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09 Sep 14 @ 11:21

Gemalto has introduced its Allynis Trusted Services Hub, a business service that enables financial institutions, enterprises, transport operators and more generally all digital service providers to benefit from a single... read more

Apple agrees interchange fee rebates for m-payments

05 Sep 14 @ 14:53

Ahead of the launch of the iPhone 6 next week, tech giant Apple has reportedly negotiated deals with several US issuers to give Apple back a portion of card-present interchange... read more

EVO Payments signs acquiring deal with Bank of Ireland

04 Sep 14 @ 12:20

Global payment acquirer EVO Payments International (EVO) has entered into a long-term, exclusive relationship with Bank of Ireland to provide merchant acquiring services in the Republic of Ireland and Northern... read more

CaixaBank to invest €500m in next-generation ATMs

27 Aug 14 @ 11:57

Spain’s CaixaBank has signed an agreement with ATM manufacturer Fujitsu to manufacture 8,500 new terminals featuring cutting-edge technology and to innovate jointly on a global scale. The new ATMs are... read more

PFS launches first prepaid MasterCard for Finland

21 Aug 14 @ 11:04

UK prepaid solution provider Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) has announced the launch of the Airopay card, the first prepaid MasterCard in Finland. The card is denominated in euros and is... read more

Russia forges closer ties with China UnionPay

20 Aug 14 @ 15:15

Russia’s MDM Bank has partnered with Chinese payment network China UnionPay (CUP) to issue CUP-branded cards. Other Russian banks, including Alfa Bank, Gazprombank and Bank of Moscow are also preparing... read more

UK banks launch bounced fee system

19 Aug 14 @ 15:53

UK banks are launching a ‘retry’ system that will give customers a second chance to avoid bounced payments and their associated fees. From 1 September, when a customer’s standing order,... read more

Oberthur Technologies acquires NagraID

19 Aug 14 @ 15:39

Digital security specialist Oberthur Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire display card manufacturer NagraID Security. Oberthur will acquire a 100% equity stake of NagraID Security from the Kudelski Group... read more

First Annapolis highlights US EMV push

18 Aug 14 @ 15:39

US consultancy First Annapolis has highlighted how issuers are feeling heightened pressure to migrate card portfolios to EMV as the October 2015 liability shift deadline quickly approaches. After a spate... read more

US EMV cards to top 575 million by 2015

14 Aug 14 @ 14:31

More than 575 million US EMV payment cards will be in issue by the end of next year, according to a statement issued jointly from Visa and MasterCard on Wednesday (13/08/2014). That... read more

European card fraud losses hit new high

04 Aug 14 @ 12:25

FICO has published its latest map of card fraud in Europe, showing that card fraud losses in 2013 for the 19 European countries studied reached €1.55 billion. This figure was... read more

PSD2: A ‘bull by the horns’ approach to open access

23 Jul 14 @ 16:06

As the European Commission moves closer towards its ambitions of creating a single European payments market, one proposal put forward in Article 58 of the upcoming Payment Services Directive (PSD2)... read more

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Visa turns the card into an identity credential

12 May 26 @ 15:44

Visa has launched a new tap-based authentication technology that could reshape how banks verify customers in mobile banking environments. [caption id="atta... more

Emerging markets accelerate the shift to cashless payments

30 Apr 26 @ 18:03

Cashless payments are becoming an increasingly important marker of financial modernisation across emerging market and developing economies, with new data from t... more

Santander backs Ebury’s next phase with fresh funding

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Banco Santander has reinforced its commitment to Ebury after taking part in a funding round of about £550mn for the cross-border payments and trade finance fin... more