Tag Archives: mobile payments

Apple Pay is finally heading to the UK this week, around nine months after its initial announcement last year and it looks like more people will have the opportunity to make use of the feature, as Barclays has caved in and revealed that it would be offering support for the …

Ever since last year when Apple launched Apple Pay with the latest batch of iPhones, more and more smartphone makers have been looking in to offering a way for customers to make card payments with their mobile devices. While offerings from Google, Apple and Samsung have all operated in the …

Google is finally ready to compete with Apple Pay with its own mobile payments system, dubbed ‘Android Pay'. Previous rumors suggested that Google would be launching its own mobile payments platform soon, which is now confirmed. This all comes shortly after we heard that Google was working with carriers to …

Google's Wallet service didn't take off in the same way that Apple Pay has but Google hasn't given up just yet. According to a new report, the company is looking to revive Google Wallet and turn it in to a genuine competitor in the mobile payments field. In order to …

Apple Pay is due to arrive in the UK next year but according to new reports Apple's negotiations are being held up as some banking executives fear that the mobile payment service could serve as a “beachhead for Apple's invasion of the banking industry”. Additionally, at least one of the …

Apple will reportedly launch its recently announced NFC based mobile payment service in the US on the 18th of October, according to a leaked memo from Wallgreens. Apple Pay will allow US shoppers to pay for goods using their iPhone 6 or 6 Plus handset, the upcoming Apple Watch will …

Sir Stuart Rose was asked to leave M&S with an £8 million handshake and, at 61 years of age, could well retire to a humble Yorkshire mining town – supping bitter and regaling locals with tales of retailing wonder. But he's not doing that. In fact he's getting quite dramatic. …

In a recent research poll done by Nielsen they have revealed that many consumers wish to use their mobile phones as credit cards. A massive 71% of all application downloaders are intereseted in an application that would allow them to use their smartphone as a credit card. It was also …