Issuing & Acquiring

27 Sep 16 @ 16:00

Nets Holding launched Europe’s biggest initial public offering since the UK voted to leave the EU, with a listing that gives Scandinavia’s biggest payments processor a market capitalisation of about... read more

27 Sep 16 @ 15:05

ACI Worldwide and VocaLink have announced a partnership to offer a complete end-to-end immediate payments solution to launch a domestic or regional immediate payments network. It is the first global... read more

26 Sep 16 @ 13:15

E-commerce is big business! Selecting a secure payment solution for an e-commerce website is a crucial cog in the wheel of online consumer behaviour. From browsing favourite products, reading the... read more

26 Sep 16 @ 13:04

Discover is now the most widely accepted card scheme worldwide ahead of Visa and Mastercard, largely due to rapid growth in the number of outlets accepting Discover cards in China.... read more

26 Sep 16 @ 12:55

SWIFT, post hacking scandal, may have some competition as a number of major global banks have signed with Ripple Labs to found a new global transfer system based on Ripple’s... read more

23 Sep 16 @ 12:08

Recent industry news has brought to light the issue of contactless card fraud relating. Contactless cards are increasingly popular in the UK, with the value of contactless purchases increasing by... read more

23 Sep 16 @ 09:15

Accenture announced a multi-year contract with UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions to implement a state-of-the-art Payments-Platform-as-a-Service (PPaaS) solution. Accenture’s new PPaaS solution, which is built on DH Corporation’s (TSX: DH) (D+H)... read more

23 Sep 16 @ 08:38

Delivering digital financial services by mobile phone could benefit billions of people by spurring inclusive growth that adds $3.7 trillion to the GDP of emerging economies within a decade. Two... read more

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

22 Sep 16 @ 11:48

In the coming months, there are stong warnings that cybercrime and money laundering in online games – such as World of Warcraft – will be a growing concern. As regulators... read more

21 Sep 16 @ 14:33

Cash was used for less than half of all retail transactions across the UK in 2015 according to the BRC’s annual Payments Survey. The report looks at the methods of... read more

21 Sep 16 @ 13:46

There are growing fears in the industry that post Brexit, the UK will lose the passporting rights that allow financial services companies licensed in one EU state to provide services... read more