15 Dec 15 @ 12:32

Consumer spending has undergone a revolution over the past decade with restaurants, pubs and online retailers benefiting from the explosion in the use of payment cards, new data shows. A... read more

15 Dec 15 @ 12:10

In a recent note from the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) on domestic interchange fee caps in the UK, issued on the 19 November 2015 the PSR said: we issued an information request about... read more

15 Dec 15 @ 10:53

Mobile Payments 2016 is set to be a defining year for mobile payment providers. It looks as though Apple Pay is planning a major European launch in 2016; an event... read more

15 Dec 15 @ 09:32

Global POS printer manufacturer BIXOLON announced the launch of the SRP-380 POS receipt printer to the retail market. A compact, low maintenance, powerful three-inch direct thermal POS printer with an... read more

11 Dec 15 @ 12:58

After Apple has begun trying out carrier billing, a way of using your phone bill to make purchases. Apple users in Germany and Russia can make purchases through their phone bill on their iTunes... read more

11 Dec 15 @ 11:13

US transactions processor Global Payments is rumoured to be in talks to buy smaller rival Heartland Payment Systems, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Shares in both companies... read more

10 Dec 15 @ 16:39

Oh dear. Walmart has announced that it will get into the mobile payments business with Walmart Pay, the first US retailer to make its own push for consumers to use their... read more

10 Dec 15 @ 11:35

As is now commonly known, the MIF Regulation, EU Regulation 2015/751 – on Interchange Fees for Card-Based Payment Transactions – will be significant for the payment industry for many reasons,... read more

10 Dec 15 @ 11:00

VocaLink has signed a contract with The Clearing House (TCH) to develop a national real-time payment service in the US. In October, the two companies announced they had signed a... read more

10 Dec 15 @ 10:59

When your everyday life is all about information and cyber security, you start to see patterns that may not be so obvious to others. Each year, I take my best... read more

09 Dec 15 @ 15:31

The 9th of December marks a significant date for interchange rates across the Europe as all EU countries align their domestic credit (0.3%) and debit card (no more than 0.2%) rates.... read more

09 Dec 15 @ 14:54

Contactless cards have finally taken off in Europe with spectacular growth in the number of cards and the volume of payments during 2014. The rollout of contactless cards and adoption... read more

09 Dec 15 @ 14:25

The European Payments Council (EPC), representing payment service providers, and the Cards Stakeholders Group (CSG), a multi-stakeholder body gathering retailers, vendors, processors, card schemes and the EPC, today published version... read more

09 Dec 15 @ 14:16

Recently merged Equens is expanding its product portfolio to include an end-to-end pan-European instant payment service. The instant payment solution will not only deliver an interbank automated clearing and settlement... read more

08 Dec 15 @ 16:56

Last month Apple turned on carrier billing in iTunes in Germany, allowing consumers to charge things like app payments and music purchases to their mobile account instead of credit or debit... read more

08 Dec 15 @ 12:30

“Fiserv is betting big,” said Nancy Atkinson, a senior analyst at Aite Group back in 2012. “Fiserv is trying to exert dominance over FIS. These two companies are huge rivals.”... read more

08 Dec 15 @ 12:21

Digital payments experts Consult Hyperion have partnered with the Payment Business School, specialists in payment education, to roll-out a series of in-depth training courses in 2016 on a range of... read more

07 Dec 15 @ 15:05

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 2015 will be the first full year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth. IDC... read more