Mobile payments

Samsung Pay on Gear S2 smartwatch now available in public beta

Samsung Gear S2 and S2 Classic

Samsung had originally hoped to put its Samsung Pay mobile payment service on the Gear S2 last year. It missed its goal and was forced late last year to push the release out to this year. Nearly a year after unveiling its NFC-equipped smartwatch, Samsung is finally making good on its promise – albeit as a public beta for the […]

Mondaine now supports NFC contactless payment Barclaycard bPay loop

Mondaine bPay Loop

Mondaine earlier this year unveiled its Mondaine PayChip smart strap. It holds an NFC chipset that allows users to make payments by simply tapping their watch to an NFC-enabled terminal. Mondaine’s first partner was Switzerland’s Cembra Money Bank AG. A second partnership, this one with Barclays Bank, has now brought similar contactless payment capabilities to the UK. The Mondaine SBB collection sold in the UK will now […]

Mobile and wearable payments to reach $95 billion annually by 2018

CIBC Mobile Payment app

Mobile and wearable payment adoption is expected to skyrocket over the next few years. A new study by Juniper Research predicts that mobile and wearable contactless payments could hit US$95 billion (about CA$122 billion) annually by 2018. In comparison, mobile payments hit US$35 billion last year. Sales of smartphones and other mobile devices have dwarfed those of wearables to date and […]

Mondaine PayChip to enable NFC payments on upcoming watches

Mondaine PayChip

When Mondaine unveiled the Mondaine Helvetica No 1 Smart last year, it called it the first Swiss-made smartwatch. The Swiss luxury watchmaker is now moving further into the world of smart watches with the announcement that it will add NFC contactless payment technology to some of its watches, including the Helvetica No 1 Smart. The Mondaine PayChip will allow users to make a payment simply […]

MWC 2016: Bulgari and Hublot watches to support NFC Mastercard payments

MasterCard logo

MasterCard today at Mobile World Congress announced a partnership with Swiss digital security firm WISeKey that will bring NFC payments to select luxury brand watches and wearables. Bulgari and Hublot have already signed on to use WISeKey’s WIS.WATCH technology and could soon unveil new devices capable of NFC MasterCard transactions. “Our collaboration with WISeKey is a great example of how payments functionality can deliver transformative more […]

Jawbone to team up with American Express for fitness band mobile payments

Jawbone UP3

Jawbone and American Express are teaming up to bring mobile payments to fitness bands. The new partnership will allow American Express cardholders to use nothing but their fitness band to make purchases at select merchants. A formal announcement from the two companies could come as early as later this week. The new functionality will only be available on future fitness […]

CIBC Mobile Payment app coming to Bell smartphones

CIBC Mobile Payment app

CIBC and Bell today announced that the CIBC Mobile Payment app is coming soon to Bell smartphones. The app will allow Bell customers to use their smartphones to make payments on purchases under CA$100. The service is already supported by thousands of merchants across the country. “Our clients want the opportunity to pay with their phone at their favourite retailer, […]