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Consumer appetite for digital wallets growing in Europe

06 Apr 16 @ 13:02

New research from Aimia reveals that consumer appetite for digital wallets in Europe is growing. The findings show almost a third (31%) of Europeans say they are likely to use... read more

Alipay expands into Europe

06 Apr 16 @ 13:00

Alipay announced its official expansion into the European market, with a particular focus on UK, Germany and France. With this launch, Alipay simplifies payments for Chinese tourists utilizing western businesses... read more

Amazon Payments targets FinTech acquisition as valuations fall

06 Apr 16 @ 12:21

Amazon Payments is said to be targeting acquisitions as the value of FinTech “comes back to earth”, a top executive at the e-commerce company says. Global investment in FinTech firms hit $20... read more

Atom Bank app goes live

06 Apr 16 @ 08:48

Atom Bank, the UK’s first bank designed for digital and optimised for mobile, announces that the restriction on its regulatory authorisation has been lifted, and as of today opens its... read more

EU Commission and US agree EU-US Privacy Shield

05 Apr 16 @ 15:19

On 02 February 2016 the European Commission and the US announced a political agreement on a new framework for transatlantic data flows. Dubbed the EU-US Privacy Shield, the new agreement... read more

BRIC countries continue to lead B2C e-commerce growth

05 Apr 16 @ 11:50

The emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, known together as BRIC, are predicted to stay ahead of the major advanced e-commerce markets in terms of sales growth through... read more

The state of mobile banking 2015

05 Apr 16 @ 10:56

Mobile banking continues to gather momentum, fuelled by rising smartphone use and the steadily improving supply of mobile-optimized banking worldwide. In a new piece of research by Forrester, they surveyed... read more

Barclays launch Apple Pay in UK

05 Apr 16 @ 09:59

Barclaycard and Barclays customers can now use Apple Pay to pay at the hundreds of thousands of locations across the UK that accept contactless payments. The introduction of Apple Pay for... read more

TSYS closes TransFirst acquisition

05 Apr 16 @ 09:38

TSYS announced it has completed its acquisition of TransFirst, a leading US merchant solutions provider. TransFirst and TSYS’ existing merchant businesses will be combined under the TSYS brand to create... read more

Verifone Carbon – connected commerce

04 Apr 16 @ 15:34

Verifone has unveiled Verifone Carbon– a flexible and integrated POS that leverages powerful capabilities and applications to transform the checkout process into an experience merchants and consumers will love. New Commerce... read more

Apple to launch one-touch shopping

04 Apr 16 @ 12:54

Apple is set to launch one-touch shopping to the mobile Web later this year, enabling consumers with Safari browsers running on phones and tablets to use Apple Pay and TouchID to... read more

International brands drive European commercial cards sector

04 Apr 16 @ 12:46

Commercial cards represent just 4% of all payment cards in Europe according to Commercial Cards in Europe 2015. The sector has significant scope for expansion as many businesses do not currently... read more

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Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more

UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more