Digital Payments

Digital payment is a way of payment which is made through digital modes. In digital payments, payer and payee both use digital modes to send and receive money. It is also called electronic payment.

Commonwealth Bank Now Offers Samsung Pay
Commonwealth Bank Now Offers Samsung Pay
February 22, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Australian-based Commonwealth Bank announced Wednesday (Feb. 21) that its customers would now be able to make contactless payments via Samsung Electronics’ mobile wallet, Samsung Pay. In...

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Mastercard Advisors Gets New President 
Mastercard Advisors Gets New President 
February 22, 2018  |  Mastercard

Payment processor Mastercard announced Wednesday (Feb. 21) that it had named Dimitrios Dosis as the new president of Mastercard Advisors, the professional services unit of...

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Google Launches Bill Pay In India
Google Launches Bill Pay In India
February 19, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Google announces a new service in India that will enable residents to pay their utility bills digitally. According to news from BGR, Google India said Monday (Feb....

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Digital Payments Explode In Venezuela Amid Scarce Cash
Digital Payments Explode In Venezuela Amid Scarce Cash
February 15, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Where cash is hard to find, therein lies boon and bumper crop for digital payments. Reuters reported that in Venezuela, the economic crisis has fostered an...

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Payworks Raises $14.5M To Grow POS Technology
Payworks Raises $14.5M To Grow POS Technology
February 15, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Payworks announced that it has completed a $14.5M Series B financing round with CommerzVentures and Visa, as well as existing investors Speedinvest and Finparx participating...

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WhatsApp Tests Payments In India
WhatsApp Tests Payments In India
February 09, 2018  |  Digital Payments

WhatsApp is testing a payment ability in India which will enable users to send money to other users of the mobile app. Citing sources familiar...

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Death, Taxes And Digitizing Insurance Payments 
Death, Taxes And Digitizing Insurance Payments 
February 08, 2018  |  Digital Payments

If death and taxes are sureties, insurance payments rank up there, as people insure homes and autos and apartments against any number of calamitous scenarios....

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Has Starbucks Lost Its Mobile (Order Ahead) Mojo?
Has Starbucks Lost Its Mobile (Order Ahead) Mojo?
February 08, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

When Starbucks announced its earnings miss last week, there were several critical takeaways.    By far the most popular was that Americans en masse had taken a hard pass on...

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eBay/PayPal: What Everyone Missed
eBay/PayPal: What Everyone Missed
February 05, 2018  |  Digital Payments

The year was 1999. eBay, then four years old, bought payments provider Billpoint to improve the payments experience on its site. When eBay first launched...

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