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Most of the world’s population will use mobile wallets by 2025 and SE Asia is growing fastest, says study
A major report into the growth of mobile wallets, projects that one in two people will use a mobile wallet by 2025. At the end of 2020, there were over
Read moreContactless payments ubiquitous in China, but struggle to take hold in the West
Strategy Analytics – contactless payments and digital wallets such as Alipay and WeChat Pay are ubiquitous in China but despite being around for several years, they have been much slower to catch
Read moreA1 Telekom Austria accepts Bitcoin and more in cashless trades
Companies and consumers alike benefit from the modernisation of cashless payment transactions. Now A1 Telekom Austria Group has announced that, with immediate effect, its A1 Payment service is accepting digital currencies for cashless payments.
Read moreRemitly partners with Alipay to offer international remittances
Remitly, the online money transfer service used by more than two million people globally, is announcing its collaboration with Alipay, the payment and lifestyle platform. The agreement enables Remitly customers
Read moremPOS transaction values to exceed $1.9tn by 2024, fuelled by new use cases
New data from Juniper Research forecasts that mPOS (Mobile Points of Sale) transaction values will exceed $1.9 trillion (€1.7 trillion) by 2024, up from $850 billion (€765 billion) in 2019.
Read moreRiverPay selected as technology facilitator for payments
Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay Inc.announced it is facilitating payments through two of the most popular mobile payment systems favored by Chinese consumers, Alipay and WeChat Pay, at Harrods’
Read morePekka Rantala appointed the new CEO of ePassi
Pekka Rantala has been appointed as CEO of ePassi, a Finnish fintech company specialising in mobile payments. Rantala will begin in his position in October 2019.
Read moreThe IoT is transforming the telecommunications industry, creating exciting new revenue opportunities for telcos that innovate
We are witnessing a significant and inevitable shift in digital payments to mobile commerce. Consumers are now spending more time and money on their mobile devices than on their desktops
Read moreeRetail sales to pass $3.3 trillion this year, up by 10% on 2017, says Juniper Research
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of consumer spend on remote payments for digital and physical goods will surpass $3.3 trillion (€2.65 trillion) this year,
Read moreApple & Google to bring social payments to the masses, driving mobile P2P users to reach 2.5bn this year
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the global number of registered mobile domestic money transfer users is expected to reach 2.5 billion this year, up from an estimated 1.7
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