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Court decisions against HTC in Germany in NFC patent disputes

17 Sep 15 @ 16:59

On March 26th, 2015 Dusseldorf courts (Landgericht) held, after a trial on the merits, that certain HTC smartphone products infringe patents EP 1 855 229 and EP 1 163 718... read more

Worldpay deal on a knife edge

16 Sep 15 @ 13:06

The Worldpay IPO is on the verge of being called off according to sources. The current owners are set to sell the company to French rival Ingenico if it increases its offer... read more

Saxo payments adds Credorax to partner portfolio

10 Sep 15 @ 08:46

Saxo Payments has announced that Credorax will join First Data, Tuxedo Money, Valitor and Allied Wallet, as a partner in the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace. Credorax, with a focus on the e-commerce... read more

Payments UK issues code of conduct

02 Sep 15 @ 16:18

Trade association Payments UK has published an initial code of conduct covering ‘indirect access’ to the UK’s payment systems. The principal aim of the code is to improve the experience... read more

EVO acquires Citi’s Merchant Acquiring business in Mexico

02 Sep 15 @ 16:03

EVO Payments International (EVO) has announced the successful completion of the purchase of Citigroup’s merchant acquiring business in Mexico, conducted through Banco Nacional de Mexico S.A. (Banamex), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup.... read more

How European Issuers can win with Tokenised NFC m-payments

01 Sep 15 @ 16:41

Apple Pay’s 14th July expansion into the UK arrival promises to expand m-payment capabilities into retail locations and greatly increase consumer awareness of the benefits and availability of m-payments. Most... read more

PayPal raises US prices

01 Sep 15 @ 13:06

PayPal says it will increase prices for thousands of businesses as the company looks to maintain revenue growth and boost profit margins as a stand-alone business separate from eBay. PayPal says it is... read more

Wirecard smashes into Worldpay bid at $9.4bn

27 Aug 15 @ 08:51

The enigmatic German payments processor Wirecard is heavily rumoured to have joined the bidding for UK rival Worldpay. Wirecard is competing against private-equity bidders, including a joint proposal from Blackstone Group... read more

EVO and Raiffeisenbank form card acceptance alliance

14 Aug 15 @ 15:35

Global acquirer and payment service provider EVO Payments International has formed a strategic alliance with pan-European banking group Raiffeisenbank for card acceptance in the Czech Republic. As a result of... read more

Coinify acquires digital currency rival Coinzone

13 Aug 15 @ 17:00

Danish digital currency processor Coinify has acquired Dutch rival processor Coinzone in order to create a pan-European provider of payment processing for online merchants and payment service providers. The deal... read more

MCX loses participating merchant Rite Aid

12 Aug 15 @ 17:23

US mobile payments consortium MCX has suffered a blow after US drugstore chain Rite Aid announced activation support for rival products from Google and Apple across its 4,600 outlets across... read more

Japan Post Bank selects Earthport payment network

11 Aug 15 @ 16:45

Cross-border payment transaction processor Earthport has forged an agreement to enable cross-border services for Japan Post Bank, one of Japan’s largest retail banks. The partnership will enable the bank to... read more

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Revolut eyes an IPO, but the valuation story is the real headline

21 Apr 26 @ 14:35

Revolut is beginning to sound more like a future public market heavyweight than a fast-growing European fintech. Chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the com... more

Banks to reinforce cyber defences as AI changes the threat model

22 Apr 26 @ 19:36

Banks are hardening their cyber defences as artificial intelligence begins to alter the economics of digital attacks. For financial institutions, the challenge ... more

Visa turns the card into an identity credential

12 May 26 @ 15:44

Visa has launched a new tap-based authentication technology that could reshape how banks verify customers in mobile banking environments. [caption id="atta... more