Issuing & Acquiring

21 Jun 16 @ 09:37

Research released by Payments Canada and the Bank of Canada exploring Clearing and settlement systems and payment system modernization initiatives around the world reveals a global trend towards infrastructure enhancements that... read more

21 Jun 16 @ 09:25

Visa Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Visa Europe Ltd. The combined, global company provides digital payment products, services and processing to about 17,100 financial institution clients and... read more

20 Jun 16 @ 12:15

IBM and Ponemon Institute have release the 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis. According to the research, the average total cost of a data breach for the 383 companies participating... read more

20 Jun 16 @ 10:53

A survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International has revealed that banks and payment organizations are finding it difficult to manage online financial fraud. Surprisingly, over a third (38%) of... read more

20 Jun 16 @ 10:20

Banks and financial institutions that are not yet engaged with Predictive Analytics need to begin their journey today if they are to maintain future competitiveness in digital services. This is... read more

17 Jun 16 @ 10:01

The Bank of Canada has revealed it is studying the technology underlying the digital currency bitcoin, conducting one of the first known tests by a major central bank about how it... read more

16 Jun 16 @ 11:24

FIME is the first testing provider to be accredited by JCB to support issuing banks with their JCB EMV migration and certification projects. Issuers around the world can now work... read more

15 Jun 16 @ 15:33

American Express has announced the availability of Amex Quick Chip, a technology that enables merchants to provide a more seamless experience at the point of sale for Card Members when they... read more

15 Jun 16 @ 14:57

The Eurosystem operates two systems that form the backbone of the financial market infrastructure in Europe – TARGET (the real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system for the euro) and TARGET2-Securities, or... read more

14 Jun 16 @ 11:25

It has been many years since significant changes have come to the US Dollar (USD) domestic payments space. In fact, it has remained relatively unchanged, at least in a sweeping,... read more

14 Jun 16 @ 10:55

Travelex has announced the launch of Supercard, a new MasterCard card and app combo for UK travellers to avoid overseas debit and credit card roaming fees and charges when spending abroad.... read more

13 Jun 16 @ 12:39

Small businesses are at risk from cybercrime by not putting adequate protection measures in place, new research from Barclaycard has found. The survey of 250 small businesses reveals that just... read more