UnionPay Continues Its Quest For Global Dominance With Europe Card Launch
UnionPay is one of the dominant market leaders when it comes to cashless payments in China. SIX Payment Services, together with UnionPay and Bank of China, have launched a …
Belgian Telco Proximus To Start Selling User Location Data To Third Parties
November 22, 2016
News, Technology
Sensitive consumer data is often recorded by third-party service providers. Mobile telcos notoriously log all data passing through their network, including users’ location data. But Proximus, a Belgian telco, …
Visa Clarifies Debit Routing Protocol To Boost EMV Adoption in The US
For quite some time now, there have been concerns over how major credit card issuers route debit payments. Both Visa and Mastercard have been scrutinized over their methods in …
The Bitcoin Mempool Clogs Up Yet Again, Bigger Blocks Are An Absolute Must Right Now
For the umpteenth time in the past year, the Bitcoin transaction memory pool contains far too many unconfirmed transfers. A few hours ago, over 33,000 transactions were waiting to …
Online Outlet Play-Asia Starts Accepting Bitcoin Payments
A new exciting development has taken place in the Bitcoin space. Asian merchants are growing keen on using cryptocurrency, and Play-Asia announced that they are now accepting Bitcoin payments …
Barclays To Deploy Contactless Cash Terminals In Early 2017
Contactless payment technology can be used for other purposes than paying for goods and services. Barclays, one of the UK’s largest financial institutions, will install contactless cash machines throughout …
Tap-to-Pay May Finally Come To Android Smartwatches Soon
November 21, 2016
News, Technology
In a somewhat late turn of events, Google will finally enable tap-to-pay on Android smartwatches shortly. Even though the technology giant was one of the first to develop proper …
Symantec Aims To Make Identity Theft Prevention Technology Accessible To Norton Users
November 21, 2016
News, Security, Technology
Symantec is one of the most prominent security firms in the world of technology today. Even great companies need to look towards the future and devise new strategies to …
US Gun Shop Owners Hope Black Friday Can Rekindle Sales Figures
Black Friday is almost upon us, which means that consumer shopping expenses will reach unprecedented levels once again. Most people will be looking for Christmas gifts, but the firearms …