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First National Bank launches MVNO

05 Jun 15 @ 12:52

First National Bank is reportedly launching of a mobile virtual network, offering customers SIM cards. The bank already claims some 2 million customers for its various mobile-related products, which include pre-paid... read more

Wearables to shape the future of mobile payments?

05 Jun 15 @ 12:34

At the Wearable World Congress in San Francisco, executives from Capital One, MasterCard and PayPal participated in an animated discussion about the future of mobile payments and explained why wearable... read more

Samsung delays mobile payment service

05 Jun 15 @ 12:21

According to Bloomberg, Samsung delayed the start of its mobile payment service until September, further hindering its ability to gain ground against competing services from Apple and Google. Samsung Pay... read more

Pinterest teams with Stripe

04 Jun 15 @ 14:48

Pinterest teamed with Stripe to allow consumers to buy the products that they see. The company says that it will offer the ability to buy products from inside of pinned items, in... read more

UK mobile payments projected to hit over £1.2bn a week by 2020

04 Jun 15 @ 12:47

The UK is becoming an increasingly “cash-last” society as one in four Brits expects to use their mobile phone to make mobile payments on a daily basis by 2020, growing... read more

Apple selects POS software Vend

04 Jun 15 @ 12:38

During its Q2 2015 earnings call, Apple announced that it is working with a select group of business app developers to bring innovative mobile solutions for business to iPad users. According to... read more

UK’s largest banks sign-up to V.me digital wallet

03 Jun 15 @ 17:19

Visa Europe announced that some of the UK’s largest high street banks intend to launch the V.me digital wallet services in 2015, offering their customers a convenient and secure way... read more

Samsung Pay to expand through Europe and China

03 Jun 15 @ 17:04

Tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that it will expand its Samsung Pay mobile payments service to markets such as China and Europe after an initial launch in South... read more

French Ministers scrap minimum card payments limit

03 Jun 15 @ 16:45

The French finance minister has announced plans to abolish the fixed rate commission that banks charge one another to process card payments – currently in place regardless of the customer’s... read more

Advanced Payments Report Infograph

03 Jun 15 @ 09:04

The annual Advanced Payments Report, which this year has been produced by PCM in conjunction with American Express and written by consultancy Edgar, Dunn & Co. (EDC), has become one... read more

US EMV migration: Chip and signature is a joke!

02 Jun 15 @ 17:35

“The fact that we didn’t go to PIN is such a joke,” says Mike Cook, Walmart’s assistant treasurer and a senior vice president, in reference to the USA’s current EMV... read more

Apple Pay costs force Banks to consider in-house mobile wallets

02 Jun 15 @ 13:17

Whilst still not entirely relevant to Europe, the cost of supporting Apple Pay is forcing some banks to operate their own mobile wallets. Consultant Richard Crone says Apple Pay is associated... 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