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Call for participation – EPC workshop dedicated to P2P mobile payments

05 Oct 15 @ 15:57

The European Payments Council (EPC) has announced that it is hosting a stakeholders workshop focused on Person-to-Person (P2P) mobile payments on 10 December. Payment stakeholders (such as payment service providers, technical... read more

Banks face wipeout in some financial services – McKinsey

30 Sep 15 @ 11:00

According to an article which first appeared in the FT, the digital revolution sweeping through the banking sector is set to wipe out almost two-thirds of earnings on some financial... read more

Kenya issues government bond via mobile money solution

30 Sep 15 @ 10:32

In a nod to how developed the Kenyan mobile infrastructure, including mobile payments are, the Government plans to float its first-ever Bond, to be offered exclusively via mobile phone – pointing to... read more

Alibaba invest $680 million in Paytm

29 Sep 15 @ 14:41

Alibaba Group has made a strategic investment of $680 million in One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm. Alibaba now becomes a new investor in the Indian online payment and e-commerce firm.... read more

Europeans ready to adopt Advanced Mobile Financial Services

29 Sep 15 @ 14:24

Results of a new global consumer survey around mobile financial services (MFS), reveals 15% of European respondents are likely to use advanced mobile financial services and products for loans, savings,... read more

Mobile wallets – a comparison chart

29 Sep 15 @ 14:09

and a whole raft of others. There has been plenty of talk about mobile wallets, but now, as the “Pays” begin to roll out we take a brief look at... read more

South Korea’s cards and payments industry

28 Sep 15 @ 12:40

According to a new report, South Korea’s cards and payments market is one of the most competitive and attractive in Asia-Pacific. In terms of volume and value of transactions, South... read more

Cybersecurity experts say mobile payments data breaches to grow

25 Sep 15 @ 13:20

A survey of more than 900 cybersecurity experts shows that an overwhelming majority (87%) expect to see an increase in mobile payment data breaches over the next 12 months, yet... read more

US pushes for real-time mobile payments

23 Sep 15 @ 14:47

Millions of Americans use their phones to buy things and send money to people, but the technology involved in moving towards real-time mobile payments in the US lags behind many other industrialized... read more

Visa ends mobile payment venture in India citing telcos as problem 

23 Sep 15 @ 12:55

Its all change for Visa at the moment, having divested out of Monitise and yesterday announcing the mothballing of V.me, it has now closed its mobile payment venture in India after... read more

Visa closes down V.me – replaces with Visa Checkout

22 Sep 15 @ 17:15

Visa Europe says it is changing V.me by Visa and offering Visa Checkout for online payments for e- and m-commerce. Visa announced, via its French portal, that it will offer... read more

Indian mobile payments to grow to $3 trillion

22 Sep 15 @ 16:45

Mobile payments in India are predicted to grow 200 times over the next seven years to $3,000 billion and will benefit IT, telecom, banking and mobile wallet companies, as per a Bank of... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more