Issuing & Acquiring

07 Apr 16 @ 13:10

For the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), London remains just ahead of New York to retain the number one position. Both cities gained four points in the ratings and London... read more

07 Apr 16 @ 09:38

Worldline and Gemalto are working together to enable seamless onboarding of banks and card issuers to mobile payment wallets provided by device manufacturers. With this agreement, the two industry leaders... read more

05 Apr 16 @ 09:38

TSYS announced it has completed its acquisition of TransFirst, a leading US merchant solutions provider. TransFirst and TSYS’ existing merchant businesses will be combined under the TSYS brand to create... read more

04 Apr 16 @ 12:46

Commercial cards represent just 4% of all payment cards in Europe according to Commercial Cards in Europe 2015. The sector has significant scope for expansion as many businesses do not currently... read more

23 Mar 16 @ 14:24

American Express is reported to be investigating a potential data breach by a merchant in California. Apparently, the merchant was compromised, leading to the possible exposure of account numbers, names, expiration... read more

18 Mar 16 @ 11:22

Blockchain has traditionally been a subject of mitigated opinions, due to its early association with bitcoin, the cryptocurrency adopted by techies all around the world, and also used on anonymous... read more

18 Mar 16 @ 10:07

Chase Bank Kenya, an innovative and fast-growing bank with an ambitious strategy across Africa, has successfully migrated its full card portfolio to the OpenWay WAY4 payment software platform from Electra... read more

17 Mar 16 @ 12:39

Credit cards dominate the Hong Kong payment cards market in terms of transaction volume and value during the review period (2010-2014) – a trend which is expected to continue up... read more

17 Mar 16 @ 11:57

Vodacom South Africa reportedly considering various options for its sluggish mobile money transfer service M-Pesa. In 2010, Vodacom launched M-Pesa in South Africa and the company set a target of... read more

14 Mar 16 @ 12:39

Capital One customers can now check their balances and pay their bills, voice-powered payments, talking to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant. The Alexa assistant works with Amazon’s FireTV and Echo smart speaker... read more

11 Mar 16 @ 11:46

Rising card payments drive economic growth. Payment cards are not just convenient but also play a crucial role in stimulating economic growth in countries around the world – according to... read more

07 Mar 16 @ 16:37

A number of prominent voices in the Bitcoin community have been warning that the system needs to make fundamental changes to its core software code to avoid being overwhelmed by the... read more