As the European Banking Authority (EBA) develops its Regulatory Technical Standards, and as the EU Member States consider the detail of PSD2, any regulation governing online payments should enable and encourage the e-commerce sector to balance the twin considerations of risk and convenience (otherwise growth would be stifled and costs would increase).
Bank of America announced a series of improvements to mobile and online banking to better meet customers’ changing needs and make it easier for users to manage their finances digitally.
Apple Pay is now live in the UK, and MasterCard has announced it will offer its cardholders immediate access to the new service helping them to use their cards where and how they want with a seamless experience.
Apple unveiled iOS 9 making devices more intelligent and proactive with powerful search and improved Siri features. New multitasking features designed specifically for iPad allow you to work with two apps simultaneously, side-by-side or with the new Picture-in-Picture feature, to keep watching a video while browsing the web, composing email or using any other app.
MasterCard will offer its customers access to Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay, when it launches in the UK.
In today’s CardFlash News Que: CFPB (Lipsky); YAPSTONE (PCI); DIGITZS (Crowdfunder); and FIRST BANKCARD (Passcode).
Samsung Pay will be a reality this summer following the launch of the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge phones on April 10th. Visa and MasterCard are fully supportive of Apple Pay’s newest and most formidable competitor.
MasterCard has launched the MasterCard Nearby App enabling on-the-go consumers to easily find the more than 220,000 merchants in the U.S. – including Subway, Toys R’ Us, Walgreens, Whole Foods Market and all Apple Store retail locations – that accept contactless payments.
Ballpark food and beverage concessions at the 2014 World Series, which begins tonight, will be payment NFC-enabled. The Kansas City and San Francisco ballparks will be the first professional sports facilities to accept Apple Pay.
JUSP announced it is teaming with Nokia as the first provider of a chip-and-pin mPOS solution to the Nokia Lumia smartphone. JUSP’s solution also works with Windows-based PCs as well as smartphones and tablets running Windows, iOS and Android making it an all-encompassing mPOS solution for both micro merchants and small- and medium-sized retail outlets. JUSP’s mPOS device and operating system flexibility, along with the chip-and-pin security and the all-inclusive pricing launched recently by JUSP, makes it extremely easy, convenient and secure for retailers of all sizes to charge customers using whatever means they choose.
JUSP chip-and-pin mPOS solution for smartphones and tablets is teaming with Nokia as the first provider of a chip-and-pin mPOS solution to the Nokia Lumia smartphone. JUSP’s solution also works with Windows-based PCs as well as smartphones and tablets running Windows, iOS and Android making it an all-encompassing mPOS solution for both micro merchants and small- and medium-sized retail outlets. JUSP’s mPOS device and operating system flexibility, along with the chip-and-pin security and the all-inclusive pricing launched recently by JUSP, makes it extremely easy, convenient and secure for retailers of all sizes to charge customers using whatever means they choose. JUSP’s mPOS connects through a computer’s USB or audio jack or any mobile device’s audio jack and, because JUSP is ‘bank agnostic,’ there are no bank accounts to change or any other banking requirements or approvals necessary. With its Windows-based solution, JUSP can connect shop owners data to Microsoft-based back-end accounting systems, billing and Excel spreadsheets.
Aconite announces support for the new mobile payment infrastructure based on Host Card Emulation (HCE) and Tokenization. New features in smartphone operating systems coupled with announcements from card brands and EMVCo have breathed new life into mobile payment using NFC at the Point of Sale – the idea that a phone has to have an EMV-like payment application installed in a Secure Element to support mobile payment has been overtaken. The new direction the mobile payments proposition is taking is being defined by HCE and Tokenization.