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Consumers losing confidence in the battle against fraud

24 Jun 14 @ 10:49

Fraud events make consumers afraid, and FIs see costly customer attrition as a result. With 1,367 confirmed data breaches in 2013, organized fraud rings innovating constantly, and consumers losing confidence... read more

ATM – The rise of ATMs

24 Jun 14 @ 10:40

A report from Retail Banking Research (RBR) details how rising numbers of ATMs worldwide are having a direct impact on demand for cash. RBR found that the installed base of... read more

TSYS CEO Phil Tomlinson retires

24 Jun 14 @ 10:27

TSYS CEO Phil Tomlinson has announced that he has decided to retire as chief executive officer, and that Troy Woods has been elected by the TSYS board of directors as president... read more

Technology main threat to European banks

23 Jun 14 @ 16:14

Consultancy Deloitte have released a new report in which they state that European retail banks need to radically overhaul their technology infrastructure if they are to face off the competitive... read more

MasterCard enable card payments in Vietnam

23 Jun 14 @ 10:40

MasterCard and Sacombank have announced a partnership to equip small merchants at the iconic Ben Thanh market in Vietnam with mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) terminals, enabling consumers to make card payments for... read more

HCE will support NFC roll-out for MNOs

23 Jun 14 @ 09:55

Following the recent publication of the Consult Hyperion/GSMA discussion paper ‘HCE and SIM Secure Element: It’s Not Black and White’, SIMalliance has highlighted that future growth of the NFC ecosystem... read more

AT&T selects CorFire mobile commerce platform for NFC services

20 Jun 14 @ 10:44

AT&T has announced its selection of CorFire, the mobile commerce business of SK C&C USA, to provide SP TSM and supporting mobile applications for AT&T’s NFC services to be marketed... read more

Gemalto lose patent infringement case

20 Jun 14 @ 10:15

Gemalto has announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit did not support Gemalto’s proposed claim construction for its patent infringement lawsuit over Android. Patents involved... read more

Latin American bank BCI goes live with Open Payment Framework

19 Jun 14 @ 13:50

Banco de Crédito e Inversiones’ (BCI) payment hub has gone live based on Clear2Pay’s Open Payment Framework. The first phase, which focuses on domestic payments, has successfully delivered a unified... read more

Merchants which opt out of $7.2 billion credit card fee settlement face risks

18 Jun 14 @ 14:13

Believing they will fare better independently, some large US retailers have withdrawn from a proposed $7.2 billion credit card fee settlement class-action over a reported conspiracy to inflate credit card fees.... read more

Card Networks plan for post plastic era

18 Jun 14 @ 13:59

Card networks are taking aggressive action not to lag behind the expected replacement of plastic products with new digital payment methods. For example, Discover Financial Services has signed onto the... read more

Bright outlook for national payment schemes, predicts global research

18 Jun 14 @ 09:30

National card and national payment schemes have reason to be optimistic about their future, in spite of increasing globalisation, according to comprehensive new research into the sector. National Payments Schemes:... read more

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ETC Mining and the anatomy of a crypto scam

02 Mar 26 @ 11:25

Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more

Takeover talk swirls as PayPal’s valuation slumps

24 Feb 26 @ 12:45

After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more

Visa and Mastercard accelerate agentic payments through bank pilots

18 Feb 26 @ 13:35

The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more

Stripe and PayPal combination could redefine payments

25 Feb 26 @ 17:55

Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the he... more