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TSYS deal for card issuers and merchants to combat fraud

01 Mar 16 @ 12:29

TSYS announced an agreement with Ethoca, a provider of collaboration-based technology that enables card issuers and e-commerce merchants to stop card-not-present fraud, recover lost revenue and eliminate chargebacks. Launched through... read more

ATM Market expected to reach $21.9 billion by 2020

29 Feb 16 @ 10:27

According to new report by Allied Market Research titled “Global ATM Market – Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Opportunities, Growth and Forecast, 2013-2020,” the global ATM market will reach $21.9 billion... read more

Banks should sell their stake in UK payments infrastructure

29 Feb 16 @ 09:28

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published the provisional findings of its market review into the ownership and competitiveness of the payments infrastructure that supports the payments systems; Bacs, Faster... read more

Card payments in Asia-Pacific set to double to $19.5 trillion by 2020

26 Feb 16 @ 13:24

The value of card payments in Asia-Pacific grew by 25% in 2014 to reach $9.0 trillion, accounting for just under half of the global total card expenditure. The level of... read more

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

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more