Payments News

06 Feb 13 @ 00:00

Australia’s competition watchdog has sued credit card company Visa for alleged "misuse of market power". It has accused Visa of preventing customers from using a currency of their choice in... read more

04 Feb 13 @ 00:00

 Visa Inc. announced its support for a common U.S. debit solution and an expansion of Visa’s previously announced roadmap for EMV (Europay MasterCard Visa) chip card adoption in the United States to include a migration... read more

04 Feb 13 @ 00:00

Transaction banking has outperformed investment and commercial banking in terms of revenue growth in the post-financial crisis period. To better position themselves for success, 82% of banks surveyed have reorganized... read more

01 Feb 13 @ 00:00

The Commission has published a package consisting of a communication on a European Retail Action Plan and a Green Paper on unfair trading practices in the supply chains for food... read more

31 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Consumers respond positively to a combined rewards program for credit and debit cards.  According to a recent survey by  SYNERGISTICS Research entitled, Re-Engineering Credit Card Programs, three-quarters (75%) of Internet... read more

31 Jan 13 @ 00:00

BPC Banking Technologies announces the completion of the processing center implementation for Russia’s Universal Electronic Card (UEC) – one of the key components of the e-government project. As per the... read more

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Barclaycard and American Express have announced that they have agreed to expand the scope of their current global relationships with Barclaycard becoming an American Express card issuing partner in the... read more

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Are you excited yet? After more than a decade of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) in the making, this most ambitious European Union (EU) integration project in the area... read more

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

An Infographic showing who owns what IP in Credit Cards An Infographic showing who owns what IP in Credit Cards

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

1 in 3 Americans would buy financial services from retailers 1 in 3 Americans would buy financial services from retailers

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Credit card issuers have been seeking new ways to drive cardholder loyalty and engagement, as their market share has been under threat from both debit cards and emerging payment types... read more

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Ingenico  announced it has reached an agreement in principle with Summit Partners to acquire Ogone, the leading pan-European online payment services provider for an enterprise value of €360 million.  This... read more