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Barclays Confirms Imminent Apple Pay Launch

Posted on February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

A Barclays executive has confirmed that it will launch on Apple Pay within the next month and a half.

Tagged apple pay, mobile, payments

10% Of Card Payments Are Now Contactless

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Contactless card transactions now account for one in 10 card payments, the first time the milestone has been passed, the latest figures from The UK Cards Association show.

Tagged cards, contactless, payments

Topshop & Barclaycard bPay Launch Contactless Payment Accessory Range

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The “TOPSHOP x bPay” collection is a range of accessories that incorporate bPay by Barclaycard contactless payment technology.

Tagged Barclaycard, bPay, contactless, payments

Droplet Expands Across UK, Introduces Referral Scheme

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Droplet, the payments and rewards app targeting independent retailers, has expanded in to a further seven cities in the UK, and is also offering users a £5 incentive for introducing their friends and family to the app.

Tagged app, Droplet, payments, rewards

Apple Pay Now Supports Halifax & Lloyds

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments
Halifax & Lloyds Join Apple Pay

Apple Pay is slowly adding support for more UK banks, with Halifax and Lloyds Bank the latest to launch on the mobile payment system.

Tagged apple pay, contactless, Halifax, Lloyds TSB, payments

PayPal Launch PayPal.Me To Help Send & Receive Money

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment
Paypal.me

Paying back friends and family is about to get easier and faster, according to PayPal, thanks to their new secure way to pay, using just a short personalised link.   Users can now secure their own name at PayPal.Me (for example, a person called John Smith could register the personalised link with the username PayPal.Me/JohnSmith, if available) […]

Tagged payments, paypal

iZettle Raises €60 Million, Introduces iZettle Advance

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

iZettle is introducing iZettle Advance, a new way for small businesses across Europe to obtain access to extra capital by getting an advance on future card sales.

Tagged izettle, payments

UK Contactless Spending Triples in 12 Months

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Data released by Barclaycard today shows that contactless spending has more than trebled in the last 12 months.

Tagged Barlcaycard, contactless, payments

Pay By Selfie!

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Mastercard are running 2 tests where users can authorise payments by effectively taking a selfie with their smartphones.

Tagged biometrics, Mastercard, payments, selfie, smartphones

Apple Pay vs Samsung Pay

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Samsung will release its competitor to Apple Pay, Samsung Pay (good, original thinking, guys!) in South Korea in the next few days, followed by a rollout in the US in September.

Tagged apple pay, mobile, payments, Samsung Pay

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