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Cyber crime and disorder online: tip of the iceberg?

20 Nov 15 @ 12:53

Everything changed on 6 August 1991 when the first webpage was launched. Nearly 25 years on, we look at the state of cyber crime, the battle between cyber attackers and... read more

Will the interchange cap on consumer cards boost commercial cards?

20 Nov 15 @ 12:27

Commercial cards, consisting of Business, Corporate, Purchasing and fuel cards, benefit businesses by controlling expenditure and reducing cash handling costs. Nevertheless, according to a new study Commercial Cards in Europe 2015,... read more

R3 signs 5 more banks

20 Nov 15 @ 12:02

BNP Paribas, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, ING, MacQuarie and Wells Fargo are the latest major financial institutions to partner with distributed ledger startup R3 CEV. With the announcement, R3... read more

Fintech companies most worried about regulatory impact

20 Nov 15 @ 11:56

A survey conducted by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) among fintech startups and investors in the industry has revealed that the biggest challenge they see for the near future are regulatory hurdles, the... read more

MasterCard develops tech spec for mobile loyalty

20 Nov 15 @ 11:43

MasterCard is to develop a standard technical specification to simplify the integration of retailer mobile loyalty programmes with bank-issued mobile payments apps. While online redemption of offers is commonplace for consumers,... read more

LG Pay arrives

19 Nov 15 @ 17:09

LG officially announced that it will soon enter the mobile payments market with LG Pay. The Korean company said on Facebook that it has deals with two major credit card... read more

Norway’s Valyou mobile payments service wraps up

19 Nov 15 @ 11:27

In what will be perceived in the industry as another failure by the combined forces of the telecommunications industry (after Simpay and Weve) Norwegian mobile payments service Valyou has been... read more

E-commerce in Netherlands and Germany see large increases

19 Nov 15 @ 11:16

E-commerce sales in the Netherlands increased by 20.2% in September, compared to the same period last year. This growth is mostly due to the increased online sales of physical retailers, which... read more

The State of FinTech in 2015

19 Nov 15 @ 11:01

The term FinTech has come to dominate the headlines of all industry magazines but also the mainstream press. London in particular has made enormous strides in the last year or... read more

JCB certified for US EMV chip card acceptance

16 Nov 15 @ 17:10

JCB International Credit Card Co, the Americas subsidiary of Japan-based international payment brand JCB , announced its J/Smart application identifier has been certified for EMV chip card acceptance in the US by... read more

Warning of online fraud and chargebacks ahead of Black Friday

16 Nov 15 @ 16:59

Global Risk Technologies is warning individuals and online retailers to be aware of hidden threats in the upcoming shopping extravaganza of Black Friday (27th November).  Experts are predicting it to create... read more

Spire roll-out of 6,000 POS devices in Czech Republic

13 Nov 15 @ 12:09

Spire Payments in collaboration with SoNet (authorised partner and well-known payment solution integrator in the Czech and Slovak regions) have announced  the mass roll-out of over 6,000 POS devices for... 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

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... 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