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Payleven set to launch €100 contactless payment-capable Chip & PIN reader for small businesses

Mar19
by on March 19, 2014 at 10:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

Rocket Internet-backed mobile payment processor Payleven has today announced the launch of a new NFC-equipped Chip & PIN card reader which will be available for customers in the second half of this year. Like its previous Chip & PIN card reader, the unit will allow small businesses to accept payments on the go – but unlike the previous iteration, it includes NFC support so that vendors can also accept contactless payments from debit cards or mobile devices. Payleven says hardware that allows vendors to accept contactless payments generally costs between €400 – €700, but that its new NFC-equipped reader will…

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WhatsApp rival WeChat is narrowing the gap as it passes 355 million monthly active users

Mar19
by on March 19, 2014 at 10:17 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Product Updates, wechat

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With 450 million active users each month and 1 million new sign-ups per day, WhatsApp is indeed the world’s most popular messaging app. However, figures revealed today show that WeChat is catching up. WeChat’s parent company, Tencent, released its earnings report today revealing that the combined monthly active users of WeChat and Weixin (the version available in China) reached 355 million as of end 2013, an increase of 121 percent year-on-year and up six percent quarter-on-quarter. No doubt WeChat dominates in China, and as Tencent didn’t release a breakdown of the monthly active users according to region, there’s no certainty…

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