26 May 16 @ 12:23

MasterCard has unveiled the first commerce application for SoftBank Robotics’ humanoid robot Pepper. The application will be powered by MasterPass, that connects consumers with merchants, enabling them to make fast digital... read more

26 May 16 @ 11:51

South Africa’s largest mobile operator Vodacom recently announced it will be scrapping its M-Pesa mobile money transfer system in Africa’s second-biggest economy. For many pundits the move comes as a... read more

26 May 16 @ 11:41

O2 in Germany is launching a mobile banking service in Germany in late summer 2016, as the number of disruptors to the financial services market continues to grow. The service will... read more

25 May 16 @ 15:50

During the Google I/O keynote, the company introduced a number of new products like the Android payments API’s and talked some more about Android N. The portions about Android N... read more

25 May 16 @ 15:38

By 2025 leading banks will be operating as digital financial superstores that blur the line between technology companies and banks, according to a new report from Greenwich Associates. The Future... read more

25 May 16 @ 15:30

Industry experts predict that debit cards are on track to become king in 2021 when they will take over from cash to become the UK’s most frequently used payment method,... read more

25 May 16 @ 09:40

Nets, the household name in Scandinavian payment processing, is on-boarding Nordic issuer portfolio’s in credit cards and sales finance onto WAY4, the e-payment processing framework developed by OpenWay. Card portfolios... read more

23 May 16 @ 13:10

Half of the US adult population now uses mobile banking on smartphones and tablets, which is 29 million more than last year. This dramatic shift in consumers’ channel preferences puts pressure... read more

23 May 16 @ 12:33

The last decade has seen most of us decisively change both our online behaviour and our consumption of digital services. When, for example, did you last open a laptop to... read more

23 May 16 @ 11:32

SWIFT has announced the availability of a new paper investigating how Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) could be used in financial services. Published in collaboration with Accenture, the paper is based on... read more

20 May 16 @ 13:39

Worldpay is threatening to make the manual cash register obsolete with a new payment device. The payment processor claims that its all-in-one tablet-based till will completely change how small business... read more

20 May 16 @ 13:32

The PCI security standards council (PCI SSC) has published an update to its global data security standard. PCI DSS Version 3.2 replaces version 3.1 to address growing threats to customer... read more

20 May 16 @ 13:13

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published draft specifications aimed at streamlining the online checkout process and making internet payments easier and more secure. W3C is an international consortium... read more

20 May 16 @ 13:09

One year since launch, Amazon has expanded its Dash Button automated IoT ordering service to more than 100 brands. These include various beverage, grocery, baby, pet and household supplies brands,... read more

19 May 16 @ 11:24

Consumer-facing technology brands have done much to reset customer expectations around speed, but also convenience, value and choice. Consumers can send and receive e-mail across the globe almost instantly. They... read more

19 May 16 @ 10:53

Advancements in digital technology continued to shape the payments industry in 2015 as mobile, online and other digital forms of digital payments moved into the mainstream. From mass transit to... read more

18 May 16 @ 14:13

Amid a PR feeding frenzy, you may have noticed that Android Pay launched in the UK. Millions more people will be able to pay through their smartphones in the latest... read more

18 May 16 @ 14:02

A Russian-speaking Skimer group forces ATMs to assist them in stealing users money. Discovered in 2009, Skimer was the first malicious program to target ATMs. Seven years later, cyber criminals... read more