Tag: mobile payments
Century-old bank plans digital revamp to fight FinTech
Siam Commercial Bank Pcl, Thailand's oldest homegrown lender, plans to reinvent its mobile digital payment platform. Read more: www.bloomberg.com
Perpule closes seed funding for queue-jumping payments
In-store payments app Perpule has secured $650,000 in Seed funding led by Kstart – a sister company of VC Kalaari Capital. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
FinTech innovation around checks
Mitek says FinTech innovators should reduce friction in paper checks, not work to take them out of B2B payments entirely. Read more: www.pymnts.com
US Bank’s confident in mobile B2B payments
U.S. Bank remains confident corporates will adopt mobile payments, and not just for business travel payments, either. Read more: www.pymnts.com
Apple faces competition in China’s mobile payments market
Dong Ximiao was buying a meal at KFC and pulled out his phone to pay, like everyone does in China, when the cashier asked: “Alipay or WeChat Pay?”. Read more: www.bloomberg.com
JP Morgan Chase buys tech behind failed CurrentC
JP Morgan Chase is ramping up its mobile payments offering through the acquisition of MCX’s payments technology. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Why cybercrooks love alternative payments
Fraudsters are always looking for unsuspecting payments types that can be used to perpetrate their crimes. Read more: www.pymnts.com
Biometric features can drive mobile payment adoption
Privacy and fraud are still a concern among consumers when it comes to mobile payments. Read more: www.bankinnovation.com
Can Zelle replace Venmo? Banking giants fight back
Does “Can you Zelle me the payment?” have the same ring to “You can just Venmo me?” Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com
Mobile wallets (still) not attractive to consumers, merchants
Users still aren’t exactly flocking to mobile wallets, and that’s probably because merchants aren’t that thrilled about them either. Read more: www.baninnovation.net