04 Nov 15 @ 10:17

Worldline and Equens have jointly announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a strategic new entity. The strategic aim of the new entity is to be... read more

04 Nov 15 @ 08:53

Technology industry leaders Amazon, Apple, Google, Intuit and PayPal announced the formation of Financial Innovation Now, a coalition that will promote policies to help foster greater innovation in financial services.... read more

03 Nov 15 @ 11:22

Recent payments transaction data reported by the major card networks and the Federal Reserve Board has shown credit transaction growth exceeding debit transaction growth since 2012 (see Figure 1). This... read more

03 Nov 15 @ 10:47

The ways in which we pay and are paid are changing. Apple Pay has been launched in the UK, Barclays has announced that it will launch Android-based mobile payments later... read more

02 Nov 15 @ 11:57

Visa Inc. and Visa Europe have announced a definitive agreement for Visa Inc. to acquire Visa Europe, creating a single global company. The transaction consists of upfront consideration of €16.5 billion with... read more

02 Nov 15 @ 10:27

Amazon is to close its mPOS business, Local Register, which failed to catch on among the small businesses who were its supposed customers. Amazon Local Register did not gain much traction against... read more

02 Nov 15 @ 09:00

ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) issued a response to misleading statements about ATM fees contained in a rash of recent US news articles. Political reactions to those articles, branding the fees... read more

29 Oct 15 @ 11:56

European payments are being hit by several disruptive forces, including heightened levels of innovation, competition and regulation. One of the more significant changes is the European Union Regulation on the... read more

29 Oct 15 @ 09:42

Diebold is introducing two new banking concepts that harness emerging technology to create a vision of what the  might look like. Derived from the Responsive Banking Concept unveiled last year,... read more

29 Oct 15 @ 09:00

As well as cutting tens of thousands of jobs, shrinking the bonus pool and shedding billions of dollars of unwanted assets, John Cryan promised to rip out and replace much of... read more

28 Oct 15 @ 12:51

Apple Pay has cunningly formulated a clever tie up with American Express to bypass banks unwilling to give up their card fees by launching Apple Pay with American Express in... read more

28 Oct 15 @ 12:34

The number of online card payments made on the internet has increased by 20% in the past year with consumers spending £11.5 billion online in August, according to the latest figures... read more

28 Oct 15 @ 11:06

Fintech companies are leading the way in disruptive innovation in financial services, helping to bridge a $2 trillion funding gap for millions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking credit... read more

27 Oct 15 @ 15:31

JPMorgan Chase says it will soon launch a competitor to Apple Pay, Chase Pay, that will allow consumers to pay retailers using their smartphones in stores, and it has already won the... read more

27 Oct 15 @ 13:58

Fiserv says that Agiliti from Fiserv continues to gain momentum, signing its first client, Think Money, set to go live in early 2016. The hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) retail bank technology solution, modular... read more

27 Oct 15 @ 13:51

Small and medium-sized businesses in the UK are likely to benefit from the substantial projected growth of alternate sources of funding, such as peer-to-business (P2B) lending and crowd-funding over the... read more

27 Oct 15 @ 13:47

Merchants are experiencing an increase in fraud, losing 1.32% of revenue to fraud on average compared to 0.68% in 2014, according to the annual LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study.... read more

27 Oct 15 @ 09:48

Saxo Payments has launched Banking Circle, for its international payments community. Banking Circle  is a marketplace that disrupts traditional international B2B banking, delivering significant advantages for FinTechs and their merchants as well asd providing... read more