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The impact of the interchange fee regulation – a card scheme view

29 Oct 15 @ 11:56

European payments are being hit by several disruptive forces, including heightened levels of innovation, competition and regulation. One of the more significant changes is the European Union Regulation on the... read more

US smart payment card shipments to top 500 million in 2015

23 Oct 15 @ 12:28

Shipments of smart banking and payment cards in the US are projected to increase to just over 502 million in 2015, up from 223 million in 2014, according to latest research from... read more

Azerbaijani credit card market

20 Oct 15 @ 12:10

Azerbaijanis are showing a preference for credit cards, resulting in increased credit card transaction values and volumes; due to a rising demand for consumer credit and the number of banks offering... read more

A world without banks as we know them?

19 Oct 15 @ 12:23

Historically, banks have dominated the entire market, but times are changing and the FinTech invaders are beginning to disrupt the space. Banks certainly have their place, but their share is... read more

UK set to make 120 million payments a day

19 Oct 15 @ 12:00

An all-time record 44 billion payments will be made in 2024, up 3.4 billion over 10 years, equating to 120 million payments per day. The increase will be driven by... read more

A million new ATMs installed in five years

12 Oct 15 @ 12:06

The worldwide ATM installed base grew 7% in 2014, to reach three million units, according to RBR’s newly published Global ATM Market and Forecasts to 2020 report. This comes just... read more

Concerns continue amid US EMV liability shift

12 Oct 15 @ 07:21

Policy makers in the US voiced concerns at a meeting last week that credit card networks and issuers have failed to effectively explain the implications of the Oct. 1 EMV liability shift... read more

JCB starts trials of payment by palm vein authentication

07 Oct 15 @ 10:34

JCB will be conducting a trial of payment using palm vein authentication in corporation with Fujitsu  and Fujitsu Frontech. The trial will be held at the JCB World Conference in... read more

EBA Clearing RFP for pan-European instant payments

06 Oct 15 @ 15:42

The bank-owned provider of several key payments infrastructures in Europe, EBA Clearing, has launched an RFP for a technical solution provider. The RFP is the next phase in its offering of a... read more

New settlement model for Faster Payments

05 Oct 15 @ 16:39

A new simpler way to guarantee settlement between banks of payments made through Faster Payments, the UK’s 24/7 real-time payments service, has been introduced as part of changes announced today... read more

BNP Paribas trails dynamic CVV card codes

02 Oct 15 @ 12:54

BNP Paribas is set to pilot Oberthur’s OT Motion Code technology, replacing the three-figure CVV code on the rear of a card with a dynamic CVV small screen display that automatically... read more

Turkey launches a national payment system

02 Oct 15 @ 10:11

Turkey is set to launch a national payment system, the national payment scheme is due to be implemented by 2016 and is currently being branded as TROY. “Our sector is moving fast, both locally and... 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