Issuing & Acquiring

31 Oct 19 @ 09:56

Kroger, the US’s largest grocer, says it will reverse three month interchange fee ban on Visa credit cards. “As of today, Kroger now accepts Visa credit cards at all our... read more

30 Oct 19 @ 16:55

New research shows that there were 16 billion payment cards in circulation at the end of 2018, up by 10% since a year earlier. The research indicates that financial inclusion initiatives... read more

30 Oct 19 @ 12:58

Financial inclusion for SMEs is a hot topic for European governments, financial institutions, banking representatives and small business associations. All recognise that SMEs are a significant part of the region’s... read more

29 Oct 19 @ 10:47

Consumer purchase volume running through the Mastercard network rose by 14% during Q3 2019, accelerating slightly from Q2, driving revenue and earnings per share past Wall Street’s expectations. Revenue at... read more

29 Oct 19 @ 10:08

Transbank S.A. and AEVI announced a strategic partnership to help Transbank’s customers in Chile deliver omnichannel and digital in-store experiences for their merchants. Founded as a credit card processing intermediary... read more

28 Oct 19 @ 13:49

The banking industry is saturated with buzz words and all banks need to be seen to be advocates of these words, whether it’s Open Banking and PSD2, or agile work... read more

22 Oct 19 @ 20:00

European and global card-based payment solution providers are coming together to strengthen the voice of the industry and to form a new association: Payments Europe. The new body represents card... read more

17 Oct 19 @ 12:34

Transact Payments Limited (TPL) has teamed up with some of the largest Credit Unions in Ireland under the currentaccount.ie brand to roll out a full-service Current Account for Credit Union... read more

15 Oct 19 @ 13:27

OpenWay has unveiled WAY4 Acquiring Start, an off-the-shelf acquiring solution. It helps banks, processors, PSPs, and retailers launch merchant acquiring – from idea to production – within a few months. In-store and digital acquirers... read more

07 Oct 19 @ 13:02

NatWest is piloting fingerprint based biometric credit card with 150 customers, in partnership with Mastercard and Gemalto, it is the first biometric credit card issued by a UK bank. The... read more

02 Oct 19 @ 10:05

In an unusual trend for a developed market, the number of credit card transactions in Canada has exceeded the number of debit purchase transactions for the first time since 1997,... read more

01 Oct 19 @ 07:57

PayPal has beaten off competition for payments giants Visa and Mastercard to become the first foreign company to acquire a payments licence in China. PayPal obtained the license through the... read more