Payments News

26 Aug 14 @ 11:05

A survey from the American Bankers Association (ABA) shows that the internet continues to be the most popular banking channel, although mobile, ATMs and even branches are gaining popularity. A... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:59

New Zealand’s Westpac Bank will integrate its online banking platform with start-up Moven’s mobile money management tool to enable customers manage their money through their smartphones, tablets or desktop. Moven,... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:55

Micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly linking up with payments start-up Stripe to launch an ‘in-tweet’ e-commerce purchase feature, enabling users to enter payment information without leaving the site. Twitter is... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:50

The Target data breach, which compromised the data of 40 million cardholders continues to have ramifications across the industry. Following a class-action lawsuit against Target for the data breach, MasterCard... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 11:47

Online auction house eBay is considering selling its PayPal unit next year, according to media reports. Tech site ‘The Information’ stated that during interviews for the vacant position of president... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 11:01

Payments Cards & Mobile is one of the featured contributors to a new CNN article examining new cashless payment technology including contactless cards and mobile payments. The article, which is... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:55

mPOS specialist Square has launched Square Analytics, a merchant analytics tool, as part of its Register service. Square Analytics derives actionable data from merchants in order to increase sales. Square... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:52

The Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup of the Boston Federal Reserve has released the outcome of its May 2014 meeting on the state of the industry in the US and has... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:48

The European Central Bank (ECB) has named four key payment systems – Target2, Euro1, Step2-T and Core(Fr) – as “systemically important”, and as a result they will be subject to... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:15

VeriFone Mobile Money and Airtel Africa, part of the Bharti Airtel Group, are teaming up to offer VeriFone Mobile Money’s merchant enablement applications for mobile ‘Tap n Pay’ services across... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:10

Package delivery giant UPS has become the latest company to admit that customer payment card details may be at risk after it discovered malware at 51 of its US stores.... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:07

A tech company specialising in biometric selfies for use in banking authentication has received $6 million in funding to expand the company’s proposition. EyeVerify’s self-verification technology, Eyeprint ID, enables smartphone... read more