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07 Dec 15 @ 15:05

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 2015 will be the first full year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth. IDC... read more

07 Dec 15 @ 14:49

The value of the average contactless transaction increased in Septembers a result of the increase in the contactless payment limit, the latest card expenditure statistics from The UK Cards Association... read more

07 Dec 15 @ 14:30

ING has added contactless mobile payments to its mobile banking app for Android smartphones, rolling out the service to all Dutch customers nationwide following a three-month trial run. The HCE-based... read more

04 Dec 15 @ 17:16

Proximity mobile payments in the US are set to ramp up aggressively. Transaction value will triple in 2016 due to a growing user base, broader merchant acceptance and the greater... read more

04 Dec 15 @ 12:43

Early Warning Services announced on October 26th that it has entered into an agreement to acquire clearXchange, which will create a bank-owned real-time payments system with unparalleled DDA connectivity. The... read more

04 Dec 15 @ 12:26

International card schemes MasterCard and Visa now account for 86% of all payment cards in Europe, as domestic and private label schemes continue their decline. Global Payment Cards Data and... read more

04 Dec 15 @ 12:01

The US credit card market is showing signs of recovery, with credit cards gradually gaining traction among US consumers. Credit cards accounted for 43.4% in terms of transaction value, a... read more

27 Nov 15 @ 14:11

BBVA Bancomer, the leading financial institution in Mexico serving over 20 million customers, is to roll out Dynamic Code Verification (CVV/CVC) solution protecting against Card-Not-Present (CNP) fraud. This is the first commercial... read more

27 Nov 15 @ 13:57

The European Payments Council (EPC) released its proposal for the design of a pan-European instant credit transfer scheme, dubbed SCT Inst scheme. This proposal is part of the Euro Retail... read more

27 Nov 15 @ 13:11

Bitcoin is a powerful and successful digital currency. Based on cryptography and a decentralized ledger, it has simultaneously been heralded as the future of finance and a gateway to the... read more

26 Nov 15 @ 16:32

Electronic payments volumes are expected to continue to grow strongly in 2014, according to the World Payments Report 2015 from Capgemini/Royal Bank of Scotland. Volumes are projected to grow at... read more

26 Nov 15 @ 16:22

Merchants are experiencing an increase in fraud, losing 1.32% of revenue to fraud on average compared to 0.68% in 2014, according to the annual LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study.... read more