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Fintech companies most worried about regulatory impact

20 Nov 15 @ 11:56

A survey conducted by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) among fintech startups and investors in the industry has revealed that the biggest challenge they see for the near future are regulatory hurdles, the... read more

MasterCard develops tech spec for mobile loyalty

20 Nov 15 @ 11:43

MasterCard is to develop a standard technical specification to simplify the integration of retailer mobile loyalty programmes with bank-issued mobile payments apps. While online redemption of offers is commonplace for consumers,... read more

LG Pay arrives

19 Nov 15 @ 17:09

LG officially announced that it will soon enter the mobile payments market with LG Pay. The Korean company said on Facebook that it has deals with two major credit card... read more

Norway’s Valyou mobile payments service wraps up

19 Nov 15 @ 11:27

In what will be perceived in the industry as another failure by the combined forces of the telecommunications industry (after Simpay and Weve) Norwegian mobile payments service Valyou has been... read more

E-commerce in Netherlands and Germany see large increases

19 Nov 15 @ 11:16

E-commerce sales in the Netherlands increased by 20.2% in September, compared to the same period last year. This growth is mostly due to the increased online sales of physical retailers, which... read more

The State of FinTech in 2015

19 Nov 15 @ 11:01

The term FinTech has come to dominate the headlines of all industry magazines but also the mainstream press. London in particular has made enormous strides in the last year or... read more

JCB certified for US EMV chip card acceptance

16 Nov 15 @ 17:10

JCB International Credit Card Co, the Americas subsidiary of Japan-based international payment brand JCB , announced its J/Smart application identifier has been certified for EMV chip card acceptance in the US by... read more

Warning of online fraud and chargebacks ahead of Black Friday

16 Nov 15 @ 16:59

Global Risk Technologies is warning individuals and online retailers to be aware of hidden threats in the upcoming shopping extravaganza of Black Friday (27th November).  Experts are predicting it to create... read more

Spire roll-out of 6,000 POS devices in Czech Republic

13 Nov 15 @ 12:09

Spire Payments in collaboration with SoNet (authorised partner and well-known payment solution integrator in the Czech and Slovak regions) have announced  the mass roll-out of over 6,000 POS devices for... read more

Mobile Wallets: The New Fraud Frontier

12 Nov 15 @ 13:23

Mobile wallets are enjoying increasing adoption. Payments made via mobile devices in the United States are expected to total $90 billion by 2017, a big jump from the $12.8 billion... read more

How consumers rate finance apps

12 Nov 15 @ 09:01

People are obsessed with money. In 2015, people are also obsessed with their smartphones and tablets. It is natural that apps that help people bank, manage their money, make payments... read more

Faster Payments increases scheme limit to £250,000

12 Nov 15 @ 08:47

The Faster Payments limit for Banks and Building Societies has been raised to £250,000 per payment from Tuesday 10 November 2015, following an increase to the scheme limit announced by Faster Payments... 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