Issuing & Acquiring

20 Oct 14 @ 16:19

The Payments Security Task Force (PST) has announced a forecast of participating acquirers estimating that at least 47% of US POS terminals will be enabled for EMV chip technology by the end... read more

20 Oct 14 @ 12:55

MasterCard and Zwipe announced their partnership for the launch of the world’s first biometric contactless payment card featuring an integrated fingerprint sensor. The launch of the card comes after a successful... read more

16 Oct 14 @ 11:00

A recent GfK survey in China, Germany, South Korea, the UK and the US indicates that people in these countries see potential in using smartwatches to ‘carry’ tickets for passenger... read more

13 Oct 14 @ 17:21

A total of 205 billion card payments were made worldwide in 2013, a rise of 13% on 2012, according “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts 2013-2019”, a new report from... read more

10 Oct 14 @ 15:30

The recent card scheme cross border acquiring (CBA) concessions have created a new model for cross-border acquiring. By default they have become the European Commission’s ‘Plan A’ as a result... read more

01 Oct 14 @ 11:14

The German central bank says it is working on a new XML-based infrastructure for debit card clearing transactions for the country’s financial institutions. The central bank will work with EBA Clearing... read more

30 Sep 14 @ 14:22

Non-cash payments volumes are expected to grow 9.4% to reach 366 billion transactions in 20131, fueled by strong growth in developing markets and the use of credit (up 9.9%) and... read more

26 Sep 14 @ 13:34

According to news out of the US, the Federal Reserve Board says it will leave its debit card interchange cap for large issuers unchanged despite finding that some of their important... read more

24 Sep 14 @ 10:58

Now that SEPA direct debits and credit transfers are firmly established in Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) is aiming to speed up SEPA for cards. In a new report,... read more

23 Sep 14 @ 10:22

Payment data analytics is presenting significant opportunities for banks to drive additional revenues and enhance their value proposition. Banks are exploring numerous ways to generate real value from their payment... read more

19 Sep 14 @ 12:06

BNP Paribas Fortis and SIX Payment Services (SIX) are entering into a unique partnership, targeted to acquiring services to merchants of all sizes and industries in Belgium. BNP Paribas Fortis... read more

19 Sep 14 @ 12:00

First Data is to roll out their mPOS solution that is set to make payment acceptance faster and secure for the Indian merchant community in partnership with Mahindra Comviva. Th solution enables... read more