Host Card Emulation

29 Feb 16 @ 13:43

PCM interviews Chris Kangas on how MasterCard technology platform is being used to support the exploding contactless market and innovations like tokenisation of payment card credentials on the MasterCard platform... read more

24 Feb 16 @ 17:15

Mobile proximity payments are the smallest, but fastest growing segment for mobile payments, according to global analyst firm Ovum. Ovum’s new m-payments forecast* shows that the total global user base... read more

23 Feb 16 @ 11:53

Mobile payments have really taken off with the launch of Apple Pay in the UK recently. Now it’s Samsung’s turn, with the launch of Samsung Pay. Originally announced alongside the... read more

16 Feb 16 @ 15:56

Visa Europe has expanded its tokenization service to include support for services where payment credentials are stored in the cloud — such as banks’ own mobile payment apps, wearables and... read more

16 Feb 16 @ 09:00

SIMalliance published an illustration intended to help NFC service providers to understand the cost considerations of different NFC deployment models. The illustration compares the known and hidden conceptual costs of... read more

15 Feb 16 @ 12:09

Payments UK, the trade association for the payments industry, has published a second report in its World Class Payments series, titled: ‘How consumers around the world make payments’. The report... read more

15 Feb 16 @ 11:49

Mobile wallet transactions number in the European Union will experience a CAGR of 61.8% over 2016-2021, ensuring the revenue for the payments industry will pass the €1 billion bar by... read more

12 Feb 16 @ 12:54

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has announce that its Convego CloudPay solution has achieved Amex Enabled accreditation for cloud payment services. The Amex Enabled accreditation covers core services, including digital credential management, payment... read more

09 Feb 16 @ 13:08

With major smartphone brands Apple and Samsung making a big entrance into...

08 Feb 16 @ 12:08

Fit Pay, a wearable payments startup founded by former Visa and CyberSource executives, has raised $3.1 million in a seed funding round led by Germany’s Giesecke & Devrient. The startup,... read more

04 Feb 16 @ 16:31

The power within the payment value chain in Asia is shifting to Gen Y consumers aged 25-34, a new study finds.

03 Feb 16 @ 15:23

Barclays, has revealed that it will support Apple Pay from March. The bank been the only major financial institution in the UK that had not announced its support for apple’s mobile payments. Customers at Barclays... read more