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Payments in the spotlight at RBTE 2016

15 Jul 15 @ 09:53

RBTE, Europe’s largest retail solutions gathering will be putting an even greater focus on the topic of payments for its 2016 event. Since its launch RBTE has been the leading... read more

Walmart India in deal with M-Pesa

13 Jul 15 @ 16:11

Vodafone India has formed a strategic partnership with Walmart India that will enable business members of Walmart-owned Best Price wholesale stores to make payments using the M-Pesa mobile wallet services. The partnership will... read more

Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to MasterCard on cross-border rules and inter-regional interchange fees

09 Jul 15 @ 14:54

The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to MasterCard. The Statement of Objections outlines the Commission’s preliminary view that MasterCard’s rules prevent banks from offering lower interchange fees... read more

Giesecke & Devrient receives Visa certification for HCE

09 Jul 15 @ 14:28

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been certified “Visa Ready” by Visa for HCE (Host Card Emulation) cloud based payment services. With the Visa Ready status, Visa ensures that technology and... read more

Visa ditch Monitise

08 Jul 15 @ 15:49

Monitise has been notified by Visa Europe that it will reduce its shareholding over time while continuing to work with the Company throughout the duration of its current commercial agreement.... read more

UK release date revealed – Apple Pay expectation high

08 Jul 15 @ 12:13

According to press reports, private documents belonging to one of the biggest retailers in the UK reveal that  Apple Pay will be coming to UK stores on the 14th July. The leaked... read more

VC investment in UK fintech firms hits £1.5 billion

06 Jul 15 @ 14:55

Investment into the UK’s technology sector has hit a record high of nearly $1.5bn during the first six months of this year, with London-based fintech at the forefront. The figures, released by... read more

Visa denies Fundamo shut down

01 Jul 15 @ 16:01

Visa has denied that it is about to shut down Fundamo, the mobile payments company it bought for $110m in cash five years ago. That is contrary to what a number of... read more

US merchant card processing fees rising

30 Jun 15 @ 10:24

With more Americans using credit, debit and prepaid goods to pay for goods and services, the merchant card processing fees to process those cards continues to rise. General purpose and private... read more

JCB begins card issuing in India

29 Jun 15 @ 16:04

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an organization established by the Reserve Bank of India and being an umbrella for all India’s payments system, and JCB International say that both parties... read more

Safaricom sues Airtel over M-pesa

26 Jun 15 @ 13:26

Safaricom has taken rival telecommunications company Airtel to court on claims that it is infringing on its M-Pesa trademark by including its symbols on its advertising billboards. Safaricom has filed pictures... read more

European ACHs join forces to optimize clearing services

25 Jun 15 @ 10:21

Six ACH members of the European Automated Clearing House Association (EACHA) have joined forces to deliver centralized and optimized processing services for SEPA transactions. For this purpose they have set... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more