On the heels of its Canadian launch last year, Adyen announced the addition of Interac Debit on Mobile for in-browser and in-app as a payment method for Canadian merchants. The company is also growing its partnership with on-demand food delivery service company foodora Canada, which allows...
Contactless payments are making their own big play in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, at least according to new Visa data. In a statement, the company said that “in the nine official stadiums, fans across France tapped to pay using contactless payment technology...
Payment bottlenecks cause problems for all types of consumers and companies, not the least of which are small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). But a new offering from PayPal and Visa could help ease those frustrations and hassles. The two payments firms announced on Tuesday (July...
Real-time payments (RTP) is a global initiative that’s been a decade in the making and counting, one that has gained momentum over the last several years. More than 50 countries are actively pursuing, piloting or already live with real-time payment programs. Just last week, the...
When it comes to the new and emerging legal cannabis industry – along with the closely related trade in CBD products – payments and compliance issues, as one can imagine, have tremendous importance, and companies are striving to get into the game via those angles. The...
A state-owned e-wallet platform called LinkAja was launched on Sunday (June 30) in Jakarta, Indonesia, according to reports. The service was supposed to launch in early March, but was repeatedly delayed. Digital payments in Indonesia are becoming more popular by the day, with more than...
The digital transformation of India’s payments landscape is underway, through government mandate, and a slew of banking and FinTech players. Jeremy Wilmot, group president at ACI Worldwide, tells Karen Webster that greenfield opportunities exist in a marketplace featuring more than 1 billion consumers, tech-savvy and...
Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments continue to gain popularity among consumers, with two of the biggest providers, Zelle and Venmo, reporting ongoing and significant gains. But amid that growth is a fresh trend that could present challenges for law enforcement — the use of such payment methods...
Payment company Wirecard is introducing a new service called boon Planet, a mobile payment app, the company said in a release. With boon Planet, customers can transfer funds, open accounts, make contactless payments with smart devices and access real-time transaction overviews. The app is entering...
