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PayPal ramps up operations in Africa

16 Mar 15 @ 12:59

PayPal says that its operation in Nigeria is its second largest market in Africa. Malvina Goldfeld, Head of business development, sub-Saharan Africa at PayPal told ITWeb Africa that South Africa remains... read more

IBM to create blockchain-based digital payments infrastructure for central banks

16 Mar 15 @ 12:28

IBM is rumoured to be considering adopting the underlying technology behind bitcoin, known as the blockchain, to create a digital cash and payment system for major currencies, according to a person... read more

Alipay and PPRO collaborate on alternative payments for AliExpress in Europe

16 Mar 15 @ 12:10

The PPRO Group, will collaborate in Europe with Alipay to offer new payment options for online shoppers of AliExpress, a global online marketplace for consumers to buy directly from Chinese... read more

Apple Pay consumer adoption study

13 Mar 15 @ 12:18

Auriemma Consulting Group (ACG) have launched its Apple Pay Tracker, a longitudinal study that will monitor adoption and usage of the mobile wallet throughout 2015. The study, comprising bimonthly surveys of... read more

Relentless rise of ID fraud

13 Mar 15 @ 11:59

Experian has revealed that fraud detection rates have increased during the past year*, with around 50 frauds now being detected per 10,000 cases during Q4 2014 – compared to 40 frauds detected... read more

UK shuns cash as cards dominate payment market

12 Mar 15 @ 11:59

The way we pay for everything is changing, with more digital transactions than ever before. But how close are we to the tipping point? This weekend saw the end of... read more

Youth attitudes to banking and online banking services

12 Mar 15 @ 11:00

We all instinctively know that mobile is a key channel for any number of things: from communications to gaming, on to navigation through to payments. The smartphone, heralded by the... read more

Card Fraud Report 2015

12 Mar 15 @ 10:24

Card Fraud Report 2015, in association with Alaric NCR, aims to give some insight into how card fraud is perpetrated in the selected regions, what are the drivers for this fraud, the defence mechanisms that the various countries can select to combat card fraud and the figures that surround the various types of card fraud.

Digital top priority for global banks

11 Mar 15 @ 17:36

The rush to implement new digital technologies has overtaken regulatory worries as the highest priority for global bank executives, according to a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. The... read more

80% of global merchantsfail PCI DDS compliance test

11 Mar 15 @ 17:33

Four out of five global retailers and other merchants failed interim tests to determine whether they are in compliance with payment card data security standards (PCI DSS), putting them at... read more

EU Parliament approves interchange fee caps

10 Mar 15 @ 17:12

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a bill to cap credit and debit card interchange fees. The bill, which will come into force in October this year, will... read more

EPC lays out framework for handling CNP transactions

10 Mar 15 @ 17:10

The European Payments Council (EPC) has unveiled a blueprint for the establishment of an interoperable card and terminal infrastructure to process card-not-present (CNP) transactions across SEPA. The proposals are published... 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

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

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more