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16 Mar 16 @ 10:22

Visa has launched a new feature for its online payment service, allowing users to authenticate a transaction by swiping an image of the card on the system. This service is best applicable for mobile... read more

15 Mar 16 @ 10:23

Samsung Pay has reported a loss of $16.8m (£11.8m) until now. Samsung Electronics reports that it views the platform as an investment for the future that will strengthen the competitive edge for... read more

14 Mar 16 @ 12:39

Capital One customers can now check their balances and pay their bills, voice-powered payments, talking to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant. The Alexa assistant works with Amazon’s FireTV and Echo smart speaker... read more

11 Mar 16 @ 11:46

Rising card payments drive economic growth. Payment cards are not just convenient but also play a crucial role in stimulating economic growth in countries around the world – according to... read more

11 Mar 16 @ 11:14

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said that 2015 would be the year of Apple Pay. As it turned out, 2015 was the year of mobile payments initiatives generally as technology... read more

11 Mar 16 @ 10:30

Miura Systems launched POSzle – a modular tablet Point of Sale (POS) bundle that also supports integrated payments. “Point of Sale desperately needs a reboot, according to our recent research... read more

09 Mar 16 @ 22:15

Banks are starting to experiment with a new way of reducing credit-card fraud: tracking their customers’ mobile phones. The principle is straightforward enough. People are wedded to their phones, so if... read more

09 Mar 16 @ 22:05

NFC mobile payments continue to grab headlines, but to really drive uptake and ensure full market coverage, combining contactless cards with next-gen mobile banking apps is surely the right way... read more

09 Mar 16 @ 09:17

Two of the US’s biggest banks, US Bank and Bank of America are to offer real-time, mobile P2P money transfers to consumer mobile phones over the clearXchange network. ClearXchange, operated by... read more

07 Mar 16 @ 16:37

A number of prominent voices in the Bitcoin community have been warning that the system needs to make fundamental changes to its core software code to avoid being overwhelmed by the... read more

07 Mar 16 @ 16:24

Visa and MasterCard brands collectively account for 86% of all European payment cards. Visa holds the largest share in Europe as a whole and in western Europe, while MasterCard has... read more

07 Mar 16 @ 16:11

Bitcoin is not going to be a major disruptor in payments- but the blockchain could be, and financial institutions around the world are exploring options to leverage it in different... read more