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07 Aug 14 @ 12:19

The Mobile Payments & Fraud Survey: 2014 Report is the second annual installment of this study highlighting the growth, opportunity, obstacles, preferences and priorities identified by Merchants, Service Providers, Acquirers, Card Associations and Issuers operating in the mobile channel. This year’s Mobile Payments & Fraud Survey builds on the success of last year’s inaugural version by showing new trends and findings, while also providing a longitudinal perspective on how mobile has changed in only 12 months.

07 Aug 14 @ 11:36

Rocket Internet, a German company that incubates technology startups, has announced that Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. will buy a 10% stake in the company for €333 million ($446 million).... read more

06 Aug 14 @ 15:03

The Milestones Report released today by the Australian Payments Clearing Association, the payments industry self-regulatory body, shows that as with cheques, Australian consumers are increasingly giving up cash in favour... read more

06 Aug 14 @ 14:43

More than 1 million people have registered for a new mobile payment service which has the potential to eventually link up every current account in the country with a phone... read more

06 Aug 14 @ 14:37

The government is to explore the role that digital currencies such as Bitcoin could play in the financial system and whether they need to be regulated. Chancellor George Osborne will... read more

05 Aug 14 @ 15:29

As reported late July, London Underground, DLR and Overground trains are to accept contactless payments. From 16 September, customers will be able to tap their contactless debit card to pay... read more

05 Aug 14 @ 14:40

In another bout of analyst fuelled prospecting, Apple and Visa are now deepening their relationship – Pacific Crest analysts issued a report in which they declare that “we think a partnership between Apple and Visa would... read more

05 Aug 14 @ 11:23

Westpac New Zealand will release the world’s first banking app for account management using augmented reality. Customers will soon be able to use augmented reality and its 3D imagery to... read more

04 Aug 14 @ 12:25

FICO has published its latest map of card fraud in Europe, showing that card fraud losses in 2013 for the 19 European countries studied reached €1.55 billion. This figure was... read more

04 Aug 14 @ 10:34

The use of contactless cards to make contactless payments has continued to gain monthly momentum in the UK, according to figures released by Visa Europe today. Consumers made almost 20 million... read more

01 Aug 14 @ 11:47

Privredna Banka Zagreb (PBZ, Intesa Sanpaolo Group), Intesa Sanpaolo Card and American Express have initiated a pilot to test – for the first time – HCE (Host Card Emulation) for... read more

01 Aug 14 @ 11:27

The US Department of Homeland Security today issued an advisory alert to businesses concerning the existence of Backoff, a new point-of-sale malware which infiltrates retail computer systems. The alert, issued on... read more