Press

Press announcements:

29 September 2015:
- “HTML5Apps paves the way to future W3C payment standards and advances mobile Web standardization roadmap” (text in pdf)
  This press release is also available in French, German and Spanish.
15 October 2014:
- “Le W3C lance l’initiative Paiements sur le Web” (in French, text in pdf). (Press release HTML5Apps Project)
- “W3C Launches Web Payments Initiative” (W3C Press Release)
  This press release is also available in other languages: Chinese, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. Read also testimonials of support from W3C members (Bloomberg . Gemalto . GRIN Technologies . Ingenico Group . NACS . Rabobank . Yandex)
27 January 2014: “Le projet européen HTML5Apps lance une première action autour de la standardisation des paiements sur le Web” (in French, text in pdf)

Press articles:

[Ars Technica] 28 December 2015: The App-ocalypse: Can Web standards make mobile apps obsolete?, Larry Seltzer, HTML5Apps project, Web payments, W3C, mobile Web roadmap
[LeMagIT] 21 October 2015: Le W3C travaille à des APIs standards pour le paiement en ligne, Cyrille Chausson, HTML5 Apps project, Web payments, W3C (in French)
[JDN] 21 October 2015: E-commerce : le W3C veut réduire le taux d’abandon des paniers, Antoine Crochet-Damais, HTML5 Apps project, Web payments Working Group, W3C (in French)
[WebTimesMedia] 30 September 2015: HTML5Apps: vers la standardisation des paiements Web et mobile, Jean-Pierre Largillet, HTML5Apps, Web Payments, Mobile Web standardization roadmap, W3C, Dominique Hazaël-Massieux (in French)
[Cordis Wire] 30 September 2015: HTML5Apps paves way to future W3C payment standards & advances mobile Web standardisation roadmap, HTML5Apps, W3C, Web Payments Interest Group, Mobile Web Roadmap
[Fed Focus] 1 September 2015: Web payment standards play a key role in payment system improvement, W3C, HTML, Web Payments Interest Group, Jeffrey Jaffe, Tim Berners-Lee
[Bitcoin Magazine] 20 August 2015: World Wide Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee Leads W3C to Establish Online Payment Standards Including Bitcoin, Giulio Prisco, W3C, Payments, Tim Berners-Lee
[The Next Web]2 August 2015: How the W3C is trying to standardize payments on the internet, Andrii Degeler, W3C, Web Payments Interest Group
[Banque.net] 21 April 2015: W3C travaille sur une normalisation des paiements web, Web payments IG, W3C (in French)
[CNet] 15 March 2015: Can the mobile Web win back developers from iOS, Android?, Stephen Shankland, W3C, Application Foundations, Payments, Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
[Heise Open Source] 3 February 2015: W3C: Stand der Dinge für Mobilentwickler (W3C: State of Art for Developers), HTML5Apps project, mobile Web apps roadmap, W3C
[The Banker] 5 January 2015: On the Web behind paywall, Jeff Jaffe and Stéphane Boyera, W3C, Web Payments Initiative, HTML5Apps
[The Guardian] 10 December 2014: [Keynote video at “Every Second Counts Forum”] Tim Berners-Lee: We must take to the streets to protect the open web [30:46], W3C, Web Payments
[InvestInCotedAzur] 2 December 2014: Sophia Antipolis: W3C prepares for the future web payment standards, Agnès Lesage, W3C, Web Payments Initiative, HTML5Apps, Stéphane Boyera (in French)
[ZDNet] 30 November 2014: Now HTML 5 is finished, W3C boss Jeff Jaffe discusses what comes next, Jack Schofield, W3C, HTML5, Web Payments, Application Foundations, Open Web Platform
[InvestInCotedAzur] 28 November 2014: Sophia Antipolis: le W3C prépare les futurs standards des paiement sur le Web, Agnès Lesage, W3C, Web Payments Initiative, HTML5Apps, Stéphane Boyera (in French)
[Star Tribune] 3 November 2014: Consortium looks at payment infrastructure, Adam Belz, Web Payments Initiative, W3C
[CoinDesk] 31 October 2014: WC3’s Web Payments Redesign Could Bypass Bitcoin, Pete Rizzo, W3C, Web Payments Initiative, Stéphane Boyera
[Le Monde] 29 October 2014; Tim Berners-Lee : « L’intérêt pour les libertés numériques est sans précédent », Damien Leloup, W3C, Web Payments Initiative, W3C20, Web25 (in French)
[La tribune de l’assurance] W3C : Lancement de l’initiative Paiements sur le Web, W3C, Web Payments Initiative (in French)
[Mr. Webmaster] 21 October 2014: W3C: uno standard per i pagamenti in Rete, W3C, Web Payments Initiative, NFC (in Italian)
[Punto Informatico] 20 October 2014: W3C, come pagherà il Web, Alfonso Maruccia, W3C, Web Payments Initiative and IG (in Italian)
[ZDNet.fr] 17 October 2014: Le W3C se lance sur le paiement en ligne, Guillaume Serries, HTML5Apps, W3C, Web Payments Initiative and IG, Stéphane Boyera (in French)
[Cordis News] 17 October 2014: HTML5Apps and W3C Launch Web Payments Initiative, HTML5Apps, W3C, Web Payments Initiative and IG
[Payment Week] 16 October 2014: World Wide Web Consortium Launches New Payments Initiative, Melanie Macinas, W3C, Web Payments Initiative and IG
[Heise] 16 October 2014: W3C will Payment-Standard entwickeln, W3C, Web Payments Initiative (in German)
[Informatique News] 16 October 2014: La transformation numérique de la banque, Guy Hervier, HTML5Apps, W3C Web Payments Initiative (in French)
[Digi.no] 16 October 2014: Lager betalingsrammeverk for weben, Harald Brombach, W3C, Web Payments Initiative and IG (in Norwegian)
[Prog.hu] 16 October 2014: Egyszerűbbé és szabványossá tenné a webes fizetést a W3C, W3C, Web Payments Initiative and IG (in Hungarian)
[Finextra] 15 October 2014: W3C standards body looks to improve web payments, W3C, Web Payments Initiative and IG
[ZDNet] 15 October 2014: W3C launches a Payments Interest Group to monetize the web, Jack Schofield, W3C, Web Payments Interest Group
[ZDNet Korea] 15 October 2014: W3C, 글로벌 웹 결제 표준 개발 ‘시동’, (in Korean)
[CNet] 15 October 2014: Target, banks push to improve Web-based payments, Stephen Shankland, W3C, Web Payments Interest Group, NFC
[NACS News & Media Center] 15 October 2014: New Payment Integration Initiative Launches, W3C, Web Payments Interest Group
[WebTimesMedia] 15 October 2014: Le W3C lance l’initiative “Paiements sur le Web, Jean-Pierre Largillet, HTML5Apps, W3C, Web payments Interest Group, ERCIM, Stéphane Boyera (in French)
[Reuters] 21 March 2014: Bitcoin’s promise: a financial revolution the web’s been waiting for, Jeremy Wagstaff, W3C workshop on Web&payment
[The New Scientist] 12 March 2014: Facebook drones alone won’t help the offline world, Aviva Rutkin, W3C workshop on Web&payment, Stéphane Boyera
[IT expresso] 30 Jan. 2014: Le W3C fédère l’écosystème du paiement en ligne autour de HTML5, Clément Bohic, HTML5Apps, Web payments, W3C, HTML5, ERCIM (in French)
[Infos Utiles] 28 Jan. 2014: Le projet européen HTML5Apps : standardisation des paiements sur le Web, HTML5Apps, Web payments, W3C, HTML5, ERCIM (in French)
[Programmez!] 28 Jan. 2014: Le projet européen HTML5Apps lance une première action autour de la standardisation des paiements sur le Web, Frédéric Mazué, HTML5Apps, Web payments, W3C, HTML5, ERCIM (in French)
[Clubic] 28 Jan. 2014: W3C : vers une standardisation du paiement sur Internet, Guillaume Belfiore, HTML5Apps, W3C, Web payments, HTML5, ERCIM (in French)
[News Banque] 27 Jan. 2014: HTML5Apps : L’enjeu des paiements sur le Web pour fournisseurs et développeurs, HTML5Apps, Web payments, HTML5, ERCIM, W3C (in French)
[Cordis Wire] Le projet européen HTML5Apps lance une première action autour de la standardisation des paiements sur le Web, HTML5Apps, Web payments, HTML5, ERCIM, W3C (in French)

Press contact:

Dr. Marie-Claire Forgue, mcf at w3 dot org

Press resources:

HTML5Apps logo: in png, and in pdf