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HSBC mobile payment app launches through VocaLink partnership

04/03/201703/30/2017 Sam Lambert

Millions of the bank’s customers can soon use the Pay by Bank application to complete transactions. A new HSBC mobile payment services app will give access to first direct customers who want to use their smartphones to complete shopping transactions. It lets them use the banking app as a direct payment method for purchasing certain products and services in an online store. The HSBC payment app is the result of the financial institution’s partnership with VocaLink. VocaLink is a global company with partnerships including banks, governments and corporations. It launched…

MasterPass QR code central to Ecobank cashless campaign

03/24/201703/22/2017 L. Green

The bank has launched this new solution for merchants in order to let them use mobile devices to accept payments. The EcoBank MasterPass QR code based mobile payments solution launched with small merchants in mind. This service makes it possible for merchants to use their mobile phones to accept payments from their customers. This solution is the result of a partnership between Ecobank and MasterCard in a broader retail payment strategy. Through the MasterPass QR code, Ecobank’s merchant customers can use any mobile device to accept payments. This eliminates the…

Mobile payments awareness is rising in North America despite low adoption

10/20/201610/19/2016 Jennifer Goula

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Consumers here still feel most transactions will be based on cash at least until 2020. An Accenture study showed mobile payments awareness has reached 56 percent of consumers in North America. This represents a 4 percent increase over the figures recorded a year ago. That said, those same consumers don’t appear to be adopting mobile wallets. Regular mobile payments usage has stayed at 19 percent among North American consumers. This, despite the fact that a much higher number actually know the transaction method exists. Among the respondents in the mobile…

Mobile banking services help young people save their money

05/16/201605/14/2016 Julie Campbell

A new Halifax Savings survey has shown that 18 to 24 year olds find it easier to save using digital tools. New research has revealed that four out of every five young adults find that online and mobile banking services are helping them to increase their balances and save their money in an effective way. The research also discovered that what is true for younger consumers is not the same for older ones. Among people between the ages of 18 and 24 years of age, 81 percent using their bank’s…

Touch ID added to American mobile banking app

04/08/201604/06/2016 Julie Campbell

U.S. Bank has now announced that this security upgrade with fingerprint scanning is available. One of the latest announcements from U.S. Bank has revealed that its mobile banking app will now support Touch ID for iPhone users as a simpler way to keep their financial details safe while still conveniently accessing their account. This means that users of recent iPhone generations can use their fingerprints as passwords. According to the U.S. Bank executive vice president and head of omnichannel banking, Gareth Gaston, “We have been looking at ways to use…