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Alipay mobile wallet launches in Taiwan

12/21/201512/20/2015 Jennifer Goula

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…

Chase Pay mobile wallet announced by JP Morgan Chase

11/03/201511/01/2015 L. Green

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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…

Mobile payments could succeed if they prove to be simple, flexible and convenient

09/22/201509/22/2015 Jesse Collins

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A recent study by MasterCard has shown that these are the primary features sought by consumers. MasterCard has now released the results of a study that has shown that in terms of mobile payments, consumers are seeking methods that are flexible, simple, and convenient among the new innovations that they would be willing to consider when they pay for products at retail locations. This is important insight to be considered by companies that are presently or soon to be in this market. As retailers and other companies move toward mobile…

Samsung wants mobile payments to be more versatile

09/17/201509/16/2015 John Montgallo

Samsung Pay is working to better compete with other companies Samsung is gearing up to launch its own mobile payments service in the coming months, but it will have to find new ways to compete in mobile markets if it wants to find success. As such, Samsung is working to make its new payments service more versatile in order to ensure that it can provide optimal services to consumers. Recently, Samsung announced its partnership with Gemalto, which will provide Samsung Pay with access to a variety of technology that will…

Prominent mobile commerce platform adds new features

07/16/201507/15/2015 Stephen Vagus

Alipay has new features that will make it more than a mobile wallet Alipay, the prominent mobile payments platform from Alibaba and Ant Financial, has introduced a new feature that may expand its influence. The service now has a peer-to-peer transfer and messaging feature, which will allow users to send money between one another using a simple transfer method. The messaging aspect of this feature will also allow users to send digital coupons to their friends, providing them with an effective way to share merchant deals. Messaging service provides users…