Category: Mobile Banking & Payments

August 1, 2018

Digital wallets for UAE consumers keep expanding. Citibank UAE joins the growing mobile wallet landscape in the region lead by Apple Pay and Samsung Pay with its standalone app, Citi Pay UAE. The app will available to Citi Mastercard credit […]

May 30, 2018

WhatsApp might launch their peer-to-peer payment feature as early as next week. A report from BloombergQuint suggests that the UPI-based in-app payment services will be taken off from its current beta phase and will be rolled out for all the […]

May 11, 2018

Huawei has released a bitcoin wallet on its app store for the first time, allowing Chinese consumers to hold virtual currencies even as Beijing steps up regulation on the nascent industry. The Shenzhen-based Chinese smartphone maker has teamed up with […]

April 10, 2018

While user privacy on internet has always been a key concern for many, it has now become a cause of worry after the disclosure of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Even more because Facebook users were the biggest victims of the […]

February 8, 2018

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned instant messaging service, has reportedly started testing its long rumoured payment feature in India. According to reports, some WhatsApp beta users on iOS and Android can now see UPI (Unified payments interface) integration in the app. The […]

February 6, 2018

As more and more folks head online to shop, it’s not surprising that the e-commerce sector is thriving. However, with so much choice in how you set up your online store, it can be difficult finding the right platform for […]

October 11, 2017

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Payments Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Wells Fargo enabled contactless withdrawals from phones or payment-enabled wearable devices at over 5,000 of its ATMs, according to a press release. […]

July 12, 2017

It could be time for PayPal (PYPL) to get cracking on a bid for fellow payments processor Square (SQ) . The purchase of Square would give PayPal increased acceptance with bricks and mortar retailers, Loop Capital analyst Joseph Vafi wrote […]

May 1, 2017

The modern smartphone is a remarkable device. A single device that fits in your pocket can do all the tasks that once required cameras, camcorders, GPS devices, watches, alarm clocks, calculators, and even TVs. But the next change might be […]

April 14, 2017

Countless think papers on “the future of work” tell us one thing: the machines are coming. Advances in robotics and artificial intelligence are set to radically reshape the jobs market globally over the coming decades, as technology makes more and […]