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Ingenico deploy POS terminals to develop Financial Inclusion in Africa

15 Jan 16 @ 12:52

Ingenico has reached a strategic 50,000 POS terminals landmark to serve the unbanked population and becomes the indisputable Financial Inclusion-enabler in Africa. “This milestone is taking us to the forefront of... read more

Global e-commerce card spending reaches $2.1 trillion

15 Jan 16 @ 12:40

16.5 billion e-commerce card payments worth $2.1 trillion were made worldwide in 2014 according to a recent study . Increased penetration of smartphones and tablets, as well as a rising... read more

Wincor Nixdorf partners with Mexican subsidiary of Banco Santander

14 Jan 16 @ 09:00

Wincor Nixdorf will provide round-the-clock remote monitoring of Banco Santander’s 5,200 ATMs, located both in the bank’s branches and at third-party locations. As soon as problems are detected, specific remote... read more

Bitcoin was Top Performing Currency of 2015

13 Jan 16 @ 11:12

For most investors, the major story of 2015 was the expectation and eventual fulfillment of a rate hike, signalling the start of tightening monetary policy in the United States. This... read more

MintChip digital currency acquired by NanoPay

13 Jan 16 @ 11:04

The Royal Canadian Mint’s fledgling digital currency program, MintChip, has been acquired by local startup NanoPay which has plans to commercialize the technology this year. NanoPay, which has developed a mobile payment service it says... read more

UK travel operators partner for nationwide contactless ticketing

13 Jan 16 @ 11:00

The UK’s five biggest public transport operators have revealed plans for contactless ticketing for millions of passengers. The ambition is to install contactless technology in more than 32,000 buses operating on routes outside... read more

Network International launch cashless, cardless and mobile-free payments in UAE

13 Jan 16 @ 10:55

Quisk Middle East has signed an agreement with Network International, a payment solutions provider in the Middle East and Africa, to deploy an innovative new cashless, cardless and mobile-free payment method.... read more

iDeal continues expansion plans with payment QR codes

12 Jan 16 @ 15:47

Dutch online payment method iDEAL having reached a new milestone in 2015 of half a billion iDEAL payments passed and becoming the most widely-used online payment method for e-commerce, being used more than... read more

Annual State of Application Security Report

12 Jan 16 @ 15:25

Arxan Technologies have published  its 5th Annual State of Application Security Report. The new research is based on the analysis of 126 popular mobile health and finance apps from the US,... read more

UK banks charge SMEs £4bn in hidden international money transfer costs

11 Jan 16 @ 13:17

A new study has found that UK banks charge small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) nearly £4bn in hidden transfer fees each year to make international money transfer payments. 96% of... read more

Half of businesses in the US and UK fear payment card data attack

11 Jan 16 @ 12:58

Research from Semafone has revealed that 60% of US and 52% of UK businesses believe a  to be quite likely or very likely. Semafone conducted the survey over the summer of... read more

Samsung Pay expands with Australia, Singapore and Brazil launches

11 Jan 16 @ 12:49

Samsung is bringing its Samsung Pay mobile payment platform to more countries. The company announced during its CES 2016 press conference that Samsung Pay is coming to Australia, Singapore and... read more

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Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more

Visa and Fiserv partnership extends API-led acceptance platform

22 Mar 26 @ 18:30

Visa and Fiserv are extending their long-running partnership in Europe with a new API-driven acceptance offering designed to simplify merchant acquiring and mod... more

Mastercard makes a decisive stablecoin move with BVNK acquisition

17 Mar 26 @ 15:04

Mastercard has agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure specialist BVNK in a deal worth up to $1.8 billion, marking one of the clearest signals yet that majo... more