Issuing & Acquiring

01 Jun 20 @ 09:23

Samsung has unveiled Samsung Money by SoFi, a new mobile-first money management experience that brings a cash management account and accompanying Mastercard debit card along with exclusive benefits to Samsung... read more

29 May 20 @ 08:36

In a new piece of research from Jeffries on the European payments landscape, they take an in-depth look at the shape of a recovery in the Euro card present market... read more

26 May 20 @ 13:43

Payment cards and other cashless payment methods may well be reducing the demand for ATMs and cash, but many countries and sectors remain heavily cash dependent. This is according to... read more

21 May 20 @ 12:58

Banque de France, the French central bank, has completed what it is calling the first successful test of a digital euro, as part of its ongoing experiments with central bank... read more

18 May 20 @ 10:39

EuroCommerce Director-General Christian Verschueren has pressed the European Commission to act on the growing problems facing retailers and wholesalers resulting from the limited scope of the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR).... read more

14 May 20 @ 10:54

Mastercard is facing a claim of up to £14 billion in a landmark UK collective action case over interchange fee charges that were passed on to shoppers. This week, a... read more

11 May 20 @ 15:35

The European Central Bank (ECB) says it will look into what a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) form of the euro might look like. The ECB set up a... read more

04 May 20 @ 15:18

Despite tough trade winds, both Visa and Mastercard have been able to post good quarterly results. Shares of Mastercard rose after it posted Q1 earnings that exceeded expectations. Adjusted earnings... read more

04 May 20 @ 14:51

Smart Payment Association (SPA), the global trade body of the smart payments industry, has published proposals for an Instant Payment Card that would extend SEPA instant Credit Transfer functionality to... read more

29 Apr 20 @ 09:38

FSS Technologies has announced a collaboration with Fairplay Pay s.r.o. one of the Czech Republic’s newest payments innovators specialising in SEPA and domestic transactions for its full-stack online acquiring suite.... read more

28 Apr 20 @ 08:37

Wirecard says that the independent audit by KPMG into fraud allegations uncovered no need to restate earnings, but added that all the data needed to confirm past revenues could not... read more

23 Apr 20 @ 16:16

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) from the likes of the Bank of England should be issued to prevent the ‘privatisation’ of money and trust in the monetary system disappearing, according... read more