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Transact Payments partner with Irish credit unions

17 Oct 19 @ 12:34

Transact Payments Limited (TPL) has teamed up with some of the largest Credit Unions in Ireland under the currentaccount.ie brand to roll out a full-service Current Account for Credit Union... read more

The Italian Banking Association passes blockchain Spunta Project for rollout

17 Oct 19 @ 01:01

The Italian Banking Association (ABI) says that its Spunta Project, a blockchain-based application for interbank reconciliations, has successfully completed all technical tests. The Spunta Project began back in December 2017 when... read more

Samsung and Mobeewave partner to deploy Samsung POS mPOS payments

17 Oct 19 @ 00:49

Samsung says that in partnership with Mobeewave, a pioneer in contactless mPOS acceptance, the companies will deploy Samsung POS, NFC-enabled contactless payment acceptance on mobile devices worldwide starting October 2019.... read more

Securities Exchange Commission halts Telegram Token IPO

16 Oct 19 @ 01:04

Just as the Telegram Open Network (TON) platform was about to launch, the powerful and influential US SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) stated that the ICO that took place in 2018 and... read more

OpenWay improves speed-to-market for Acquirers with WAY4 Acquiring Start

15 Oct 19 @ 13:27

OpenWay has unveiled WAY4 Acquiring Start, an off-the-shelf acquiring solution. It helps banks, processors, PSPs, and retailers launch merchant acquiring – from idea to production – within a few months. In-store and digital acquirers... read more

Major payments players pull plug on Libra

13 Oct 19 @ 13:23

Mastercard, Visa, Stripe and eBay have all followed PayPal by pulling out of Libra, Facebook’s digital currency, following sustained political pressure and just days before the project’s backers are due... read more

Latest hacker price list shows Cybercrime-as-a-Service is thriving

11 Oct 19 @ 11:32

Armor has released its annual Black Market report which shows that cybercrime-as-a-service is thriving, with cybercriminals staying ahead of the game by offering a raft of new goods and services... read more

Worldwide trends in increasing payment regulation and 3D Secure 2.0

11 Oct 19 @ 09:51

In 2019, Europe’s Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) dominated the conversation around payment regulation. However, there are a number of countries with parallel regulations already in place or in plan.... read more

Report: Global Shopper Index

11 Oct 19 @ 09:14

Amid recent warnings of a domestic recession, US shoppers emerged as European retail’s fastest growing international market in Q2, as a year-long dollar-fuelled spending spree continued apace. The figures from... read more

Fear of contactless fraud leaves UK consumers demanding more security

08 Oct 19 @ 15:51

Although contactless payments are one of the UK’s greatest banking innovations, research from IDEX Biometrics has revealed that consumers are still highly concerned about the threat of contactless fraud. In... read more

Mizuho Bank expands J-Coin Pay in Japan

08 Oct 19 @ 15:45

InComm has partnered with Mizuho Bank to expand its payment service J-Coin Pay to its retail network in Japan. Through the partnership, a network of more than 18,000 retail locations... read more

Worldline becomes 4th leading company in the Software and Services industry

08 Oct 19 @ 13:41

Worldline has gained one place in the Sustainalytics ranking and became the 4th out of the 229 companies assessed in the Software and Services industry. For the second year in... read more

Apple Pay adoption rate at Retailers beginning to quicken

07 Oct 19 @ 15:02

Loup Ventures (LV) recently completed its third annual Apple Pay merchant adoption check. This involves checking the desktop websites, mobile websites, and iOS apps of a cohort of 100 of... read more

NatWest first UK bank to launch biometric credit card

07 Oct 19 @ 13:02

NatWest is piloting fingerprint based biometric credit card with 150 customers, in partnership with Mastercard and Gemalto, it is the first biometric credit card issued by a UK bank. The... read more

Infographic: 10 mobile security myths exposed

07 Oct 19 @ 11:58

Businesses have been investing heavily in their cybersecurity infrastructure. However, mobile devices and mobile security in most organisations remain an unprotected asset – an easy way in for opportunistic cybercriminals.... read more

Samsung Pay announce cross-border mobile payments

03 Oct 19 @ 15:36

Finablr and Samsung have introduced the Money Transfer feature in Samsung Pay. This new in-app international money transfer service, a first of its kind in the US, offers users seamless... read more

Visa and Mastercard reconsider involvement in Libra Coin

03 Oct 19 @ 14:55

First it was a group of influential banks, then it was the EU regulator, now, Visa, Mastercard and other key financial partners are reconsidering their involvement in Libra Coin, Facebook’s... read more

Credit card transactions overtake debit transactions in Canada

02 Oct 19 @ 10:05

In an unusual trend for a developed market, the number of credit card transactions in Canada has exceeded the number of debit purchase transactions for the first time since 1997,... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more

Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more