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03 Oct 16 @ 15:38

HCE Service has launched its SWIM (Software Wireless Identity Module) HCE mobile payments platform which provides a new and unique level of trust and security via the use of Public... read more

03 Oct 16 @ 15:18

Once again, LG Electronics has been forced to delay the launch of LG Pay, its proprietary mobile wallet, until 2017. This is the second launch delay for the wallet, which... read more

29 Sep 16 @ 13:22

Europol has warned that they believe criminals are using Android phones to trigger fraudulent NFC tap-and-go payments. The alert comes in Europol’s annual 2016-internet-organized-crime-threat-assessment. Experts had previously said that the... read more

28 Sep 16 @ 13:41

The Mastercard Impact of Innovation study explores the attitudes to technology among 23,000 consumers in 23 different countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Although the UK is one of... read more

27 Sep 16 @ 16:53

The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published its European payments statistics for 2015 on non-cash payments, which comprise indicators on access to and use of payment services and terminals by... read more

23 Sep 16 @ 12:08

Recent industry news has brought to light the issue of contactless card fraud relating. Contactless cards are increasingly popular in the UK, with the value of contactless purchases increasing by... read more

23 Sep 16 @ 09:15

Accenture announced a multi-year contract with UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions to implement a state-of-the-art Payments-Platform-as-a-Service (PPaaS) solution. Accenture’s new PPaaS solution, which is built on DH Corporation’s (TSX: DH) (D+H)... read more

21 Sep 16 @ 14:33

Cash was used for less than half of all retail transactions across the UK in 2015 according to the BRC’s annual Payments Survey. The report looks at the methods of... read more

16 Sep 16 @ 15:35

Moving beyond the now well document spat in Australia, a group of South Korean companies have taken take action against Apple to push the technology provider into opening up the... read more

16 Sep 16 @ 13:41

Monthly consumer adoption of mobile wallets (including those offered by merchants, card issuers, and the “Pays”) has nearly doubled in three years from 11% to 21%. However, monthly frequency of... read more

13 Sep 16 @ 12:35

Following the launch of Android Pay, four new banks join the Android Pay family. From today, customers of Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest, Ulster Bank and Santander are able to... read more

08 Sep 16 @ 17:00

At last week’s CONNECT Mobile Innovation Summit in Chicago, Walmart Services SVP Daniel Eckert revealed that Walmart Pay, the retailer’s proprietary mobile payment app, already boasts 20 million active users... read more