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Payment cards in Europe – an update from the European Payment Card Yearbooks

12 Apr 18 @ 10:58

Cards and card payment at the point of sale and online showed solid growth rates in most European countries in 2017. This was supported by the rollout of contactless technologies,... read more

90% of consumers lack confidence in IOT device security

12 Apr 18 @ 10:33

The Internet of Things (IoT) is sometimes also known as the internet of insecure things. Or the internet of other people’s things. So much so 90% of consumers lack confidence... read more

Infographic: All you ever needed to know about eBay

12 Apr 18 @ 09:20

If you want to buy or sell something new, unique, and everything in between, eBay is the perfect place for you. The founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar launched an e-commerce... read more

Invoices instead of smileys – will we soon be able to pay via WhatsApp?

11 Apr 18 @ 11:00

WhatsApp is now firmly integrated into the everyday lives of millions of people across Europe. The question of where and when to have drinks or dinner is now often discussed... read more

Break the GDPR deadlock – Infographic on Shadow Data challenges

11 Apr 18 @ 08:00

Cloud is changing the game for information security and compliance – especially when it comes to GDPR. However, Cloud apps are exposing sensitive business data – for example, 20% of... read more

ACH Network volume and value in 2017 – More Than 1 billion payments added

11 Apr 18 @ 07:27

The ACH Network processed 21.5 billion transactions valued at more than $46.8 trillion in 2017, representing increases of 5.7%and 6.9%, respectively, over 2016, according to new data released by NACHA—The... read more

Global mobile wallet users to total 2.1 billion in 2019

10 Apr 18 @ 14:32

Nearly 2.1 billion consumers worldwide will use a mobile wallet to make a payment or send money in 2019, up nearly 30% from 1.6 billion recorded at the end of 2017,... read more

Delta and Sears data breaches expose hundreds of thousands of credit cards

10 Apr 18 @ 10:53

Delta and Sears have revealed within hours of each other that a data breach may have leaked the credit card information of hundreds of thousands of customers, as first reported... read more

Verifone to be acquired by Francisco Partners for $3.4 billion

10 Apr 18 @ 09:56

Verifone Systems and Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity firm, have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which an investor group led by Francisco Partners... read more

$1.7bn worth of cryptocurrency stolen since 2011

09 Apr 18 @ 14:34

Crypto Aware has found that over $1.7 billion-worth of cryptocurrencies were lost to hacks and scams between 2011 and 2018. $670 million-worth of which were lost over the last three months.... read more

PSD2 open banking: The ticking timebomb for financial institutions

09 Apr 18 @ 14:21

The overall idea behind PSD2 open banking is not new, Yodlee and others have for a while aggregate accounts, and they have done this through a process known as screen... read more

PAYPAL FILE PATENT TO SPEED UP CRYPTOCURRENCY PAYMENTS

09 Apr 18 @ 12:36

PayPal has reportedly filed a patent to speed up cryptocurrency transaction times by eliminating the verification time of the payment, However, some experts argue that this is already made possible... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Visa Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure as Credentials Reach 5.2 Billion

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more