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Dark Markets: Anonymity in Bitcoin

27 Nov 15 @ 13:11

Bitcoin is a powerful and successful digital currency. Based on cryptography and a decentralized ledger, it has simultaneously been heralded as the future of finance and a gateway to the... read more

Electronic payments grow faster than GDP across all regions

26 Nov 15 @ 16:32

Electronic payments volumes are expected to continue to grow strongly in 2014, according to the World Payments Report 2015 from Capgemini/Royal Bank of Scotland. Volumes are projected to grow at... read more

Merchant fraud-to-sales losses up on 2014

26 Nov 15 @ 16:22

Merchants are experiencing an increase in fraud, losing 1.32% of revenue to fraud on average compared to 0.68% in 2014, according to the annual LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study.... read more

European Court of Justice declares Safe Harbour invalid – what are the implications?

26 Nov 15 @ 10:40

On 06 October 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the Safe Harbour agreement, which allows data to be transferred between the EU and US, was invalid as... read more

OpenWay recognised as global market leader in card management software

26 Nov 15 @ 09:41

OpenWay, a global provider of software solutions for card management software, bank card issuing and acquiring, transaction switching and omni-channel payments, has been recognized as ‘Market Leader’ by Ovum, an... read more

Alternative payment to tackle card payments head on

25 Nov 15 @ 13:48

In  a new report from Worldpay it is predicted that the alternative payment market will leave its growing pains behind in 2016. 2016 will herald “the third age of digital payments” now that... read more

Hilton admits data breach

25 Nov 15 @ 12:29

In a statement released yesterday, Hilton Hotels confirmed it had been hit by a malware data breach that stole customer payment data at the checkout, becoming the latest hotel chain... read more

ModPOS: the most sophisticated POS malware…ever

25 Nov 15 @ 11:36

Threat intelligence experts, iSIGHT Partners, say they have analyzed the most sophisticated POS malware they have seen to date – ModPOS. ModPOS, which is short for modular point-of-sale (POS) system, is a comprehensive... read more

Brits to spend £1.9 billion as Black Friday kicks off

25 Nov 15 @ 11:26

£1.9bn will be spent on Visa cards on Friday 27th November – Black Friday – making it the biggest day for spending on this day in history. This year’s event... read more

Credit Mutuel starts HCE mobile payment pilot in france

24 Nov 15 @ 09:19

Crédit Mutuel ARKEA has partnered with AIRTAG for the launch of an HCE mobile payment solution. The cooperation dates back to June 2014 when Crédit Mutuel ARKEA selected AIRPASS as... read more

Digitising the PIN for UK payments

24 Nov 15 @ 08:52

myPINpad, which enables multi-channel and multi-factor authentication via the Cardholder PIN, has announced a new partnership with VocaLink, to bring their PIN based authentication solution to digital commerce applications. VocaLink,... read more

Coinbase roll out Bitcoin debit card

24 Nov 15 @ 08:40

Coinbase has announced its intention to roll out its first bitcoin debit card in the US, in an effort to encourage mainstream adoption of the cryptocurrency on the high street. The... 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