06 Feb 17 @ 13:05

The U.S. Payments Forum has released its winter 2017 market snapshot, providing updates on the status of the US EMV chip migration, 2017 priorities for accelerating merchant chip enablement and securing... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 12:48

VocaLink and Barclaycard have announced a partnership to enable their merchants to accept mobile payments through the Pay by Bank app. Pay by Bank app allows shoppers to pay quickly and securely... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 10:41

The merchant acquiring market in Europe is operating on solid grounds of continuous transaction growth, however the cost pressures in the industry increases are very high primarily due to new... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 09:56

Mobile payments methods continue to soar in popularity in the UK following the introduction of new players such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Barclay’s Pingit. Together, with the anticipated... read more

31 Jan 17 @ 13:19

In a couple of weeks, Payments Cards & Mobile will be heading out to Berlin to take part in the Merchant Payments Ecosystem conference, otherwise known as MPE. If you would... read more

31 Jan 17 @ 10:13

In what has become a classic story in the financial technology space, the start-ups that were born out of a professed desire to disrupt the banking industry have evolved to... read more

31 Jan 17 @ 08:50

Mastercard has fought off a legal battle against a group of retailers including Asda, Morrison, New Look and Next in the High Court connected to interchange fees. Mastercard is fighting at least 10 separate lawsuits... read more

30 Jan 17 @ 16:29

Advances in biometric payment technology could soon mean the end of physical credit cards. Pressure from both payment providers and consumers for quicker, more convenient, more secure means to make... read more

30 Jan 17 @ 12:21

Did you know that 28 January was Data Privacy & Protection Day? It marks the anniversary of the first European Data Privacy Directive signed in 1981. Now more than 45... read more

30 Jan 17 @ 12:03

In early 2015, the Federal Reserve issued the Strategies for Improving the US Payment System paper that outlined the collective thinking of US payment system stakeholders and the Federal Reserve... read more

27 Jan 17 @ 12:06

More than one in seven free-to-use cash machines across the UK could start charging or be shut down if the row about the Link ATM network cannot be resolved, ATMIA has... read more

27 Jan 17 @ 11:13

In recent years, the payments industry has started to view the growing Card Not Present fraud problem through an entirely different lens. Today, the overwhelming consensus is that the Card... read more

26 Jan 17 @ 16:33

Ant Financial has stepped up its international expansion by reportedly buying US money-transfer service MoneyGram International for $880 million. The $880 million acquisition marks Ant’s first deal with a US-listed company,... read more

26 Jan 17 @ 16:25

Today we are witnessing a convergence of industries in the mobile world as well as the undeniable influence of mobile on every aspect of our lives. The rise of handsets,... read more

26 Jan 17 @ 11:18

2016 was the year when the Chinese FinTech dragons roared and some previously feted Western FinTech leaders wilted. In its first Digital Disruption GPS report by Citi, they argued that China was... read more

25 Jan 17 @ 15:55

When bank-account funded payments, real-time payments, mobile and other digital payments are actually the default way to pay in many countries, the term ‘alternative’ seems a misnomer. We examine current... read more

25 Jan 17 @ 15:14

With the rise of biometrics within financial services, could you become your own password? Bill Gates claimed the password could not meet the challenge of keeping information secure and predicted... read more

25 Jan 17 @ 10:51

The growth of connected devices, better known today as the Internet of Things (IoT), is accelerating at an unbelievable rate, leading to the rise in the Internet of Payments. By 2020... read more