Issuing & Acquiring

01 Jun 15 @ 11:08

The explosion in NFC mobile payments has gifted banks and financial institutions with a variety of deployment options and, at the same time, made the task of selecting the right... read more

20 May 15 @ 16:36

France’s Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne (BPCE) are piloting a payment card that replaces the three-figure CVV code on the rear of the card with a small screen display that... read more

13 May 15 @ 17:29

According to the PSD2 and XS2A – regulation or opportunity report, Europe’s banks are engaged in a do-or-die effort to prepare for the 2016 introduction of new payments regulations that are expected to... read more

13 May 15 @ 17:04

Apple Pay has breathed new life into tokenization and the use of tokenization has seen a revival due to new technology approaches that remove associated operational risks and complexities and... read more

12 May 15 @ 17:16

PRETA S.A.S. announced today that the growing take-up of MyBank by consumers and businesses has started to translate into a significant pick-up of the value of transactions initiated via MyBank.... read more

08 May 15 @ 10:31

Eurosmart has released the 2014 figures for the worldwide secure elements shipments and the smart secure contactless markets as well as the corresponding 2015 forecast. The data provided by Eurosmart... read more

08 May 15 @ 09:25

HPS announced a new global partnership with Gemalto for tokenization. Tokenization is the process by which payment account information is replaced by an alternate value called a token. Issuers, Merchants... read more

06 May 15 @ 14:35

Official figures for Q4 2014 released by the global technical body EMVCo show that significant advances are being made globally in the adoption of EMV chip technology. By the end... read more

01 May 15 @ 11:06

Tokenization is a technology that allows for more secure payments by substituting sensitive consumer account data for a random number that is unique to each transaction – a digital token.... read more

30 Apr 15 @ 10:27

Coinbase, the world’s most well-funded bitcoin company, has opened its exchange and online wallet in the UK, targeting British enthusiasm for the digital currency as it eyes international expansion. The... read more

29 Apr 15 @ 10:29

Should payments be as quick as emails or messaging with smartphone apps? Should funds be transferred instantly from sender to receiver around the clock? Many actors are paying more attention... read more

23 Apr 15 @ 14:29

Shares in Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. climbed the most since October after China’s government indicated it plans to end a monopoly in bank-card clearing. Visa gained 4.1% to close... read more