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EPC publish latest version of SEPA Cards Standardisation Volume

09 Dec 15 @ 14:25

The European Payments Council (EPC), representing payment service providers, and the Cards Stakeholders Group (CSG), a multi-stakeholder body gathering retailers, vendors, processors, card schemes and the EPC, today published version... read more

Equens expands portfolio to include end-to-end instant payment

09 Dec 15 @ 14:16

Recently merged Equens is expanding its product portfolio to include an end-to-end pan-European instant payment service. The instant payment solution will not only deliver an interbank automated clearing and settlement... read more

Apple launches Carrier Billing in emerging markets

08 Dec 15 @ 16:56

Last month Apple turned on carrier billing in iTunes in Germany, allowing consumers to charge things like app payments and music purchases to their mobile account instead of credit or debit... read more

Fiserv patent battle with FIS dismissed by US court

08 Dec 15 @ 12:30

“Fiserv is betting big,” said Nancy Atkinson, a senior analyst at Aite Group back in 2012. “Fiserv is trying to exert dominance over FIS. These two companies are huge rivals.”... read more

Payment Business School announce the roll-out of a series of retail and mobile payments training courses

08 Dec 15 @ 12:21

Digital payments experts Consult Hyperion have partnered with the Payment Business School, specialists in payment education, to roll-out a series of in-depth training courses in 2016 on a range of... read more

Worldwide smartphone market

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

UK Card expenditure statistics 2015

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

ING activates contactless mobile payments

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

US proximity mobile payments hit $8.71 billion in 2015

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

Early Warning and clearXchange partner for real-time payments

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

MasterCard and Visa continue to grow share of the European cards market

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

US credit card market picks up

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

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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