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LG delays launch of LG Pay

15 Feb 16 @ 09:07

LG Electronics has announced it will delay plan to launch the LG Pay mobile payments system at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), The Korea Times reports, citing an unnamed company... read more

UK banks could lose 45% of their customers to alternative financial institutions

10 Feb 16 @ 08:53

A new study by Personetics has revealed that nearly half (45%) of...

Global mobile payment market to reach $620 billion in 2016

09 Feb 16 @ 13:08

With major smartphone brands Apple and Samsung making a big entrance into...

Fit Pay secures $3.1 million in seed funding

08 Feb 16 @ 12:08

Fit Pay, a wearable payments startup founded by former Visa and CyberSource executives, has raised $3.1 million in a seed funding round led by Germany’s Giesecke & Devrient. The startup,... read more

Gen Y consumers drive future of payments in Asia Pacific

04 Feb 16 @ 16:31

The power within the payment value chain in Asia is shifting to Gen Y consumers aged 25-34, a new study finds.

2015 in Review: The year that FinTech hit form

03 Feb 16 @ 11:23

What a difference twelve months can make. Industry conversations at 2014’s Mobey Day, (Mobey Forum’s annual open conference for all mobile money stakeholders) told of an industry undergoing major FinTech... read more

Digital Payments Survey

01 Feb 16 @ 15:53

Payments Cards & Mobile, the award-winning publisher, and American Express, a leading global payments brand, have partnered with payments consulting firm Accourt to conduct a survey on the state of Digital Payments.... read more

Electronic payments grow faster than GDP across all regions

28 Jan 16 @ 13:38

Non-cash payment volumes are expected to continue to grow strongly in 2014, according to the World Payments Report 2015 from Capgemini/Royal Bank of Scotland. Volumes are projected to grow at... read more

Worldwide Smartphone shipments surpass 1.4 billion in 2015

28 Jan 16 @ 11:37

A strong holiday quarter boosted worldwide smartphone shipments to new record levels thanks to robust product offerings at numerous price points in both mature and emerging markets. According to preliminary data... read more

The changing payments landscape

27 Jan 16 @ 10:21

It was only a few years ago that banks owned the financial sector – the only way to pay, transfer and save money was via a traditional bank. The supremacy... read more

Rambus acquires Bell ID

26 Jan 16 @ 12:08

Rambus has announced it has acquired Smart Card Software Ltd which includes Bell Identification (Bell ID) and Ecebs Ltd (Ecebs) through the purchase of all outstanding shares of Smart Card Software,... read more

Mobile Payments Index: a third of global online transactions now mobile

26 Jan 16 @ 12:03

The 2015 Q4 edition (Sept-Dec) of the quarterly Mobile Payments Index, which tracks mobile payment data from browser-based transactions across Adyen’s customer base has been released. The key finding of this Mobile... read more

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Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Bank of England Warns DLT Complexity in Settlements

18 May 26 @ 17:07

The Bank of England has found that distributed ledger technology could improve aspects of wholesale payments and settlement, but only at the cost of significant... more

Visa announces €500 Million European Investment Signals Strategic Response to Payments Sovereignty Push

31 May 26 @ 12:59

The debate around European payments sovereignty has intensified significantly over the past two years. Policymakers, regulators and financial institutions acros... more