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Proxama and Aconite team on mobile proximity commerce

02 Mar 15 @ 09:40

Proxama has unveiled details of its new end-to-end mobile proximity marketing and payments proposition following the acquisition of Aconite Technology last year. Proxama’s new Digital Payments Division will be led by... read more

ValidSoft and FICO partnership scores win

02 Mar 15 @ 09:35

ValidSoft with its partner FICO, has launched the ValidSoft Device Trust solution with another major UK retail bank. The new client, unnamed for security reasons, represents the largest UK deployment... read more

UK m-commerce spend to grow by 77.8% to £14.95 billion in 2015

27 Feb 15 @ 11:49

The UK is set to make more than a quarter (28.6%) of all online purchases through mobile devices in 2015, according to an international study commissioned by RetailMeNot. The study, carried... read more

Google preparing Android Pay API

27 Feb 15 @ 11:19

Google is rumoured to be launching a payments API that will enable third party developers to embed in-store and in-app payments within their apps, according to press reports. Citing a source,... read more

African mobile money interoperability

27 Feb 15 @ 10:49

Telco Millicom has announced that its Tigo Pesa service in Tanzania will be the first in Africa able to transact with customers of all the country’s other mobile money services, following... read more

FIME and Thales team on Host Card Emulation

27 Feb 15 @ 10:19

FIME and leading player in cybersecurity, Thales have announced the launch of a joint offering for the host card emulation (HCE) mobile services market. The partners have combined expertise to... read more

Bank of England considering digital currency

27 Feb 15 @ 10:16

The Bank of England says that it is considering issuing its own digital currency in the future in the same way that it issues bank notes. A research paper from... read more

Retailers hit hard by data breach expenses

26 Feb 15 @ 12:36

Target has so far booked $162 million in expenses related to the data breach it suffered in late 2013 which saw thieves steal the card details of tens of millions... read more

Protecting mobile banking and payment apps from malicious app attacks?

25 Feb 15 @ 14:24

We are constantly reminded by news stories how complex it can be to secure mobile banking and payments apps. A recent study* has found that 11% percent of Android banking... read more

Barclays launches Twitter Payments through Pingit

25 Feb 15 @ 09:54

In a UK first, Barclays has announced it will be the first British bank to allow people to pay each other and small businesses via Twitter payments using just their Twitter handle.... read more

SIM card remains secure

25 Feb 15 @ 09:30

The SIM card is so secure that in the case revealed recently, even intelligence services preferred to steal the key rather than attack the SIM card. The secure authentication of... read more

Can we trust cryptocurrencies?

24 Feb 15 @ 16:49

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a currency system seeking successful adoption must be in want of trust. Trust that a representation of value, such as a paper note,... 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