Apple Pay, the company’s first step into the world of mobile payments and digital wallets, is likely to launch next week on 18 October. According to a memo obtained by MacRumours, Walgreens has begun training its staff ahead of an 18 October rollout of the system. While Apple has said it expects its payment system [...]
AIDS charity Red and Bank of America are partnering with Nike for a mobile-optimised campaign aimed at eradicating HIV transmission from mothers to children. The ‘Turn Your Miles Red‘ campaign utilises the Nike+ Running app, with the eight-week drive kicking off with the Bank of America-sponsored Chicago Marathon. The campaign enables users to pledge via [...]
France bank Groupe BPCE has partnered with Twitter to enable customers to transfer money via tweets. The partnership with France’s second largest bank comes as Twitter explores revenue sources beyond advertising, with an eye on the increasingly-crowded online payments market. Last month, Twitter began testing a ‘Buy’ button that would enable users to discover products [...]
28 per cent of people who abandon online purchases at checkout do so because the website does not offer their preferred method of payment, rising to 32 per cent among 18-24 year olds. The figure comes from a study by online payment company Skrill, looking into the shopping habits of 2,000 UK adults. The research [...]
Celtra and the Telegraph Media Group (TMG) have unveiled two new high impact ad formats that will be utilised on the Telegraph’s mobile site. Following its relaunch ahead of the FIFA World Cup earlier this year, the Telegraph mobile site has seen great successes, registering its highest ever mobile page view numbers on A-Level results [...]