Issuing & Acquiring

14 Sep 17 @ 15:47

In a new report based on the usage of ATM’s in three countries, US, Australia and UK it finds that ATMs remain popular globally, with 82% of respondents reporting that... read more

14 Sep 17 @ 09:48

The notorious dark web marketplaces Alphabay and Hansa, designed for criminals who specialised in monetising lists or “dumps” of credit card data, were shut down in July following “landmark” action by... read more

13 Sep 17 @ 12:21

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Bank of England (BoE) have announced that the Payment System Operator Delivery Group (PSODG) has completed the necessary steps to deliver against the mandate... read more

13 Sep 17 @ 11:20

Technology drove the first client experience (CX) revolution when advances in computer processing power allowed the early pioneers to develop data driven marketing policies. Now we believe emotional experience (EX)... read more

11 Sep 17 @ 16:28

55% of retailers and merchants in the EMEA region are planning to increase their investment into new payments capabilities in the next 18 to 24 months, according to the  2017... read more

11 Sep 17 @ 13:51

The number of payment cards globally reached 14 billion in 2016 and is predicted to rise to 17 billion by 2022, driven by further debit card issuance as the banked... read more

07 Sep 17 @ 15:15

Conversations are ongoing between the European Commission (EC) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) around the Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) under the Payment Services Directive... read more

05 Sep 17 @ 13:35

The Bitcoin price fell heavily after China’s central bank said Initial Coin Offerings are illegal and asked all related fundraising activity to be halted immediately, issuing the strongest regulatory challenge... read more

05 Sep 17 @ 13:15

A new study from has found that the value of cryptocurrency transactions is expected to surpass $1 trillion in 2017, more than 15 times the level in 2016. The new research... read more

01 Sep 17 @ 15:49

In competition with R3 and Swifts blockchain initiative, six of the world’s biggest banks have joined a project to create a new form of digital currency that they hope to... read more

01 Sep 17 @ 13:38

The UK is a world leader in contactless payments. The widespread adoption of contactless in the UK was a gradual process but over the past few years contactless use has... read more

01 Sep 17 @ 13:19

Nets is rumoured to be nearing a deal that is expected to value the company’s shares at more than DKr31.3bn ($5bn) with US private equity firm Hellman & Friedman the... read more