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Vodafone and PayPal partner for contactless mobile wallet payments

11 Oct 16 @ 09:33

Vodafone and PayPal have agreed to allow UK customers to make contactless mobile wallet payments in shops, restaurants and on transport services with their Android smartphones, funded from their PayPal... read more

German banks to sell jointly owned payment group Concardis

10 Oct 16 @ 09:00

According to media reports, German banks have agreed to sell the jointly held payment group Concardis as some of the owners seek an exit to focus on other activities. Concardis... read more

Spanish banks launch mobile payments initiative Bizum

04 Oct 16 @ 15:14

27 Spanish banks have teamed up to launch a new mobile payment platform called Bizum which, according to Spanish press reports, is now live. Bizum, an digital initiative of the... read more

LG forced to delay LG Pay mobile payment launch again

03 Oct 16 @ 15:18

Once again, LG Electronics has been forced to delay the launch of LG Pay, its proprietary mobile wallet, until 2017. This is the second launch delay for the wallet, which... read more

Europol warns of AndroidPay NFC tap-and-go theft

29 Sep 16 @ 13:22

Europol has warned that they believe criminals are using Android phones to trigger fraudulent NFC tap-and-go payments. The alert comes in Europol’s annual 2016-internet-organized-crime-threat-assessment. Experts had previously said that the... read more

The Impact of Innovation Study

28 Sep 16 @ 13:41

The Mastercard Impact of Innovation study explores the attitudes to technology among 23,000 consumers in 23 different countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Although the UK is one of... read more

Mobile payment acceptance solution using BLE for Nets Merchant Services

28 Sep 16 @ 09:19

A new in-store mobile payment solution is set to be rolled out across Denmark. Utilising a smart phone based mobile wallet, Dankort cardholders will benefit from an enhanced experience using... read more

Accenture implements payments processing platform – PPaaS – with UniCredit

23 Sep 16 @ 09:15

Accenture announced a multi-year contract with UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions to implement a state-of-the-art Payments-Platform-as-a-Service (PPaaS) solution. Accenture’s new PPaaS solution, which is built on DH Corporation’s (TSX: DH) (D+H)... read more

How digital financial services will boost growth in emerging economies

23 Sep 16 @ 08:38

Delivering digital financial services by mobile phone could benefit billions of people by spurring inclusive growth that adds $3.7 trillion to the GDP of emerging economies within a decade. Two... read more

Global digital payments reach 10% growth: World Payments Report 2016

22 Sep 16 @ 13:08

According to the World Payments Report 2016, global digital payment volumes continue to increase, with annual growth projected to top 10% for the first time to reach 426.3 billion transactions... read more

Cash no longer king in UK – contactless the king slayer

21 Sep 16 @ 14:33

Cash was used for less than half of all retail transactions across the UK in 2015 according to the BRC’s annual Payments Survey. The report looks at the methods of... read more

Apple loses further ground in battle to open NFC app to 3rd parties

16 Sep 16 @ 15:35

Moving beyond the now well document spat in Australia, a group of South Korean companies have taken take action against Apple to push the technology provider into opening up the... read more

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Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more

UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Major UK Banks unite to develop digital verification service

30 Jun 26 @ 07:05

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest Group and Santander UK are working with UK Finance in the development of a voluntary ... more