Mobile Payments

Electronic payment apps and NFC shopping has been available on both major mobile platforms for a while now. Apple wasn't happy with just offering ......

The popular Facebook Messenger service will be adding PayPal payment support in the coming weeks, an expansion to the current debit card payment option.

Less than a month after the company laid off half its staff, it appears that mobile payments company CurrentC could be DOA.

Samsung has announced that its fledgling mobile payments service Samsung Pay now has over 5 million registered users.

Wal-Mart has announced its own mobile payment service, dubbed 'Walmart Pay,' as the massive retailer follows in the footsteps of other companies.

According to a new report, China UnionPay and Apple have reached an agreement to bring Apple Pay to China through UnionPay's POS network.

According to new reports, Apple is looking to launch Apple Pay in China by February.

Square has begun rolling out its new, updated mobile payment readers to local businesses around the U.S., giving them support for chip cards and Apple Pay.

Samsung has boasted of the success of Samsung Pay this weekend, although the service is currently only available in South Korea.

Google has announced the official U.S. launch of Android Pay, the mobile payments tech that will allow you to use your phone to pay at millions of retail locations.

CurrentC, the mobile payments app backed by major retailers, may be delayed until next year.

Following its initial rollout to users in New York City, Facebook's Messenger payment platform is now available to all U.S. users.

Korea electronics giant Samsung has announced that its Samsung Wallet service will be shutting down on June 30th as the company migrates to the upcoming Samsung Pay service.

According to a Samsung executive, the company's Samsung Pay mobile payments service is expected to launch in the second half of the year.

OpenTable has added a mobile payments option to its popular restaurant booking app for Android users, a few weeks after iOS users.

Mobile payment system Softcard is officially dead following its recent acquisition by Google.

Now that Apple Pay is a hit and Samsung just announced their entry to market, Google is not far behind in the blossoming mobile payments world.

After weeks of rumors, Google has officially announced their acquisition of Softcard from the U.S. carriers that started it.

Google wants its failed Google Wallet service to be able to compete against the popular Apple Pay mobile payments system, and could be willing to pay for it.

According to new reports, Google could be preparing to acquire the mobile payments company Softcard (formerly known as Isis) to boost their current offerings in the space.
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