24 Sep 15 @ 09:21

Long before most banks launch new branch designs, tablets will be commonplace in legacy bank branches in an effort to improve customer engagement. In a new report, Celent examines banks’ near-... read more

23 Sep 15 @ 16:23

Aite Group research indicates that from 2015 to 2018, contactless mobile transactions have the potential to reach 4% to 5% of retail payments with growth in transaction volume accelerating after... read more

23 Sep 15 @ 16:06

Discover has announced it will integrate with Apple Pay. Apple Pay already accepts users with MasterCard, American Express, and Visa, and Discover’s participation means Apple Pay is now compatible with all... read more

23 Sep 15 @ 14:47

Millions of Americans use their phones to buy things and send money to people, but the technology involved in moving towards real-time mobile payments in the US lags behind many other industrialized... read more

23 Sep 15 @ 12:55

Its all change for Visa at the moment, having divested out of Monitise and yesterday announcing the mothballing of V.me, it has now closed its mobile payment venture in India after... read more

22 Sep 15 @ 17:15

Visa Europe says it is changing V.me by Visa and offering Visa Checkout for online payments for e- and m-commerce. Visa announced, via its French portal, that it will offer... read more

22 Sep 15 @ 17:06

The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a patent filed by US financial services giant Bank of America that seeks to protect a system for wire transfers using... read more

22 Sep 15 @ 16:53

The European Parliament has set the 6 October as the date to vote on plans for a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) during its plenary session. PSD2 is set to replace the existing Payment... read more

22 Sep 15 @ 16:45

Mobile payments in India are predicted to grow 200 times over the next seven years to $3,000 billion and will benefit IT, telecom, banking and mobile wallet companies, as per a Bank of... read more

21 Sep 15 @ 16:50

Cybercriminals are attacking the UK more than any other country making it the number 1 target for global cybercrime. One of the most interesting cybercrime trends in Q2 was the UK’s emergence... read more

21 Sep 15 @ 12:42

Samsung Pay has exceeded 500,000 subscribers after its introduction to the South Korean nation on August 20, and both the ICT industry and Samsung Electronics are apparently surprised. When Hana... read more

21 Sep 15 @ 12:35

SK Telecom is heading into the mobile payment market with T Smart Pay. The T Smart Pay service, to be launched at the end of this year, is based on contactless NFC.... read more

21 Sep 15 @ 11:55

VocaLink has spearheaded a collaborative whitepaper – titled Moving Money 2025 – bringing together the leading voices in the payments industry to predict how payment innovation could change by 2025 and... read more

17 Sep 15 @ 17:14

The Strawhecker Group (TSG) released survey results that illustrate only 27% of US merchants will be EMV-ready by the October 1st liability shift. This represents a sizable decline from 34%... read more

17 Sep 15 @ 16:59

On March 26th, 2015 Dusseldorf courts (Landgericht) held, after a trial on the merits, that certain HTC smartphone products infringe patents EP 1 855 229 and EP 1 163 718... read more

17 Sep 15 @ 16:21

73% of retailers expect the store to become more strategically important by 2020 according to a new study. However, 69% said that expanding their digital presence is the top short-term... read more

17 Sep 15 @ 16:08

Over the past two decades, the Internet, cloud computing and related technologies have revolutionized many aspects of business and society. These advances have made individuals and organizations more productive, and... read more

16 Sep 15 @ 19:59

New research by RBR shows that the number of payment cards in circulation worldwide increased by 11% in 2014 to reach 12 billion, largely driven by strong growth in Asia-Pacific... read more