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19 Dec 17 @ 10:47

All but one of 100 payments executives at large banks said their bank plans to make major investments in Open Banking initiatives by 2020, according to the results of a... read more

19 Dec 17 @ 09:00

Nets, the Nordic digital payments specialist, and OpenWay Group, the leading digital payment software developer and vendor, have published a white paper for stakeholders seeking to monetize from PSD2 and open... read more

18 Dec 17 @ 13:45

New research from Ovum reveals that North American commercial banks are continuing to increase their investment in real-time payments (RTP). The report “The rise of real-time payments in North America”, commissioned... read more

18 Dec 17 @ 13:08

Thales has had its offer to buy struggling Gemalto in a deal worth close to €4.8bn. The agreement comes just days after Gemalto had rejected a €4.3bn takeover proposal by Atos,... read more

15 Dec 17 @ 09:53

The total number of card payments worldwide increased by 14% to 310 billion in 2016, notably higher than the 8% increase in card numbers, according to RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data... read more

14 Dec 17 @ 15:28

Although banks and financial institutions around the world are faring relatively better than their recent past, competitive pressure from traditional rivals and emerging competitors are tightening margins, and impacting profit... read more

14 Dec 17 @ 14:47

Atos is ruthlessly pursuing its unsolicited bid to buy Gemalto even after the security-software maker’s board unanimously rejected the €4.3-billion ($5.1 billion) offer. Atos’s offer “significantly” undervalues the company, Gemalto said in a statement late Wednesday in... read more

13 Dec 17 @ 16:28

As HSBC escaped the threat of criminal prosecution for having allegedly laundered at least $880m for Mexican drug barons, it does not feel coincidental that the bitcoin frenzy lifted the... read more

13 Dec 17 @ 15:39

American Express announced it is eliminating the requirement for merchants to collect Card Members’ signatures for all purchase transactions at the point of sale beginning in April 2018. The move,... read more

13 Dec 17 @ 15:18

Fundamental shifts in consumer behavior, the emergence of new technologies and an evolving regulatory landscape means the payment trends in the payments ecosystem are poised for unprecedented transformation in 2018.... read more

12 Dec 17 @ 18:23

A number of major banks and networks have invested millions of dollars into a cyber security startup that aims to paralyze phishing attacks, in which hackers try to trick people into either revealing their... read more

12 Dec 17 @ 18:12

Atos has made an unsolicited bid to buy Gemalto of the Netherlands, the French company was forced to go public on Tuesday, with no official answer from Gemalto. Atos can... read more