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EMV payment card market struggles for growth as saturation levels hit

28 Feb 17 @ 11:25

Global EMV payment card shipments reached just under 3 billion in 2016, marking a year-on-year (YoY) increase of less than 1%. Between 2012 and 2015. The market became accustomed to annual... read more

Certifying (m)POS terminals for EMV Level 3: as easy as it looks?

17 Feb 17 @ 11:09

Before any payment terminal gets out there, it needs to adhere to the rules set by the payment systems (or payment brands), like the latest EMV Level 3. That means... read more

U.S. Payments Forum: top priorities for 2017

06 Feb 17 @ 13:05

The U.S. Payments Forum has released its winter 2017 market snapshot, providing updates on the status of the US EMV chip migration, 2017 priorities for accelerating merchant chip enablement and securing... read more

Payment Card Statistics for Europe and Eurasia – Yearbooks 2016-17

19 Jan 17 @ 10:53

PCM would like to announce the publication of the updated Payment Card Statistical Yearbooks 2016-17 (Statistics for Europe and Eurasia) – and its corresponding website paymentyearbooks.com. In this business, we know you need to... read more

Webinar: Data Protection in the Changing Payments Landscape

18 Jan 17 @ 10:52

With continued improvements in payments security through technologies such as P2PE and EMV, the PCI community has been effective at combating crime in a wide variety of financial institutions, retail... read more

Tracking the increase in US EMV based transactions

05 Jan 17 @ 14:54

A year has passed since the US EMV fraud liability shift went into effect in the US. Adoption among both issuers and merchants is still underway, but as migration on... read more

Number of EMV card-present transactions exceeds 42% globally

14 Dec 16 @ 15:29

EMVCo has published transaction data that reflects year-on-year growth in the number of contact and contactless card-present payments using EMV chip technology. The data reveals that during the period July 2015... read more

Data security: Card data security ten years on

13 Dec 16 @ 16:12

Ten years after the founding of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), we present a mid-term report on the industry’s data security efforts. As both cyber attacks... read more

EMVCo launches EMV 3-D secure 2.0 specification

26 Oct 16 @ 09:20

EMVCo has published EMV 3-D Secure Protocol and Core Functions Specification v2.0.0 (EMV 3DS 2.0 Specification). The new specification provides a globally interoperable framework that promotes a consistent consumer experience... read more

Paysafe launches EMV-enabled global omni-channel mPOS services

26 Oct 16 @ 09:12

Paysafe has expanded its long-term partnership with Handpoint to offer EMV-ready mPOS and online payment solutions to merchants and partners in Canada, the US and Europe. Through this partnership, Paysafe... read more

Card fraud losses hit $21.84 billion in 2015 – up 20.6%

25 Oct 16 @ 08:38

Card fraud losses incurred by banks and merchants on all credit, debit, and prepaid general purpose and private label payment cards issued worldwide reached $21.84 billion last year when global... read more

Global digital payments reach 10% growth: World Payments Report 2016

22 Sep 16 @ 13:08

According to the World Payments Report 2016, global digital payment volumes continue to increase, with annual growth projected to top 10% for the first time to reach 426.3 billion transactions... 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