Mobile Payments

• ANALYSIS: What’s keeping Canadians from shopping with a digital wallet?

  Despite high levels of smartphone ownership and relatively high awareness of the big three mobile payment options — Apple, Android and Samsung — only seven per cent of Canadians used a digital wallet in the past six months.

  Consumer

  Dec 15, 2017
  
• Apple Pay now available to customers of all five major banks

  Canadians will soon notice a lot more people paying for things with their iPhone, now that Apple Pay has rolled out to cardholder’s at all five major Canadian banks.

  Tech

  Jun 1, 2016
  
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• Could mobile payments lead you to overspend? How to keep your budget in check

  Going to the store armed with a wallet full of debit and credit cards may soon be a thing of the past – at least, that’s what the country’s biggest banks are betting on.

  Tech

  May 14, 2016
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• Big 5 Canadian banks to offer Apple Pay as mobile payments rise in Canada

  Apple Pay will finally be available to more Canadian consumers, as the “Big Five” banks gear up to launch the service to cardholders.

  Tech

  May 10, 2016
• Canadians prefer to pay with smartphones, credit cards over cash: Study

  Canadian consumers are more inclined to reach for their smartphones and credit cards over bills and coins to make purchases, according to a new study.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2016
• Cash bypassed by more Canadians who favour their debit, credit cards

  Online survey finds 77 per cent of respondents preferred to pay for purchases by debit or credit, and 65 per cent said they rarely buy anything with cash.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2016
• Apple announces plan to launch Apple Pay in China

  Apple Inc. and China's state-owned credit card processor announced plans Friday to launch the smartphone-based Apple Pay electronic payment system in China.

  Tech

  Dec 18, 2015
• Wal-Mart to launch own mobile pay system

  The world's largest retailer is testing mobile payments in the United States that will allow shoppers to pay with major credit or debit cards through an app.

  Consumer

  Dec 10, 2015
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• Apple Pay lands in Canada — but only for American Express users

  Amex cardholders represent just 8.2 per cent of the Canadian market, while the service is limited to only those merchants who currently accept Amex cards.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2015
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• Android Pay rolls out to U.S. users

  Google's answer to the Apple Pay mobile-payment service is debuting in the U.S., marking a do-over by the company behind the world's most-used operating system for smartphones.

  Tech

  Sep 10, 2015