mobile payment

Boston Pizza has launched new functionality to its MyBP loyalty program app, which will let customers pay for their bill at the table with their smartphone with credit cards and mobile wallets like Apple Pay. A partnership with MyCheck will integrate a pay-at-table experience at select locations within the Greater Toronto Area, as part of...

Toronto-based mobile payments company Paytm has announced it has partnered with Payment Source, to allow its users to deposit cash into their Paytm app without incurring transactions costs. Paytm Canada will leverage Payment Source’s Loadhub in-person payment network, available at over 6,000 Canada Post locations, to directly deposit cash into their Paytm account to pay...

Esso has officially launched Speedpass+ for iOS (and Android), which lets customers pay for their gas and car washes from their smartphone. The company says they are the first major fuels retailer in the country to offer mobile payments at the pump, which includes loyalty rewards. How does Speedpass+ work? Users first download the app,...

If past rumours indicated anything, it was Samsung had plans to launch a new mobile payment application, dubbed “Samsung Pay Mini,” in January. The app should have made its debut on both iOS and Android, but as it turns out, however, the new app will not be available for iOS in the foreseeable future. According to a report from […]

Apple has provided its latest submission countering attempts by three Australian banks to access the iPhone‘s NFC for mobile payments.  The banks’ attempts to access NFC directly to bypass Apple Pay–for which Apple usually charges a fee–are pointless, as such access would compromise both the user and security experience for Apple customers around the world, […]

Parking officials at Conestoga College have been receiving a lot of of positive feedback about a mobile payment app called HonkMobile. The app allows students and visitors to pay for their parking using their smartphones. Less than two week into the program, the app is already set to expand to parking lots at the Cambridge,...

A new white paper released by Canada’s Big 6 banks and the Canadian Bankers Association has analyzed the mobile payment landscape in our country. Their conclusion is consumers have been slow to adopt mobile payments, mainly due to the fact proprietary SIM-based solutions are not ideal, according to The Globe and Mail. The white paper,...

There has been much hype around mobile payments lately, and the launch of Apple Pay just spilled gas on the fire. As a result, we’ve seen Canadians pay for their purchases at Tim Hortons and Subway with their iPhone 6 (and US credit cards), so every tech-savvy user is wondering when Apple Pay will become...

A number of new banks and credit unions across the U.S. Have started giving their customers access to Apple Pay, making Apple's new NFC-based mobile payment solution available to millions of additional customers across the United States. The most notable addition to Apple pay is Navy Federal, the world's largest credit union which contains more...

Banks will pay a fee to Apple for every transaction made with the company’s freshly unveiled mobile payments solution Apple Pay, reports Bloomberg. Apple has reached an agreement with banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup, to receive a share of the more than $40 billion banks generate annually from swipe fees, sources...

Alongside the unveiling of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones, Apple has also launched a new mobile payment system today called 'Apple Pay’, that allows users to pay at the counter with an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. Apple notes that users will be able to use their phones at the cash register in...

Apple has inked a deal with major financial institutions — American Express, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Capital One, and Bank of America — to lower card transaction fees as the iPhone maker is preparing to step into the world of mobile payments, reports Bank Innovation. Rumours of Apple launching its own mobile payment platform have...