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14 Dec 16 @ 15:29

EMVCo has published transaction data that reflects year-on-year growth in the number of contact and contactless card-present payments using EMV chip technology. The data reveals that during the period July 2015... read more

14 Dec 16 @ 15:12

ACI Worldwide has been named by EBA Clearing as one of the ‘frontrunner service providers’ for the pan-European EBA SEPA Instant Credit Transfer Scheme, due to go live in November 2017.... read more

13 Dec 16 @ 16:12

Ten years after the founding of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), we present a mid-term report on the industry’s data security efforts. As both cyber attacks... read more

13 Dec 16 @ 14:10

Companies are faced with a two-fold problem: protecting their data from those who have access to it from the inside, and from those who exploit the human factor to access... read more

09 Dec 16 @ 10:27

The EPC published the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme rulebook at the end of November 2016, after a public consultation organised earlier this year. This article discusses what’s... read more

09 Dec 16 @ 10:00

According to retailers, consumers across the UK spent in record numbers on November’s “Black Friday”. It is estimated that online spend for the day was around £1.23 billion, a 12%... read more

08 Dec 16 @ 15:02

That the big markets in Latin America, despite the issues surrounding general growth in those markets, are experiencing an explosion of growth in LatAm e-commerce is not big news. However,... read more

08 Dec 16 @ 14:28

The cross border B2B payments landscape is ever-changing, there are as many challenges as there are opportunities. High transaction costs, FX fees, and slow payment processing create issues for businesses on... read more

06 Dec 16 @ 12:30

The window of opportunity is closing for banks to leverage their data to get ahead in digital services, says a new report from the Mobey Forum. Predictive Analytics in the... read more

06 Dec 16 @ 11:41

Alipay, now the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform, operated by Ant Financial Services Group, has announced a series of partnerships with some of Europe’s largest financial institutions and... read more

06 Dec 16 @ 11:06

American Express has acquired InAuth, a mobile device authentication and intelligence solutions provider of fraud prevention. InAuth’s technology is used by some of the largest financial institutions, banks, payment networks... read more

05 Dec 16 @ 12:01

The largest UK banks are set for another windfall with the sale of the bank-owned payments company VocaLink to Mastercard for £700 million ($920 million) – but what are the... read more