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MPOS not just for micro merchants

23 May 13 @ 00:00

Handpoint launched its new Chip and PIN mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) system for small, medium and enterprise merchants. “Mobile Point-Of-Sale is not just for micro merchants,” says David Gudjonsson, CEO and... read more

WorldPay launches Bankout

23 May 13 @ 00:00

WorldPay has launched Bankout, a service that gives merchants the ability to make cost-effective, low-value cross-border payments with guaranteed amounts delivered to recipients and no receiving bank charges. Matched with WorldPay’s... read more

First Data Expands Relationship with SAV Credit

23 May 13 @ 00:00

First Data Corporation today announced that it has expanded its relationship with SAV Credit Limited, a leading specialist credit card provider in the United Kingdom. In addition to supporting all of... read more

German banks adopt Step2 for domestic payments

22 May 13 @ 00:00

EBA Clearing reveals seven German banks will use the Step2 payments system to process and clear their domestic payments, converting in the second half of 2013. A group of seven... read more

Telecom Italia and SIA testing mobile ticketing service via NFC

17 May 13 @ 00:00

Public transport companies TPER (Transport Passenger Emilia-Romagna), ANM Napoli, START Romagna, Telecom Italy and SIA Group have signed an agreement to develop and test a “mobile ticketing” platform enabling all... read more

BNP launches full-service mobile bank

17 May 13 @ 00:00

BNP Paribas is to tap rising demand for banking services by mobile phone users with the launch of a full-service dedicated mobile bank across four European countries. Hello Bank starts with zero customers... read more

Square reinvents the register with Square Stand

15 May 13 @ 00:00

Square has announced Square Stand, a beautiful new hardware for brick and mortar businesses that turns an iPad into a complete POS. With local businesses increasingly tearing out their old... read more

Eftpos announces contract to enable mobile payments

15 May 13 @ 00:00

Eftpos Australia says it will begin mobile payments trials with selected Australian retailers in the next few months. Eftpos – which is owned by 14 of country’s largest banks and retailers – accounts... read more

EU Commission says Visa Europe offers to cut inter-bank fees

14 May 13 @ 00:00

Visa Europe has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at 0.3% of transaction value for four years, the same level as the rival MasterCard  network, to end a... read more

Survey reveals industry expectations for contactless are overambitious

14 May 13 @ 00:00

A survey conducted by Compass Plus has revealed that the reality of the mass adoption of contactless payments is much further behind industry expectations. The survey, in which UK residents... read more

Monitise mPOS payment service

14 May 13 @ 00:00

Monitise has launched Monitise mPOS a white-labelled mobile payment service for banks, mobile operators and acquirers to offer their business customers the ability to accept card payments on a mobile... read more

30% of online shoppers prefer to pay with cash

14 May 13 @ 00:00

According to the latest research from Ukash, the online cash payment provider, a third of online shoppers would prefer to be able to use cash when buying from websites. Interestingly,... read more

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UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more