Daily News

02 Sep 14 @ 14:40

China’s Alipay e-commerce platform has teamed up with handset manufacturer Huawei to develop a system enabling people make biometric mobile payments with their fingerprints. The system utilises the fingerprint reader... read more

01 Sep 14 @ 12:12

Global payment processor Worldpay and Syntec, a cloud call centre management service provider, have formed a global partnership which will enable businesses to accept telephone card payments securely without compromising... read more

01 Sep 14 @ 12:09

Australia’s tax commissioner has indicated that the bitcoin digital currency could be considered legal tender in the country. Several countries around the world are struggling over whether to classify bitcoin... read more

01 Sep 14 @ 12:06

The UK government is to urge European Union nations to expel Russian banks from the Swift financial messaging network, amid rising tensions over the crisis in Ukraine. UK prime minister... read more

29 Aug 14 @ 13:16

Nigeria’s national eID card scheme has been officially launched. In the pilot phase, the Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will issue MasterCard-branded identity cards with electronic payments functionality to 13... read more

29 Aug 14 @ 13:13

Tech giant Apple is working with global semiconductor manufacturer NXP to add secure short-range wireless technology into the next iPhone, enabling new pay-by-touch capabilities. The next release of the iPhone... read more

29 Aug 14 @ 13:10

Global online cash payment provider Ukash has partnered with YuuPay, the Singapore-based payment service provider. The agreement will enable around 400 merchants already using the YuuPay system in Asia, Australia... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:16

With tech giant Apple positioning itself to enter the mobile payment space, interest has been piqued by a recent digital wallet patent application that has just been made public. The... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:11

US banking giant JPMorgan is the latest high-profile organization to suffer a hack attack, which is now being investigated by the FBI. It is reported that in mid-August, Russian hackers... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:09

Digital currency processor GoCoin has announced a partnership with Apriva, a major payment processor, to enable bitcoin payments for more than 1,000 clients of Apriva. GoCoin is the first payment... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:05

Visa has announced that its Visa Checkout e-commerce service is now available at nearly 4 million US online retailers. The Visa Checkout service incorporates a ‘Checkout’ button into retailer websites,... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:02

Ingenico Roam, part of Ingenico Mobile Solutions, has partnered with global payment processor First Data to launch an mPOS solution into the Indian market. Leveraging ROAM’s mobile solution and Ingenico’s... read more