06 Feb 18 @ 09:32
According to Reuters: “Japan’s financial regulator said on Friday it had ordered all cyrptocurrency exchanges to submit a report on their system risk management, following the hacking of over half... read more
05 Feb 18 @ 16:17
A new study from has found that global retailer spending on AI will reach $7.3 billion per annum by 2022, up from an estimated $2 billion in 2018, as retailers target... read more
05 Feb 18 @ 12:54
Biometric payment cards are emerging as the next innovation in payment cards. According to ABI Research the payment card is here to stay and fingerprint authentication within the card is... read more
05 Feb 18 @ 09:41
The European Commission has launched the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum with the support of the European Parliament, represented by Jakob von Weizsäcker responsible for the recent report on virtual... read more
02 Feb 18 @ 13:09
Nigeria’s authorities are set to revoke the licences of at least 15 struggling mobile money operators under new minimum finance rules, according to press report. The report tips the majority... read more
02 Feb 18 @ 09:09
As we enter 2018, a new infographic outlines the most relevant and exciting trends in the e-commerce world. With the e-commerce industry bigger than ever before as more consumers turn... read more
01 Feb 18 @ 14:23
Its been a mixed day for Paypal. eBay, one of the world’s biggest online marketplaces, announced that it’s dropping PayPal as its main partner for processing payments in favour of Adyen. The... read more
01 Feb 18 @ 13:48
In the Netherlands, mobile payments using HCE are becoming ubiquitous. Other European countries, such as Belgium, France or Germany follow the same trend, with adoption rate reaching in some cases... read more
01 Feb 18 @ 10:13
As has been well documented, the Google Android ecosystem has been struggling with two major problems – fragmentation and vulnerable dangerous apps. In the last few years, however, Google has solved... read more
01 Feb 18 @ 09:44
PRETA S.A.S announced that MyBank Payments have enabled the initiation of payment transactions for a total transacted value of over €5 billion since its launch in March 2013. This milestone... read more
31 Jan 18 @ 17:34
In December 2017, the Cooperative Financial Network Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken in Germany started a “Friends&Family” pilot project for girocard mobile payment via smartphones, using a digitized credit card or girocard (girocard... read more
31 Jan 18 @ 14:27
ERPScan researchers published the details of a new vulnerability recently fixed by Oracle. The vulnerability affects its MICROS POS terminals and allows an attacker to read sensitive data from devices.... read more
31 Jan 18 @ 13:01
Link – the UK’s largest cash machine network – wants to lower the interchange fee that card issuers in the network pay to each other and independent providers when their... read more
30 Jan 18 @ 13:26
Zelle announced $75 billion in money moved in 2017 across its P2P payments network, as millions of consumers reduced their dependence on physical checks and cash in the US. The $75 billion across the... read more
30 Jan 18 @ 13:00
Visa says that Visa Checkout has surpassed 1 million enrolled accounts in the UK. Visa’s online payment method, which was launched in May 2017, enables consumers to pay securely in... read more
30 Jan 18 @ 12:36
The harsh realities of the current state of cybersecurity are made starkly apparent by the seemingly endless reports of major data breaches, which continue unabated despite consistent increases in IT... read more
29 Jan 18 @ 17:00
Huawei Technologies and China UnionPay have set their sights on international markets, as they prepare to launch Huawei Pay digital wallet technology outside the mainland, going shoulder to shoulder against... read more
29 Jan 18 @ 15:14
WAWLLET has launched the world’s first regulatory-compliant multi-asset wallet and personal financial passport, connecting people, banks and financial services, letting users transfer between them instantly, wherever their accounts or assets may... read more
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
29 Oct 26 @ 19:39
Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more
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