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Azerbaijani credit card market

20 Oct 15 @ 12:10

Azerbaijanis are showing a preference for credit cards, resulting in increased credit card transaction values and volumes; due to a rising demand for consumer credit and the number of banks offering... read more

MasterCard tokenize MasterPass

20 Oct 15 @ 11:29

MasterCard has announced it will integrate a fully tokenized checkout experience within MasterPass, leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), giving consumers the freedom to shop more securely online or in-app from... read more

Oberthur Technologies to IPO

20 Oct 15 @ 11:06

Advent International owned Oberthur Technologies, plans to sell shares in what it predicts will be 2015’s biggest European technology IPO. Advent is moving forward with a listing even after Oberthur drew interest... read more

A world without banks as we know them?

19 Oct 15 @ 12:23

Historically, banks have dominated the entire market, but times are changing and the FinTech invaders are beginning to disrupt the space. Banks certainly have their place, but their share is... read more

Diebold in talks to buy Wincor Nixdorf for $1.9 Billion

19 Oct 15 @ 12:15

As reported in June, Diebold is in talks to buy Wincor Nixdorf in a deal that would value the German company at more than €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion), Wincor said... read more

UK set to make 120 million payments a day

19 Oct 15 @ 12:00

An all-time record 44 billion payments will be made in 2024, up 3.4 billion over 10 years, equating to 120 million payments per day. The increase will be driven by... read more

How the Dridex malware ring was taken down

16 Oct 15 @ 15:46

Thanks to an international law enforcement operation, the ultra-virulent Dridex malware and related botnet have been disrupted as the US’s DOJ targets a Moldovan man in connection with Dridex malware thefts.... read more

Visa and MasterCard launch cyber intelligence services

16 Oct 15 @ 10:13

Visa and FireEye announced the launch of Visa Threat Intelligence, a cyber intelligence service, Powered by FireEye. Tailored to the needs of the payments industry, this new service will deliver... read more

Newly designed ATM offers cash via mobile phone

16 Oct 15 @ 10:04

Wincor Nixdorf has announced the launch of a new automated teller machine (ATM), that allows customers to withdraw cash using a smart phone or a near-field communications (NFC) card. The... read more

The Internet of Things

16 Oct 15 @ 09:38

IDATE has published its analysis of and forecasts for the global Internet of Things (IoT) market. An opportunity to deliver a synthesis of the Institute’s many reports on the matter... read more

Worldpay IPO raises £2.5bn

14 Oct 15 @ 05:55

Worldpay has announced plans to raise as much as £2.5bn in the UK’s biggest initial public offering of the past two years. The payments processor priced its listing slightly below... read more

LG applies for G Pay trademark

14 Oct 15 @ 05:48

Following in the wake of Apple and Samsung, LG Electronics is rumoured to also be entering the global mobile payment market with G Pay. Not only is it entering South... 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