20 Nov 15 @ 12:02

BNP Paribas, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, ING, MacQuarie and Wells Fargo are the latest major financial institutions to partner with distributed ledger startup R3 CEV. With the announcement, R3... read more

20 Nov 15 @ 11:56

A survey conducted by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) among fintech startups and investors in the industry has revealed that the biggest challenge they see for the near future are regulatory hurdles, the... read more

20 Nov 15 @ 11:43

MasterCard is to develop a standard technical specification to simplify the integration of retailer mobile loyalty programmes with bank-issued mobile payments apps. While online redemption of offers is commonplace for consumers,... read more

19 Nov 15 @ 17:09

LG officially announced that it will soon enter the mobile payments market with LG Pay. The Korean company said on Facebook that it has deals with two major credit card... read more

19 Nov 15 @ 11:27

In what will be perceived in the industry as another failure by the combined forces of the telecommunications industry (after Simpay and Weve) Norwegian mobile payments service Valyou has been... read more

19 Nov 15 @ 11:16

E-commerce sales in the Netherlands increased by 20.2% in September, compared to the same period last year. This growth is mostly due to the increased online sales of physical retailers, which... read more

19 Nov 15 @ 11:01

The term FinTech has come to dominate the headlines of all industry magazines but also the mainstream press. London in particular has made enormous strides in the last year or... read more

16 Nov 15 @ 17:10

JCB International Credit Card Co, the Americas subsidiary of Japan-based international payment brand JCB , announced its J/Smart application identifier has been certified for EMV chip card acceptance in the US by... read more

16 Nov 15 @ 16:59

Global Risk Technologies is warning individuals and online retailers to be aware of hidden threats in the upcoming shopping extravaganza of Black Friday (27th November).  Experts are predicting it to create... read more

13 Nov 15 @ 12:09

Spire Payments in collaboration with SoNet (authorised partner and well-known payment solution integrator in the Czech and Slovak regions) have announced  the mass roll-out of over 6,000 POS devices for... read more

12 Nov 15 @ 13:23

Mobile wallets are enjoying increasing adoption. Payments made via mobile devices in the United States are expected to total $90 billion by 2017, a big jump from the $12.8 billion... read more

12 Nov 15 @ 09:01

People are obsessed with money. In 2015, people are also obsessed with their smartphones and tablets. It is natural that apps that help people bank, manage their money, make payments... read more

12 Nov 15 @ 08:47

The Faster Payments limit for Banks and Building Societies has been raised to £250,000 per payment from Tuesday 10 November 2015, following an increase to the scheme limit announced by Faster Payments... read more

11 Nov 15 @ 12:07

Last April, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted a new Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) capping interchange fees for payments made with debit and credit cards.... read more

11 Nov 15 @ 11:45

The New York State Department of Financial Services has outlined its proposals to strengthen cyber security regulations. In a letter to other state and federal regulators, the NYDFS says it... read more

11 Nov 15 @ 09:42

The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has propelled the demand for better security solutions on electronic devices. Apple’s iPhone 5s, which was released in 2013, was the first... read more

11 Nov 15 @ 09:00

The Chinese economy is slowing but Singles Day shoppers still went for it online and drove Singles Day sales up to more than $10bn on Alibaba by 2pm on Wednesday, beating last year’s record of... read more

10 Nov 15 @ 18:17

The free market is failing when it comes to cyber security, Britain’s electronic spy chief has warned in a rare public intervention that could pave the way for tougher regulation as... read more