16 Sep 13 @ 10:20

Ecobank Nigeria and the Ekiti State government have commenced the disbursement of funds to over 2,250 residents earmarked in the State as the first set of beneficiaries of the Federal... read more

16 Sep 13 @ 10:08

Yalamanchili, has launched a white label mobile wallet application for global banking and financial institutions operating on its next generation payments platform. The wallet provides clients with a fully customisable... read more

11 Sep 13 @ 12:49

PayPal announced PayPal Beacon, a low-powered Bluetooth device that will allow consumers to automatically check-in at local stores. The company descibes it as a “complete hands free experience” that will... read more

11 Sep 13 @ 12:14

Making purchases with a smartphone is gaining a foothold in Hong Kong, and it has changed the habits of Sunny Cheung Yiu-tong, a die-hard fan of smart cards. Octopus Cards,... read more

11 Sep 13 @ 11:54

The Tribunal de Bobigny has awarded BancTec, a global leader in document management solutions and outsourcing services, the payment contracts and associated assets of Safig, a leading French document processing... read more

11 Sep 13 @ 10:52

The Federal Reserve Banks today announced the publication of their “Payment System Improvement – Public Consultation Paper” and an opportunity to provide input on the information, ideas and concepts in the... read more

11 Sep 13 @ 10:40

Deutsche Bank has released its Retail Bank Strategy report entitled “The Future of Banking”. In the report, its states that the acceleration of change will lead to a big increase in bank... read more

11 Sep 13 @ 09:30

Apple has built a fingerprint reader into its new flagship smartphone, the iPhone 5s, calling the technology Touch ID. There are a few different fingerprint-sensor technologies out there, with optical and capacitance readers... read more

10 Sep 13 @ 09:00

Datacard Group has announced that Ecobank Transnational Inc., a financial services provider with operations in over 30 African countries, is enhancing their customer service levels by implementing Datacard financial instant... read more

10 Sep 13 @ 08:50

JCB International (JCBI) and Caixa Economica Federal (CAIXA), the largest public sector bank in Latin America, announce the signing of an agreement for the issuing of JCB cards in Brazil... read more

06 Sep 13 @ 12:41

After discussing its vision of a digital payments future over the past few years, PayPal is finally making it a reality today with the launch of its new iPhone and Android apps. The apps (free... read more

06 Sep 13 @ 12:10

The trends for the second quarter of 2013 are consistent with the first quarter of the year.  The nation’s largest credit card issuers reported strong profits despite relatively stagnant quarter-over-quarter... read more

05 Sep 13 @ 12:18

FICO released its quarterly UK cards data showing that average credit card limits are at their highest point in over two years. Consumer spending has also increased, while delinquency rates are... read more

05 Sep 13 @ 11:30

Vodafone has announced that all its customers will be able to use Vodafone SmartPass to make mobile payments from a Visa prepaid card account at over 250,000 stores across Spain by... read more

05 Sep 13 @ 11:24

Consumers are being put off making mobile payments through existing providers by security fears, lengthy sign-up processes and problems making payments outside of individual schemes, according to new research published... read more

05 Sep 13 @ 11:18

JCB International (JCBI), the international subsidiary of JCB, announced that BRAC Bank (BRAC Bank), a leading commercial bank in Bangladesh, starts JCB merchant acquiring operations in Bangladesh based on a... read more

04 Sep 13 @ 16:17

Realex Payments has announced today that it has been selected to partner and provide a managed gateway solution and services for the new Elavon Payment Gateway, increasing its presence in... read more

04 Sep 13 @ 16:11

IBM announced an agreement that boosts Visa Europe’s ability to provide its member banks with new mobile banking, payment and commerce services in the cloud for its customers.  IBM will... read more