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Spire Payments acquires Altius Plus for R&D and strategic positioning within Central Eastern European market

01 Apr 14 @ 13:35

Spire Payments has acquired Altius Plus, experts in the development of payment applications, terminal management systems, loyalty schemes, ticketing solutions and client server-based architectures within the payments industry. With a client... read more

Vodafone launch M-pesa in Europe

01 Apr 14 @ 12:35

M-pesa has arrived in Europe as Vodafone seeks to spread the popular digital currency outside emerging markets. Vodafone has acquired an e-money licence to operate financial services in Europe, with... read more

Regulators review bank IT systems

01 Apr 14 @ 11:38

In an awesome piece of news for banking tech vendors, bank IT systems are set to come under the regulatory microscope in 2013/2014 as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority identifies technology... read more

Retail banking IT spending to hit $152.5 billion by 2018

31 Mar 14 @ 12:02

Increasing customer strength is requiring banks to focus on the front office once more, as they seek to generate revenue and grow market share, according to new research from Ovum*. The... read more

TSYS signs agreement with Virgin Money

31 Mar 14 @ 10:43

TSYS announced that it has reached a long-term agreement to provide consumer credit processing services along with value- added capabilities for Virgin Money customers within the United Kingdom. Virgin Money... read more

SIA sign agreement with orange for mPOS in Europe

31 Mar 14 @ 10:38

SIA and Orange Business Services have signed a collaboration agreement that will enable European and extra-EU banks and merchants to manage payments via mPOS (mobile point of sale) terminals. More... read more

Mobile is key driver for changes in payments technology

31 Mar 14 @ 10:30

According to the recent IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking Study, a third (32%) of all online sales were made over mobile devices between November 2013 and January 2014 – and this... read more

86% of customers shun brands following a data breach

28 Mar 14 @ 10:56

New research commissioned by Semafone has revealed that the overwhelming majority of people would not do business with a company that had failed to protect its customers’ card data in the... read more

BlackBerry strengthens mobile money plans for BBM

27 Mar 14 @ 14:37

BlackBerry expects to use BBM as the vehicle for offering more mobile money services across a greater number of countries this year, according to Re/code. David Proulx, senior director of BBM... read more

Wal-Mart renews Visa suit over interchange fees

27 Mar 14 @ 10:42

Embattled Wal-Mart Stores has filed suit against Visa this week in U.S. District Court (Fayetteville) claiming the defendant conspired with large banks to fix interchange fees charged to merchants between Jan... read more

Trustwave accused in Target data breach suit

26 Mar 14 @ 13:18

Trustwave, the PCI security vendor, has been accused of failing to detect vulnerabilities in Target’s handling of credit card data ahead of last year’s data breach, according to a law suit... read more

Airline carriers believe the future of airline payments lies in mobile

26 Mar 14 @ 13:00

Airlines will increase their focus on airline payments and new distribution channels such as mobile and social media over the next two years, according to WorldPay’s Alternative Payment and Distribution... 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