“Consumer Choice” is PayPal’s mantra, brought to life last week as it unveiled a redesigned app that put what customers use and want most right up front. And today (Feb. 22), PayPal kicked off its presence at Mobile World Congress with a series of announcements...
Here at PYMNTS, we are geeks for numbers. And stats. And all things mobile, especially if you’re talking payments. Surely, you’ve caught on by now… That’s why, in week nine of 2016, we’ve gathered up the top 10 figures that we dug up out of...
The NFC Forum, a nonprofit industry association, has announced a collaborative effort with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) to jointly educate the transit industry on the benefits of NFC tech for mobile ticketing. “NFC will improve the passenger experience by linking passengers with mobile phones and...
Visa’s digital side is ready to make another Super Bowl appearance. As part of a new partnership with the NFL, Visa has made a deal to provide the roughly 700 NFC-enabled POS terminals for cardholders who want to use their smartphone to swipe, tap or click-to-pay....
January 16, 2019
Human wrists deserve a break when it comes to payments, commerce and even authentication, right? To put it another way: Is there a better way to do wearables, to appeal to consumers who, for various reasons, might not like wearing web-connected devices on that part of their bodies? It’s a reasonable concern. As wearables become […]
February 18, 2016
The NFC Forum, a nonprofit industry association, has announced a collaborative effort with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) to jointly educate the transit industry on the benefits of NFC tech for mobile ticketing. “NFC will improve the passenger experience by linking passengers with mobile phones and public transit fare payment and by increasing the opportunities to […]
February 01, 2016
Visa’s digital side is ready to make another Super Bowl appearance. As part of a new partnership with the NFL, Visa has made a deal to provide the roughly 700 NFC-enabled...
December 03, 2015
Mozido is expanding its mobile footprint — this time to Indonesia. The digital payment and commerce solutions provider announced today (Dec. 3) the launch of NFC mobile payment and loyalty services for...
October 28, 2015
European mobile payment solutions provider SEQR, provided by Seamless of Sweden, announced yesterday (Oct. 27) that it will enable merchants to accept NFC payments in the first quarter of 2016....