Apple abused its dominant position in mobile payments, says EU
The European Commission has informed consumer tech giant Apple that it has formed a ‘preliminary view’ that it abused its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets on iOS devices.
The European Commission has informed consumer tech giant Apple that it has formed a ‘preliminary view’ that it abused its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets on iOS devices.
Gadget giant Apple has caused a controversy by rejecting a premium email app unless it charges for subscriptions through the App Store, thus giving Apple a 30% piece of the action.
Mobile app tracker App Annie reports that downloads of business apps, especially video conferencing ones, have exploded in recent weeks.
Sceptics will turn their noses-up at the research, but as we increasingly drive towards a cashless society the trends are heading in the right direction.
In the ever-lasting search for 5G usecases, Telia has teamed-up with Finnish bank OP to trial facial recognition payment solutions.
Social media giant Facebook has announced the launch of Libra, a ‘stablecoin’ apparently designed to revolutionise the digital payments market.
A new report into commuters’ spending habits reckons they drop £23 billion per year of stuff via their mobile devices while on the move.
Mobile security company Giesecke+Devrient is helping Swiss watch company Swatch with its own contactless payment technology.
New research from price comparison site uSwitch.com reveals that the use of mobile devices to go shopping in the UK is growing rapidly.
Americans like to spend a whole day giving thanks for stuff and then spend the next day buying loads more of it. Over here, not so much.
Google has announced it will rebrand its Indian digital payments app, Tez, to Google Pay as the team readies a launch into new international markets.
In its first earnings release since going public in June, payments firm Adyen is proving it can live up to the hype.
Softbank and Yahoo Japan have announced the formation of a new joint venture, PayPay, to launch a QR-based smartphone payment services in Japan by November.
US mobile payment processing outfit Square reckons its new stand will empower small businesses in a way that traditional financial services have failed to do.
Digital agency Visualsoft has done a bit of number crunching and come to the conclusion that the value of UK commercial transactions over mobile almost doubled in the second half of last year.
Apple and PayPal have joined teams to take even more human contact out of our day-to-day lives – nice guys.
National Australia Bank (NAB) and telco firm Telstra have partnered for an SME digital marketplace called Proquo, reports Banking Tech.
Mobile phone users in the US spent $1.5 billion purchasing items on their handsets over the course of the Thanksgiving public holiday, according to stats from Adobe.
Apple Pay launched in the UK without the participation of most of the major banks, including HSBC, which was listed as a launch partner, but this morning faced customers taking to social media to complain that they can’t use the app.