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US pharmacies disable NFC access to inhibit Apple Pay

27 Oct 14 @ 12:44

If it was easy, everyone would do it…or Google Wallet would already be a roaring success. However, it isn’t, and Apple Pay is now discovering its entry into the payments... read more

PCI SSC warning: European online transactions under cyber attack

24 Oct 14 @ 15:51

European merchants need to pay more attention to securing electronic payments, warns the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), in a stark warning over cyber attack. This was one of... read more

Global mobile payments trends in 2014

24 Oct 14 @ 15:45

The payments industry is approaching an inflection point with respect to whether the mobile wallet and mobile payments could become a viable every day payment tool. More and more consumers are... read more

President Obama to speed US EMV adoption

24 Oct 14 @ 15:38

In a bid to speed up US EMV adoption in the wake of recent payment card breaches at retailers, President Obama has signed an executive order directing government agencies to shift to... read more

Carney launches review Chaps payment system outage

23 Oct 14 @ 16:58

The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, has launched an independent review into the worst disruption of Britain’s banking payment system, the Chaps payment system, in seven years. The BoE said part of its real-time gross settlement... read more

Mobile Payment Index reveals Asia emerging as m-commerce powerhouse

23 Oct 14 @ 11:39

Adyen has announced its latest global Mobile Payments Index, which covers the period of July through to September 2014. The Mobile Payments Index, which captures data from web-based transactions across... read more

The Clearing House prepares for real-time payments system

23 Oct 14 @ 11:19

US bank-backed ACH, The Clearing House, has moved to develop a faster payments system as it begins the long process of replacing its antiquated current payments system. The Clearing House, a payments company and trade... read more

60% of Android attacks use financial malware

22 Oct 14 @ 13:59

According to the results of the “Mobile Cyber Threats” survey issued by Kaspersky Lab and INTERPOL, malicious, financial malware, programs targeting Android-based devices in order to steal money were used in 60% of attempted attacks... read more

Bango and Samsung in global mobile payment partnership

22 Oct 14 @ 13:30

Bango has signed a global agreement with Samsung. The agreement means that hundreds of millions of consumers using Samsung devices will have access to frictionless mobile payment for digital goods... read more

Signature-based mobile commerce payments

22 Oct 14 @ 10:55

Belgium-Dutch start-up Sign2Pay is hoping to help abandoned mobile commerce checkout problems with technology that lets customers complete purchases by signing their names on their phones’ screens. Sign2Pay lets customers... read more

UK number one target for cyber attacks in Europe

21 Oct 14 @ 12:58

The UK spends more on cyber defence than any other European state, and rightly so. New statistics have emerged showing that the UK suffered significantly more cyber attacks over the... read more

The HCE tap is open – will NFC services flow?

21 Oct 14 @ 09:23

I was prepared for Mobey Forum’s third annual Mobey Day event to be a lively affair. Bringing banks together with, amongst others, GSMA, chip manufacturers and mobile payment software providers... 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