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Payment Systems Regulator sets out plans to regulate £75trn industry

14 Nov 14 @ 10:00

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set out how it proposes to regulate the £75trn payment systems industry when it becomes fully operational in April. Payment systems enable consumers to... read more

Vodafone to launch NFC payments in the UK

14 Nov 14 @ 09:00

Mobile network operator Vodafone is preparing to make NFC payments available to its customers in the UK in time for the launch of contactless bank card payments on London’s public transport network. “Vodafone... read more

MasterCard plans end of passwords for online payments

13 Nov 14 @ 16:29

MasterCard has outlined its vision for online payments beyond passwords, making life simpler for cardholders while increasing security. The company has been leading the co-creation of a new authentication standard, which... read more

Square begins EMV chip-card reader launch

13 Nov 14 @ 16:20

Mobile payments platform provider Square has made an EMV chip-card reader available to its customers. But rather than offering the reader for free, Square is charging customers $29 as part... read more

Westpac deploys contactless sticker in New Zealand

13 Nov 14 @ 15:47

New Zealand’s Westpac is to offer its customers contactless sticker for mobile payment. Westpac customers attach the sticker to the back of their mobile device to make quick, secure contactless... read more

Five ways Bitcoin could shake up finance

13 Nov 14 @ 15:34

French bank BNP Paribas has published an article titled “Cryptomania” in the latest edition of their in-house magazine. The article, authored by Johann Palychata, a research analyst for BNP Paribas... read more

McDonald’s deploys NFC mobile payments Softcard

12 Nov 14 @ 11:16

Softcard (formerly Isis Mobile Wallet) has won its first big deal with McDonald’s announcing a union between the two companies, bringing NFC mobile payments to roughly 14,000 McDonald’s restaurants. “We are... read more

SumUp integrates Bitcoin payments through BitPay

12 Nov 14 @ 10:02

SumUp has announced that it has integrated Bitcoin into its mPOS solution through BitPay, the world’s largest Bitcoin payment processor. The integration means that any bricks and mortar retailer can now... read more

Dutch entrepreneur injects bitcoin wallet NFC tags under his skin

12 Nov 14 @ 09:00

A dutch crypto-currency fanatic has implanted two NFC tags under the skin in his hands to store his digital cash. Martijn Wismeijer, who runs a company called MrBitco.in in his... read more

Money 20/20: Advanced, secure payment transactions

11 Nov 14 @ 16:53

Mary Thompson, from CNBC, speaks with entrepreneurs who are looking to grab a piece of the red-hot mobile payments space, including Validsoft who secure digital and payment transactions.

Multilateral Interchange Fee (MIF) regulations impacting German banks

11 Nov 14 @ 12:00

TSYS has released its white paper titled “How Issuers in Germany Can Replace Threatened Interchange Fees.” The paper explores the financial threat to German issuers of proposed changes to the... read more

Universal tokenization platform

11 Nov 14 @ 10:00

Carta Worldwide says it has released its tokenization service for digital payments. The solution, the company says, simplifies deployment and management of mobile payment products while delivering enhanced security and fraud protection.... 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