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Gemalto and Worldline join for Issuer led mobile payment deployment

07 Apr 16 @ 09:38

Worldline and Gemalto are working together to enable seamless onboarding of banks and card issuers to mobile payment wallets provided by device manufacturers. With this agreement, the two industry leaders... read more

Consumer appetite for digital wallets growing in Europe

06 Apr 16 @ 13:02

New research from Aimia reveals that consumer appetite for digital wallets in Europe is growing. The findings show almost a third (31%) of Europeans say they are likely to use... read more

Alipay expands into Europe

06 Apr 16 @ 13:00

Alipay announced its official expansion into the European market, with a particular focus on UK, Germany and France. With this launch, Alipay simplifies payments for Chinese tourists utilizing western businesses... read more

Amazon Payments targets FinTech acquisition as valuations fall

06 Apr 16 @ 12:21

Amazon Payments is said to be targeting acquisitions as the value of FinTech “comes back to earth”, a top executive at the e-commerce company says. Global investment in FinTech firms hit $20... read more

BRIC countries continue to lead B2C e-commerce growth

05 Apr 16 @ 11:50

The emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, known together as BRIC, are predicted to stay ahead of the major advanced e-commerce markets in terms of sales growth through... read more

The state of mobile banking 2015

05 Apr 16 @ 10:56

Mobile banking continues to gather momentum, fuelled by rising smartphone use and the steadily improving supply of mobile-optimized banking worldwide. In a new piece of research by Forrester, they surveyed... read more

Barclays launch Apple Pay in UK

05 Apr 16 @ 09:59

Barclaycard and Barclays customers can now use Apple Pay to pay at the hundreds of thousands of locations across the UK that accept contactless payments. The introduction of Apple Pay for... read more

TSYS closes TransFirst acquisition

05 Apr 16 @ 09:38

TSYS announced it has completed its acquisition of TransFirst, a leading US merchant solutions provider. TransFirst and TSYS’ existing merchant businesses will be combined under the TSYS brand to create... read more

Verifone Carbon – connected commerce

04 Apr 16 @ 15:34

Verifone has unveiled Verifone Carbon– a flexible and integrated POS that leverages powerful capabilities and applications to transform the checkout process into an experience merchants and consumers will love. New Commerce... read more

Apple to launch one-touch shopping

04 Apr 16 @ 12:54

Apple is set to launch one-touch shopping to the mobile Web later this year, enabling consumers with Safari browsers running on phones and tablets to use Apple Pay and TouchID to... read more

International brands drive European commercial cards sector

04 Apr 16 @ 12:46

Commercial cards represent just 4% of all payment cards in Europe according to Commercial Cards in Europe 2015. The sector has significant scope for expansion as many businesses do not currently... read more

Swiss banks explore joint mobile payments platform

31 Mar 16 @ 11:30

Five of Switzerland’s biggest banks are reported to be discussing with top retailers a joint mobile payments platform for the country, the partners said on Wednesday. The talks with financial... 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

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

Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more