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Domestic payment cards schemes strongest in fast growing MEA region

20 Apr 16 @ 10:34

MEA is the fastest growing payment cards region worldwide, with the number of cards increasing by 18% to 540 million in 2014. The region also has the world’s lowest level... read more

Global Security Report 2016

19 Apr 16 @ 16:13

Global Security Report – Cybercrime is big business. We hear it so often that the words threaten to lose their impact. But the details still have the capacity to shock.... read more

Reserve Bank of New Zealand select SIA for new RTGS system

19 Apr 16 @ 15:21

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will replace its current Exchange Settlement Account System (ESAS) with an Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) operating on a standalone IT infrastructure that incorporates substantial... read more

Nets and JCB to drive J/Speedy mobile payments in Denmark

19 Apr 16 @ 14:40

Nets and JCB International (JCB), have entered into a partnership agreement which allows Nets to use J/Speedy, JCB’s contactless technology, for Dankort payments with smart phones. Nets believes that in... read more

Digital Payments Report 2016

18 Apr 16 @ 16:52

American Express, a leading global payments brand, have sponsored a report payments consulting firm Accourt who conduct a survey on the state of Digital Payments. Advancements in digital technology continued to... read more

Switzerland launches ISO 20022 payments architecture

18 Apr 16 @ 16:30

Switzerland is set to launch a new interbank payment system, using the ISO 20022 payments architecture and messaging standard to provide new services to bank and corporate users. After 30 years... read more

Secure element applet to accelerate mobile payments on Wearables

18 Apr 16 @ 16:20

Gemalto has provided a secure element based applet for smart wearables launched by China UnionPay,  one of the world’s major payment associations with total transactions reaching $1.9 trillion in the... read more

Digital Payments Report 2016

18 Apr 16 @ 13:00

The responses across the regions offer a unique insight into how the Payments industry is evolving in 2016 and beyond.

Russian to launch counterpart to Alibaba e-commerce platform

18 Apr 16 @ 09:33

Russia is reported to have drawn up plans to launch an integrated e-commerce platform in response to President Putin’s call to connect Russian manufacturers with foreign buyers. Russia’s Ministry of... read more

PayPal credit launches in the UK

15 Apr 16 @ 14:19

PayPal has expanded beyond its digital wallet with PayPal Credit, to help UK consumers spread the cost of their online shopping. Millions of consumers can now apply online for PayPal... read more

Risk of contactless card theft

15 Apr 16 @ 14:10

With contactless payments increasing in popularity, MWR InfoSecurity has warned consumers to be aware of the dangers from a contactless card. It also issued a reminder to retailers and banks... read more

ACH transaction volume grows 5.6% adding 1.3 billion payments

15 Apr 16 @ 13:55

In 2015, the ACH transaction volume grew to more than 24 billion electronic payments, an increase of 1.3 billion payments or 5.6%, over 2014 volume, according to new statistics released... read more

Digital commerce to reach $8 trillion

14 Apr 16 @ 12:49

New data has found that the digital commerce market is set to increase from $4.9 Trillion in 2015, to just over $8 trillion by 2020. In perspective, the GDP of Japan... read more

Monitoring behaviour can unmask fraudsters

14 Apr 16 @ 12:40

Thieves and fraudsters want to get their hands on our cash and data. And these days they can attack us from all corners of the globe. Financial fraud losses totalled... read more

Amazon’s Partnership Program threatens PayPal in digital payments space

14 Apr 16 @ 12:33

Amazon’s ambitious plans for Amazon Payments could make the retailer a real threat to online digital payments providers, according to an analyst with Verdict Financial. Amazon chose the April 2016 Money20/20... read more

Fintech and the evolving landscape

13 Apr 16 @ 13:16

Global investment in FinTech ventures in the first quarter of 2016 reached $5.3 billion, a 67% increase over the same period last year, and the percentage of investments going to... read more

2016 Internet Security Threat Report

13 Apr 16 @ 11:09

Symantec has released its 2016 Internet Security Threat Report in which it suggests more than 500 million digital identities were stolen or exposed in 2015. In addition, it said, fake... read more

Continued momentum in US EMV adoption

13 Apr 16 @ 10:48

The US EMV adoption of chip cards, just six months after the latest milestone in the migration timeline is continuing to gather momentum. While consumers increasingly dip their cards to pay... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

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

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

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