Payments News

03 Aug 15 @ 14:37

The number of global mobile banking users is set to double to 1.8 billion over the next four years, according to research by KPMG, using primary survey data supplied by... read more

03 Aug 15 @ 14:34

Over 103 million payments were processed in just one day at the end of July by BACS, the UK payment processing organisation. BACS has already achieved a number of transaction... read more

03 Aug 15 @ 14:30

Shares in US payment service provider Fidelity National Information Services have soared on speculation that it is in talks to buy financial technology conglomerate SunGard. Private equity-owned SunGard filed for... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:20

A new report from payment consultancy Aite Group states that despite Japan being viewed as one of the most advanced payments nations in the world, it remains a cash-intensive society.... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:16

Shipments of smart card integrated circuits (ICs) are projected to increase from 9.6 billion in 2014 to 10.4 billion in 2015 and to 12.7 billion in 2019, according to research... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:09

UK bank NatWest, part of the RBS group, has suffered another online banking crash which has affected thousands of users. The latest IT failure comes only six weeks after the... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:06

MasterCard has paid out $61 million to UK supermarket retailer Tesco in what is expected to be the first of several settlements by card schemes over interchange fee lawsuits lodged... read more

24 Jul 15 @ 11:16

Visa Inc. has confirmed it is in talks to reunite with former subsidiary Visa Europe in a deal that would give the global company more scale to compete with rival... read more

22 Jul 15 @ 10:26

Traditional cash pocket money is dying out as increasing numbers of parents are paying their children’s pocket money digitally, according to new research from Intelligent Environments. However, in spite of... read more

21 Jul 15 @ 15:42

A global study of over 300 banking and financial services executives shows that, for the first time, innovation is ranked as important as regulation. The research also reveals that mobile... read more

21 Jul 15 @ 11:37

First Data has taken its initial step towards a multibillion-dollar listing. First Data filed its paperwork for an IPO on Monday, but gave few details on the upcoming deal. The filing said it could... read more

15 Jul 15 @ 09:53

RBTE, Europe’s largest retail solutions gathering will be putting an even greater focus on the topic of payments for its 2016 event. Since its launch RBTE has been the leading... read more