Apple, Google and Samsung...
View ArticleDon't look now, but ATMs are about to get a cloud makeover
Automated teller machines have been around for decades, but surprisingly few changes have been made to the technologies that run them. That's about to change.
View ArticleMtGox creditors can finally file claims for lost bitcoins
Former customers of MtGox, once the world's largest trading place for bitcoin, can finally file claims for lost assets.
View ArticleApple Pay heads across the Pond
Apple Pay will launch in the U.K. in July, where it will initially work at 250,000 retail locations and the London transit system -- with credit card support from eight major banks, Apple announced...
View ArticleThe Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, July 2
Line up for IPv4 addresses... HP makes PC/enterprise split official... PayPal to buy money transfer service Xoom... and more tech news
View ArticleGlitch brings major disruption to NYSE trading
The New York Stock Exchange suffered its biggest outage in more than 10 years on Wednesday when an unspecified technical glitch forced a 3.5-hour long suspension of trading.
View ArticleSoftware update caused NYSE suspension
An incompatibility with a software update and subsequent attempt to fix it were the root cause of glitch that forced a nearly four hour long suspension of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on...
View ArticleSunEdison drops $2.2B to acquire Vivint Solar
SunEdison, the world's largest renewable energy development company, announced a definitive agreement to buy Vivint Solar, one of the largest providers of residential rooftop solar systems.
View ArticleAfiniation partners with Citi for Citi Mobile Challenge program
Australasian FinTech network, Afiniation, has partnered with global financial services company, Citi, on the Citi Mobile Challenge program.
View ArticleWipro and BlackLine partner for financial software solutions
Global IT, consulting and business process services company, Wipro, has partnered with Enhanced Finance Controls and Automation (EFCA) software company, BlackLine.
View ArticleFinance, telco and IT targeted as DDoS attacks rise
“DDoS attacks have become one of the most popular weapons in the cybercriminal arsenal..."
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