Meet Swiff at PayExpo in London

June 18, 2013

Swiff’s Erik Holst-Roness and Hugues Courcier at the PayExpo Event in London. more»

mPOS Wars – SCCP CEO view on future trends impacting the industry for The Paypers

June 18, 2013

Recently, SCCP CEO and Founder, Jerome Cle, was kindly invited by the The Paypers (www.thepaypers.com), a leading independent source of news & analyses for the global payments community, to provide his expert opinion on future trends that will likely impact the mPOS and mCommerce industry. As the mPOS market heats up, it is challenging to identify its winners and losers. However, one... more»

Mpos sparks merchants’ interest

June 14, 2013

Erik Holst-Roness, chief strategy officer, SCCP Group discusses how mobile point of sale is gaining interest from large enterprises as well as corporates using Mpos for B2B and B2C sales. more»

Visa Signs Agreements with Leading mPOS Providers, Swiff among them

June 6, 2013

Card brand Visa Inc. has added three mobile point-of-sale providers to its Visa Ready Program, amongst them Swiff mPOS, and approved two additional mPOS providers to accept Visa payments, the company said. Read more @ http://bit.ly/13HcXio Download the full press release: ... more»

Mobile Payments News

Clip Gets $1.5 Million to Bring Square-Like Payments to Mexico May 28, 2013
The mobile payments movement is getting another player -- this time in Mexico. Clip, founded by two former PayPal employees, says it has received $1.5 million to bring its mobile credit card reader and software to merchants in Mexico. The company said it plans to eventually expand beyond Mexico to other countries with large Spanish-speaking populations, incl […]
Google Loses Its Wallet VP May 8, 2013
Osama Bedier, who joined Google in 2011 and headed the Google Wallet payment business, is leaving the company. Google confirmed a VentureBeat report, saying Bedier had decided to pursue unspecified opportunities. […]
Startup's Deep Roots: Stanford April 3, 2013
In one of the largest exoduses from Stanford University's computer-science programs, more than a dozen students have left to launch a startup called Clinkle Corp. that aims to let other students -- and eventually anyone -- use their mobile devices to pay for goods and services. […]
Taking Cues From the Valley, Walmart Brings the Shotgun Approach to E-Commerce March 27, 2013
The 50-year-old retail giant makes inroads in its digital strategy -- the Silicon Valley way. […]
Mobile Payments Brighten Cash Flow for Small Business February 28, 2013
Owners of small businesses say they're finding that mobile-payment devices and other technologies are making it easier for them to turn sales into working capital overnight. […]
mFoundry Acquired for $120 Million in Cash for Its Mobile Banking Tech February 1, 2013
The original developer behind the Starbucks mobile application, mFoundry, has been acquired by FIS, which already owned a 22 percent stake in the company. FIS said it will pay $120 million in cash for the remaining stake, meaning the entire deal was worth around $165 million. Other investors in the nine-year-old company include MasterCard, Intel Capital, Mot […]
Ribbit Capital Raises $100 Million With the Goal of Modernizing Money January 22, 2013
Ribbit Capital's motto is, "It takes money to change money." […]
Visa Blesses RIM's Mobile Payment Platform January 17, 2013
Shall I charge this to your BlackBerry, sir? […]
PayPal Hires Three Tech VPs From Box, Microsoft and DreamWorks January 15, 2013
The vice presidents are tasked with helping the company change the way consumers pay for things online, on their phone and at the register. […]
Analysts Cautiously Optimistic as eBay Gets Ready to Close the Books on 2012 January 14, 2013
EBay is expecting the holidays to have treated it well, but analysts are a little more cautious. […]