Daily News

10 Feb 14 @ 09:40

Increased consumer interest in mobile banking – particularly when facilitated by mobile technology – was one of the key findings of The Mobility 2014 research study, conducted by Arthur Goldstuck’s... read more

06 Feb 14 @ 16:48

Weve, the joint venture between the UK’s three largest mobile operators, is partnering with MasterCard, to accelerate the development of the UK’s most comprehensive contactless mobile payments system. The partnership... read more

05 Feb 14 @ 16:22

Online retailers should offer e-money as a payment option in order to stay safe from fraudsters, as the latest figures on retail crime suggest an increase in online fraud. The research... read more

05 Feb 14 @ 11:34

The US Federal Reserve has announced it will continue with plans to further the introduction of faster payments for US retail payments as part of a wide systematic effort to modernise the... read more

05 Feb 14 @ 10:54

Merchants’ desire to conduct customer transactions on tablets and smartphones spurred a more than 50% boom in shipments of mobile point of sale (mPOS) hardware in 2013. But does the... read more

04 Feb 14 @ 16:46

CIBC and TELUS announced the launch of the CIBC contactless mobile payment app to TELUS mobile devices with Near-Field Communications (NFC) capability, allowing more Canadians to have access to mobile... read more

04 Feb 14 @ 16:20

In an unsurprising piece of news, the European Parliament has extended the SEPA migration deadline, set for 1st February 2014, for processing SEPA-compliant payment transfers by six months, to August... read more

04 Feb 14 @ 15:50

On 30 January 2014 the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) endorsed the Assessment guide for the security of internet payments, prepared by the European Forum on the... read more

04 Feb 14 @ 12:41

With over R$690 billion (approximately US$300 billion) in card sales volume in 2012, the Brazilian market is the largest acquiring market in Latin America, and Brazil’s card volume grew at... read more

03 Feb 14 @ 16:56

US payments industry deployment of EMV technology accelerated in 2013 to help combat rising card fraud, but widespread industry adoption of US EMV still faces multiple obstacles. Merchants remain suspect... read more

03 Feb 14 @ 16:26

The three companies at the centre of the South Korean data breach which saw personal information stolen from millions of South Koreans have been forced to suspend operations for three months... read more

31 Jan 14 @ 16:10

In a recent investigation, RSA researchers uncovered the server infrastructure used in a global Point-of-Sale (PoS) malware operation responsible for the electronic theft of payment card and personal data from... read more