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15 Mar 17 @ 11:05

In less than a year the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will be implemented in European Union (EU) Member States, and the acronym ‘API’ is on the minds of Payment... read more

15 Mar 17 @ 09:25

Google is to revisit history going back back to P2P payments, adding the feature to its Gmail Android app that allows sending friends funds by attaching a file to an email. Google first... read more

14 Mar 17 @ 11:50

Payments cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2015. This was supported by the roll-out of new... read more

14 Mar 17 @ 11:31

The ability to offer instant payments has become a necessity for banks around the world as they keep up with customer expectations and set themselves up strategically for the future.... read more

13 Mar 17 @ 13:32

People don’t use their mobile phones to make telephone calls nearly as much as they used to. They are using them to surf the internet, send instant messages, even wake... read more

10 Mar 17 @ 11:33

A new Roland Berger study, entitled Mobile Money for the unbanked – Avoiding common industry pitfalls, highlights the challenges of creating a Mobile Money operating arm, cautions operators that success... read more

10 Mar 17 @ 09:25

CAST, a software risk prevention and analysis outfit, has revealed the findings of its latest CRASH report, the world’s largest real-life study of software quality in enterprise applications. The report exposes that... read more

09 Mar 17 @ 15:22

A new report published by Allied Market Research projects that the global prepaid card market is anticipated to reach $3,653 billion by 2022, registering a CAGR of 22.7% from 2016 to... read more

09 Mar 17 @ 15:06

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) was established to promote effective competition and innovation in payment systems. Ensuring open access to participants and potential participants is a key component of this.... read more

08 Mar 17 @ 15:52

If the world seemed dangerous from a financial crime perspective last year, analytics firm FICO predict an even more challenging 2017. In a new paper, four of the leaders in... read more

08 Mar 17 @ 09:31

Verifone is reportedly investigating a breach of its internal computer networks that appears to have impacted a number of companies running its POS solutions, according to sources. Verifone says the extent of the... read more

07 Mar 17 @ 12:44

New research by Juniper, analysing the mobile wallet market, indicates Europe lagging behind almost every other region in its transaction value forecast despite high levels of tech adoption and smartphone penetration. So, what’s going wrong?... read more