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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

Thwarting advanced threats with trusted crypto

08 Jan 16 @ 10:18

The dangers posed by advanced targeted attacks are real.Enterprises have come up against the limitations of approaches such as intrusion Thwarting Advanced Threats with Trusted Crypto detection and signature-based malware detection. One promising avenue to explore is trusted crypto, which can help ensure that an application, for example, is doing just what its developers intended and has not been tampered with.

Saxo and SafeCharge collaborate on cross border settlement

07 Jan 16 @ 15:54

Saxo Payments and SafeCharge announced a partnership which will see SafeCharge  gain a significant competitive edge, enabling it to offer its clients fast and cost-effective banking services in multiple currencies. The... read more

MasterCard and Coin power wearable payments

06 Jan 16 @ 15:25

As if proof of the importance that the payments industry is currently playing in other industry were needed, MasterCard announced a partnership with Coin to bring wearable payments to a wide array of... 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