Alipay mobile wallet launches in Taiwan

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The Chinese payments app has been moving its way into Taiwanese businesses since the start of the month. Alipay, the financial side of Chinese giant corporation, Alibaba, has announced that almost 3,500 businesses in Taiwan now accept its mobile wallet app to complete payment transactions in supermarkets, department stores, chain stores, telecoms and even street vendors. The official launch started at the beginning of December and the applications to take part have poured in. According to the Ant Financial Global Business-Taiwan director, Ray Gu, the rising number of visitors to…

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BBM mobile payments are headed to Africa

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BlackBerry has now announced that it intends to start in Nigeria and work outward with its transaction tech. The recovering Canadian handset maker, BlackBerry, has announced that it has plans to make it possible for BBM users in Africa to be able to use a mobile payments service that will let them send money or airtime. The service will launch in Nigeria and will make these transactions “as simply as they transfer photos or files.” This is a part of a broader strategy that BlackBerry has been making into the…

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Report from Gemalto provides insight on the mobile payments space

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Gemalto offers assessment of the mobile commerce landscape Gemalto, a leading digital security firm, has offered an assessment of the mobile payments landscape. The company has acquired significant experience in the mobile commerce world, where many other organizations have begun to see significant promise. Some of these organizations have been experiencing turbulence with their mobile commerce operations, which has lead Gemalto, as well as other firms, to provide some insight into the mobile payments space and the challenges that exist therein. Consumers have access to a wide range of mobile…

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Chase Pay mobile wallet announced by JP Morgan Chase

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This has added yet one more digital payments app to the rapidly growing number in the market. JP Morgan Chase has now added its name to the ever-growing list of different banks and retailers that have created their own mobile wallet in order to compete with more established giants such as Apple, Google and Samsung. The JP Morgan Chase consumer banking arm has now announced the launch of the Chase Pay app. This mobile wallet can be used by consumers who want to use their smartphones in order to pay…

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Mobile payments firm launches ambitious new product

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iZettle launches new capital advance product, expanding into new markets iZettle, a European mobile payments firm, has announced that it is expanding services that will be tantamount to offering small business loans. The service, which is designed to be a capital advance product, is called iZettle Advance. The new service will be available to a small number of customers that require funds to grow their business operations. This will allow the firm to cater to a wider range of customers, enabling organizations to embrace mobile commerce and allowing iZettle to…

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