Issuing & Acquiring

12 Jun 17 @ 16:33

Amazon.com said Thursday that its Amazon Lending service has surpassed $3 billion in loans to small businesses since it was launched in 2011. Amazon is planning to expand its lending to... read more

09 Jun 17 @ 12:28

NACHA—The Electronic Payments Association, the steward and rule maker of the ACH Network, has released results from a March-April 2017 qualitative survey of 24 financial institutions representing two-thirds of ACH... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 09:34

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that operates independently without banking institutions and the government, there’s nothing physical about it – all virtual! It’s non-tangible, but renders gains for real. It flows... read more

06 Jun 17 @ 16:57

Atom bank, the UK’s first app-based bank, is reported to be delaying the launch of consumer current accounts until at least 2018. Atoms CEO blames forthcoming regulations that make the UK’s personal banking market too... read more

06 Jun 17 @ 16:44

As the first and largest e-commerce market in Europe, the UK is showing no signs of slowing down. With a population of 65.14 million, 77% of whom are e-shoppers, and... read more

06 Jun 17 @ 12:12

What is a bank? The definition is in flux. As the regulatory-driven Open Banking agenda powers innovation and accelerates the fragmentation of a heavily concentrated banking market, incumbent banks must... read more

02 Jun 17 @ 12:23

FIME has completed its EMV Level 1 testing portfolio with the launch of EMVeriPOS. The new tool ensures that the communication between payment terminals and contact EMV chip cards is in... read more

01 Jun 17 @ 16:36

Concerns about identify theft and credit card fraud aren’t stopping most Americans from storing their credit and debit card information online, a new report reveals. Two out of every three... read more

01 Jun 17 @ 13:58

E-commerce fraud as a percent of sales dollars has been declining across the board, except for two industries, since the first quarter of 2016. However, fraud losses still account for... read more

01 Jun 17 @ 09:23

New research suggests that the rapid digitisation of consumers’ lives and enterprise records will increase the cost of cybercrime via data breaches to $2.1 trillion globally by 2019, increasing to... read more

31 May 17 @ 11:16

A multi sector consortium of Spanish companies which are pioneers in their different industries has created the Red Lyra, the first multi sector technology platform in the world based on... read more

31 May 17 @ 09:33

First Data has agreed to acquire smaller payments processing company CardConnect in a deal worth around $750 million, the companies said on Tuesday. First Data will pay $15.00 per share in cash for... read more