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Mobile payments, Smartphones, Smartwatches and wearable tech as new ways to pay
PayPal Canada has released the findings of a national study that shows Canadians are keen to embrace future-forward mobile payments...
Equity Bank challenges M-Pesa with Thin SIM technology
Kenya’s Equity bank is aiming to challenge mobile money transfer giant M-Pesa with the release of an ultra-thin smart SIM...
mPOS player Square raises $150 million funding
mPOS player Square has raised $150 million in a funding round, led by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. The...
MasterCard to mine Facebook user data in Asia-Pacific
MasterCard has signed a two-year deal to mine Facebook Asia-Pacific user data, detailing consumers’ online habits to uncover behavioural insights...
Dwolla secures fresh investment to scale global payment network
Dwolla has raised $9.7 million in a further funding round. The highly rated startup set out to build a scalable,...
Reddit plans cryptocurrency
Reddit, the self styled “front page of the internet”, has raised $50 million in Series B on a $500 million valuation with...
World Payments Report 2014
Non-cash payments volumes are expected to grow 9.4% to reach 366 billion transactions in 20131, fueled by strong growth in...
Ripple signs US banks to payments network
Ripple’s payments network, that allows institutions to facilitate low-cost international money transfers without the intermediation of large banks, has signed its...