Long speculated to enter the mobile payment service market, LG Electronics has finally announced the debut of the LG Pay, after showing it off at World IT Show 2017 exhibition in COEX in May. The service is available in South Korea and is currently only supported by the LG G6, which will receive it via […]
Mobile Payments
Mobile Payments solutions have come here to stay; the likes of Google Wallet, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, etc are mobile payments solution revolutionising the way we make payments.
Samsung Pay Mini For Android Debuts in South Korea
Samsung Electronics has announced the Samsung Pay Mini for Android, an online-based mobile payment solution for devices running Android OS. The service, which was expected to debut alongside the flagship Galaxy S8, will be launched within this quarter (Q1 2017) and available in South Korea at first. Samsung’s Pay Mini is a lite version of […]
Ecobank and MasterCard Launch MasterPass QR in Nigeria
Ecobank Group has teamed up with world’s second-largest payments network, MasterCard to launch the Ecobank MasterPass QR. The platform enable millions of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria accept fast and secure digital payments from consumers for the first time. Powered by MasterCard’s Masterpass digital payment service which supports mobile-driven Person-to-Merchant (P2M) payment […]
The Xiaomi Mi Pay mobile payment service only works with the Xiaomi Mi 5
Xiaomi has joined the ranks of Apple (Apple Pay), Samsung (Samsung Pay), Huawei (Huawei Pay), Google (Android Pay) and LG (LG Pay); with the introduction of the Xiaomi Mi Pay. The mobile payment service is only available in China and is currently limited to Xiaomi’s only phone with NFC – the Mi 5. Launched in […]
GTBank introduces Bank 737 Mobile Services
Do you live in or or around Metropolis areas in Nigeria? If yes is the answer, then It is likely you might have come across the recent PR stunt GTBank pulled for the Bank 737 mobile services. Although the service is not entirely new, the GTBank Bank 737 has been re-introduced to Nigerians in a […]
Huawei Pay: Huawei and China UnionPay Working on Payment Solution
Most of the top mobile device maker offer payment services for their device users. Apple has the Apple Pay and Samsung the Samsung Pay; these services are available in some part of the world including China. Huawei is looking to join the Chinese party with the Huawei Pay. At an event launched recently, Huawei and […]
Walmart Pay is Walmart’s Mobile Payment Platform
Walmart has entered the mobile payment scene with Walmart Pay. The retail chain outfit joins tech companies like Apple (Apple Pay), Google (Android Pay), LG (LG Pay) and Samsung (Samsung Pay) who all have their mobile payment offerings. However, the above mentioned mobile payment platforms all have their restrictions but Walmart Pay is almost available […]
Just How Safe Are Mobile Payments?
A Future Without Cash: Staying Safe With Mobile Payments Of the many new technologies and uses for that new technology to be introduced recently, mobile payments just might be one of the most exciting and convenient concepts. To put it briefly, mobile payments allows you to input financial information using certain applications (PayPal has one, […]
LG joins the Mobile Payment arena with LG Pay
Every mobile company wants to explore the mobile payment arena which is looking crowded already. We have seen Apple with Apple Pay; Samsung with Samsung Pay and predictably, LG has joined in the parade with LG Pay. The South Korean company has teamed up with fellow South Korean credit card issuers Shinhan Card and KB […]
Blackberry and Interswitch team up to Launch Quickteller Services on BBM
Leading mobile payment provider in Nigeria and Africa as a whole, Interswitch has teamed up with Blackberry to launch Quickteller services on BBM with the Quickteller Mini app for Blackberry Users. The Quickteller Mini app is already available for both Android and iOS platforms through their respective stores – Google Play Store and Apple’s App […]