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23 May 18 @ 09:03

Global technical association, OSPT Alliance has collaborated with FIME to develop and launch a technical training program. It will educate security, ID, payment, access control and transport players on the... read more

21 May 18 @ 20:58

The financial sector, while forging ahead in other areas of digital transformation, has been relatively slow to adopt the cloud and there has been good reason for it: banks have... read more

21 May 18 @ 16:46

A few  years ago, most banks and ATM network operators were breathing a sigh of relief as they completed their final ATM migration upgrade to Windows 7. Although ATM migration... read more

21 May 18 @ 12:11

Walmart is reported to have shelved its Mobile Express Scan & Go service. In a note attached to a blog post about Scan & Go, the company said it discontinued... read more

18 May 18 @ 09:43

ThreatMetrix has announced new data revealing a 30% year-on-year increase in the volume of cyberattacks hitting Europe in the first quarter of 2018. The ThreatMetrix Q1 2018 Cybercrime Report: Europe Deep-Dive reveals evolving... read more

18 May 18 @ 08:49

PayPal is reported to be acquiring mPOS specialist iZettle for $2.2bn. PayPal is paying double the amount that iZettle, which is focused on Europe and Latin America, was targeting in its IPO,... read more

17 May 18 @ 11:33

As of late 2017, more countries and regions joined the global real-time payments movement. With the arrival of European Banking Association Real-Time 1 (EBA RT1), SEPA Instant Payments, The Clearing... read more

17 May 18 @ 11:10

The Swift network, whose financial messaging system facilitates cross-border payments, has been caught in the middle of the US and EU showdown over how to handle one of the linchpins... read more

16 May 18 @ 13:30

With recent questions over cyber security, cyber crimes and the security of online personal data, many people are becoming wary of how their online presence can endanger their finances, and... read more

16 May 18 @ 13:15

BNP Paribas has announced it is set to compete against other money transfer services such as PayPal, Venmo, and Lydia by deploying its new mobile P2P payment service, Paylib.  Other members of the Paylib consortium,... read more

16 May 18 @ 11:58

Facebook is exploring the creation of its own cryptocurrency, Facecoin, a virtual token that would allow its billions of users around the world to make electronic payments, people familiar with... read more

15 May 18 @ 14:25

Nearly 80% (77) of globally surveyed merchants hold the view that real-time payments will replace the use of payment cards over time, according to new benchmark data, “2018 Global Payments... read more