James’ Newsletter — 22 July
A collection of this week’s interesting articles and headlines in the payments industry. I work at PayPal but my views and opinions are my own.
🍔🍰 You can now use Amazon Pay (in the US) and Mastercard’s Qkr! (in the UK) to pay for your meail in TGI Friday’s. Questions I have… why not the same solution in both markets? Would customers use it more if it was funded by something other than Amazon or Mastercard?
Amazon Pay Link
Mastercard Link
🛍 You’ll be able to use Citi loyalty points to pay for purchases with PayPal. A feature that Amazon has already been offering for some time now.
Link
🍎🤖 Cashback and discounts for using Apple Pay and Android Pay.
UK Link
China Link
🍎🤖🍎🤖 And use more funding sources in Apple Pay and Android Pay.
Amex Link
Starling Link
⚒ This is how money-laundering happens via bitcoin. Very cool graphic
Link
💳 The US continues to lag behind on adopting POS solutions. Will there one day be contactless cards there?
Link
QR codes seem to be making a resurgence with a new global standard created. Not just in China, which apparently accounts for 9 out of 10 QR code users (I’m somewhat surprised it’s not even higher)
China Link
Mastercard Link