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Tesco Bank and MasterCard to enhance mobile and digital payments

14 Jun 16 @ 12:10

Tesco Bank and MasterCard have announced a strategic partnership to enhance mobile and digital payments at the retailer to make it easier for Tesco customers to pay. The partnership will... read more

What does the future hold for US domestic payments?

14 Jun 16 @ 11:25

It has been many years since significant changes have come to the US Dollar (USD) domestic payments space. In fact, it has remained relatively unchanged, at least in a sweeping,... read more

Travelex’s new Supercard: cheapest way to spend abroad

14 Jun 16 @ 10:55

Travelex has announced the launch of Supercard, a new MasterCard card and app combo for UK travellers to avoid overseas debit and credit card roaming fees and charges when spending abroad.... read more

Half of small businesses hit by cybercrime

13 Jun 16 @ 12:39

Small businesses are at risk from cybercrime by not putting adequate protection measures in place, new research from Barclaycard has found. The survey of 250 small businesses reveals that just... read more

BBA members vote in favour of trade association merger

13 Jun 16 @ 12:28

Members of the BBA have voted for the organisation to consolidate with three other bodies to form a new trade association for the finance sector. The BBA will now join... read more

Walmart Canada stops accepting Visa

13 Jun 16 @ 10:19

Walmart Canada says it will no longer accept Visa cards after it failed to agree a deal with the card company. Fees applied to Visa card purchases “remain unacceptably high,”... read more

MPOS driving retail mobilization – improving the retail experience

10 Jun 16 @ 11:06

Miura Systems has released a new report which stresses the importance of mPOS and retail mobilization for the improving customer experience and ultimately growing sales in-store. This is an independent... read more

Mobile proximity payments surge in China

10 Jun 16 @ 10:17

According to eMarketer, the number of people in China using their phones to pay at the point of sale more than doubled last year, and by 2020, almost half of... read more

Strong commitment for pan-European instant payment launch

10 Jun 16 @ 09:09

EBA CLEARING has announced that close to 40 financial institutions operating across SEPA have committed to supporting and funding the development and implementation of its pan-European instant payment platform. The... read more

Cyber security bulletin – overall statistics for 2015

09 Jun 16 @ 14:22

Cyber security – The year in figures In 2015, there were 1,966,324 registered notifications about attempted malware infections that aimed to steal money via online access to bank accounts. Ransomware... read more

Alternative payments – Three unrecognised truths for merchants

09 Jun 16 @ 14:15

As the European eCommerce market continues its meteoric rise, we spend an increasing proportion of our time looking at how to accommodate the diverse alternative payments preferences of European consumers.... read more

Companies stockpiling Bitcoin against cyber attacks

09 Jun 16 @ 13:59

A study among UK companies reveals that many of them are building a reserve in various crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, in order to pay off criminals in case of cyber... read more

BlueSnap solves checkout abandonment with MasterPass

09 Jun 16 @ 12:08

BlueSnap says that MasterPass is now available in its Powered Buy Platform to give merchants the frictionless checkout experience they need to reach global shoppers and solve checkout abandonment with higher payment... read more

MCX ends CurrentC test – deactives user accounts

08 Jun 16 @ 15:35

Proving just how hard it is to enter the payments space, even with backing and an obvious route to mas consumer usage, MCX, has announced that it is ending its... read more

Using Biometrics to improve UX and secure transactions

08 Jun 16 @ 11:14

Fingerprint biometrics has become one of the most widely used authentication modalities because of its long history, ease of use, performance, interoperability, ability to thwart imposters and low cost. To... read more

New tokenization payment rail enabling banks to monetize PSD2 compliance

08 Jun 16 @ 11:01

Token, a new payment network and API ecosystem enabling banks to quickly transform the PSD2 compliance threat into a revenue generating opportunity, has launched. Based on proprietary and patent-pending ‘programmable... read more

ACI enables PSPs and challenger banks to access UK Faster Payments

08 Jun 16 @ 10:27

ACI Worldwide has announced a collaboration opening up access to the Faster Payments Scheme in the UK for a significant number of financial institutions, including challenger banks and payment service providers... read more

Visa signs 40 financial institutions to Visa Digital Commerce App

07 Jun 16 @ 17:10

Visa Inc. has introduced the Visa Digital Commerce App, an issuer-branded mobile commerce solution that enables financial institutions to offer their own mobile app to customers with valuable card management services... 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