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Authorize.Net now available in the United Kingdom

03 May 13 @ 00:00

Authorize.Net, the small business solution from CyberSource, announced that small business merchants based in the UK can now use Authorize.Net’s popular payment platform to accept and manage bank card transactions,... read more

Amazon launches ‘Amazon Coins’

02 May 13 @ 00:00

Amazon has just announced the Amazon Coin, a new virtual currency for Kindle Fire owners to use on in-app purchases, app purchases, etc. in the Amazon App store. The service will... read more

Norway introduces visa cards to children

30 Apr 13 @ 00:00

A group of Norwegian banks have discovered new opportunities in the card and payments industry. Driven by a large young generation and high online usage, tapping into the younger generation... read more

ExaDigm announce NX1200 and NX4000 POS devices.

30 Apr 13 @ 00:00

ExaDigm a provider of Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal solutions, announced the release of its NX1200 Countertop and NX4000 PINPad devices, expanding its NX Series of payment solutions, all certified to PCI... read more

Mobile POS set For strong growth

30 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Mobile payment systems are catching on massively, with MPOS devices having grown significantly over the last year. According to a recent report available through ReportsNReports, the global MPOS industry ballooned between... read more

42% of Irish firms yet to begin preparations for SEPA

29 Apr 13 @ 00:00

IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, today published the results of a new survey on Irish firms’ preparedness for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Four in ten (42%)... read more

Major retail chains angry at EMV switch

29 Apr 13 @ 00:00

The card networks are reporting progress among issuers and acquirers in the U.S. transition to EMV-chip cards, but some big retailers are still lashing out against the expectation that they... read more

Smart card market getting ready for a major battle

26 Apr 13 @ 00:00

The undisputed number one player in the smart card industry, Gemalto, recently confirmed its status higher than expected first-quarter sales. This positive trend is noticeable in all of the company’s... read more

UK shopkeepers lose 120 million transactions a year by not taking card payments

26 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Over 120 million transactions are lost each year in the UK through people leaving shops because they can’t pay by card, according to new research from Judo, the UK’s first... read more

Consumers ‘scared’ of contactless payments

26 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Large numbers of Brits are still wary of new ways to pay for goods such as contactless pay, with a quarter stating they find the idea of it ‘scary’. According... read more

Visa makes instant P2P payments possible in Europe

25 Apr 13 @ 00:00

As it moves closer to bringing its much-anticipated  versatile, secure and widely accepted mobile commerce solution to the marketplace, Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) has announced the selection of Gemalto to... read more

Direct operator billing via Near Field Communication

24 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Mobile billing and messaging aggregator txtNation and Europe’s largest supplier of NFC tags and products, RapidNFC have partnered to become the first to offer direct operator billing via NFC technology.  Using NFC... 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