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18 Jan 17 @ 09:56

Earlier this month, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that Mastercard acquisition of VocaLink would face an in-depth investigation, unless the companies could address the CMA’s competition concerns over the... read more

12 Jan 17 @ 15:02

Discover Financial Services (DFS) and PayPal have signed a tokenisation and digital payments agreement making PayPal more widely available to Discover cardmembers, acquirers and merchants. The agreement provides PayPal with... read more

08 Jan 17 @ 15:39

Walmart and Visa have ended an acrimonious and public battle over interchange fees that saw the Walmart refuse to accept Visa credit cards in its northern Ontario and Manitoba stores.... read more

04 Jan 17 @ 16:22

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that Mastercard’s acquisition of VocaLink gives rise to competition concerns. Mastercard already owns and operates credit and debit card schemes Mastercard, Maestro and... read more

20 Dec 16 @ 10:36

Lloyds Banking Group has finalised the purchase of MBNA’s UK credit card business from Bank of America for £1.9 billion pounds in an effort to increase profit and reduce its reliance on... read more

06 Dec 16 @ 11:41

Alipay, now the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform, operated by Ant Financial Services Group, has announced a series of partnerships with some of Europe’s largest financial institutions and... read more

06 Dec 16 @ 11:06

American Express has acquired InAuth, a mobile device authentication and intelligence solutions provider of fraud prevention. InAuth’s technology is used by some of the largest financial institutions, banks, payment networks... read more

05 Dec 16 @ 10:52

Lloyds Banking Group has emerged as the leading bidder for Bank of America’s (BofA) £7 billion (A$12 billion) credit card business in Britain, taking the UK lender closer to its... read more

02 Dec 16 @ 09:05

Visa announced an agreement to acquire CardinalCommerce, a leader in e-commerce payment authentication. The acquisition will enable more secure, seamless payments, whether made through a browser, mobile app, or connected... read more

11 Oct 16 @ 11:57

Payments processor RS2 Software has announced a partnership with Alpha Payments Cloud to provide banks in Thailand with access to multiple financial and non-financial services through a single integration. This... read more

11 Oct 16 @ 09:33

Vodafone and PayPal have agreed to allow UK customers to make contactless mobile wallet payments in shops, restaurants and on transport services with their Android smartphones, funded from their PayPal... read more

03 Oct 16 @ 14:05

Worldline has announced the successful completion of the transaction that was presented on November 3rd, 2015 with Equens Group. Under the terms of the agreement, it is reminded that the... read more