26 Oct 15 @ 16:44
The Clearing House (TCH) has entered into a letter of intent with VocaLink, the UK-based international payment systems provider, to help build and deliver core elements of TCH’s new real-time... read more
26 Oct 15 @ 15:45
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched the Web Payments Working Group to help streamline the online “check-out” process and make payments easier and more secure on the Web.... read more
26 Oct 15 @ 14:49
payworks, a leading POS payment platform for developers, announced its collaboration with technology platform Stripe to enable Stripe users to accept payments via Chip and PIN card readers in the... read more
26 Oct 15 @ 14:32
MeaWallet has agreed with Seamless to deliver cloud-based HCE payment technology to open up SEQR for contactless EMV payments. MeaWallet’s Cloud-Based Payment Platform will be fully integrated into SEQR and... read more
26 Oct 15 @ 14:24
Last week, P2P Bitcoin company Abra, announced that it will soon be available to all registered users in the US and Philippines and will also now offer services enabling merchants to... read more
23 Oct 15 @ 14:42
With all tech majors like Google, Apple and Samsung already offering mobile payment services, Microsoft has announced that is also planning to join the action. The payment system allows users to store... read more
23 Oct 15 @ 13:22
It has bee revealed that cyber criminals have worked out a way to hack the Chip and PIN card system currently being introduced at businesses throughout the US and widely used... read more
23 Oct 15 @ 13:02
Sweden is on track to becoming the world’s first cashless society, thanks to the country’s embrace of IT, as well as a crackdown on organized crime and terror, according to... read more
23 Oct 15 @ 12:28
Shipments of smart banking and payment cards in the US are projected to increase to just over 502 million in 2015, up from 223 million in 2014, according to latest research from... read more
22 Oct 15 @ 14:29
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that bitcoin exchange transactions should be exempt from VAT. The ECJ ruling stated that bitcoin transactions “are exempt from VAT under the... read more
22 Oct 15 @ 10:35
Digital is the most disruptive force that the payments industry has seen in decades. It is unleashing profound changes and innovation – from the development of digital payment instruments to... read more
21 Oct 15 @ 09:44
Retailers are facing cost implications over the next three-to-five years as a series of developments in the cash industry, including the implementation of polymer notes in the UK, impacts business... read more
20 Oct 15 @ 14:41
Following an initial launch in Caen, Lille, Nice, Strasbourg and Rennes in 2014, Orange has confirmed its commitment to mobile payment in France by launching Orange Cash nationwide in partnership... read more
20 Oct 15 @ 12:10
Azerbaijanis are showing a preference for credit cards, resulting in increased credit card transaction values and volumes; due to a rising demand for consumer credit and the number of banks offering... read more
20 Oct 15 @ 11:29
MasterCard has announced it will integrate a fully tokenized checkout experience within MasterPass, leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), giving consumers the freedom to shop more securely online or in-app from... read more
20 Oct 15 @ 11:06
Advent International owned Oberthur Technologies, plans to sell shares in what it predicts will be 2015’s biggest European technology IPO. Advent is moving forward with a listing even after Oberthur drew interest... read more
19 Oct 15 @ 12:23
Historically, banks have dominated the entire market, but times are changing and the FinTech invaders are beginning to disrupt the space. Banks certainly have their place, but their share is... read more
19 Oct 15 @ 12:15
As reported in June, Diebold is in talks to buy Wincor Nixdorf in a deal that would value the German company at more than €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion), Wincor said... read more
21 Apr 26 @ 14:35
Revolut is beginning to sound more like a future public market heavyweight than a fast-growing European fintech. Chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the com... more
16 Apr 26 @ 11:46
American Express is positioning itself early for what could become one of the next major shifts in digital payments: AI agents that do more than recommend produ... more
22 Apr 26 @ 19:36
Banks are hardening their cyber defences as artificial intelligence begins to alter the economics of digital attacks. For financial institutions, the challenge ... more