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Live @ MWC: Homesend platform extends reach

25 Feb 16 @ 11:52

PCM interviews Stephen Doyle, CEO of Homesend to discuss what going on in the remittance market.

Live @ MWC: What’s hot for MasterCard in 2016

23 Feb 16 @ 16:46

PCM interviews James Anderson of MasterCard to discuss the hottest trends for 2016 – including MasterPass, wearable payments and MasterCard as a technology company.

Live @ MWC: Canadian debit network launch tokenized digital debit transactions

23 Feb 16 @ 12:01

Canadian debit network Interac says it will launch its own token generation and management service enabling FI’s and merchants to manage digital payment with support for the tokenized digital debit transactions on any device... read more

Alternative finance market grows to £3.2 billion in 2015

19 Feb 16 @ 12:40

In 2015 the UK online alternative finance sector grew 84%, facilitating £3.2 billion in investments, loans and donations, according to a joint report published today by the Cambridge Centre for... read more

MasterCard contactless expenditure grew 375% in 2015

19 Feb 16 @ 12:27

The total number of MasterCard processed transactions passed the 1 billion mark in Europe last year – an increase of 150% from 2014. MasterCard’s latest figures reveal that the UK... read more

Curve launch mobile payments app

17 Feb 16 @ 15:58

Curve, a London-based startup, allows people to combine an unlimited number of bank cards into one physical payment card, accepted everywhere MasterCard cards work. It is supported by a mobile... read more

only 37% of US merchants EMV ready – four months after the liability shift

17 Feb 16 @ 15:31

The Strawhecker Group (TSG) has released survey results that estimate 37% of US merchant locations are EMV ready four months after the October 1st, 2015 liability shift. TSG’s previous survey... read more

ACCC clears Australian banks of colluding to block bitcoin

15 Feb 16 @ 18:19

Following on from the initial investigation in September 2015, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared banks of any wrongdoing in its inquiry into the withdrawal of banking services... read more

Technology companies dominate best global brands list

10 Feb 16 @ 11:30

For the third year in a row, Apple and Google claimed the top positions in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands report. Technology brands represented more than a third of the table’s... read more

UK banks could lose 45% of their customers to alternative financial institutions

10 Feb 16 @ 08:53

A new study by Personetics has revealed that nearly half (45%) of...

Payment Cards Statistical Yearbooks 2015-16

08 Feb 16 @ 12:30

Stay one step ahead with deep industry information and a wealth of statistics from central banks, interbank companies and associations and individual banks. The Payment Cards Statistical Yearbooks give a market... read more

American Express leads in $1.2 trillion T&E sector

08 Feb 16 @ 12:15

The T&E sector, consisting of American Express, JCB and Diners Club, represents only a small proportion of the total payment cards market, but is nevertheless a huge segment in its... read more

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Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Bank of England Warns DLT Complexity in Settlements

18 May 26 @ 17:07

The Bank of England has found that distributed ledger technology could improve aspects of wholesale payments and settlement, but only at the cost of significant... more

Visa announces €500 Million European Investment Signals Strategic Response to Payments Sovereignty Push

31 May 26 @ 12:59

The debate around European payments sovereignty has intensified significantly over the past two years. Policymakers, regulators and financial institutions acros... more