03 Aug 15 @ 14:37

The number of global mobile banking users is set to double to 1.8 billion over the next four years, according to research by KPMG, using primary survey data supplied by... read more

03 Aug 15 @ 14:34

Over 103 million payments were processed in just one day at the end of July by BACS, the UK payment processing organisation. BACS has already achieved a number of transaction... read more

03 Aug 15 @ 14:30

Shares in US payment service provider Fidelity National Information Services have soared on speculation that it is in talks to buy financial technology conglomerate SunGard. Private equity-owned SunGard filed for... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:20

A new report from payment consultancy Aite Group states that despite Japan being viewed as one of the most advanced payments nations in the world, it remains a cash-intensive society.... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:16

Shipments of smart card integrated circuits (ICs) are projected to increase from 9.6 billion in 2014 to 10.4 billion in 2015 and to 12.7 billion in 2019, according to research... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:12

MasterCard and Samsung Electronics have announced they are extending their global partnership leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) to deliver the mobile payment service Samsung Pay in Europe. Samsung... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:09

UK bank NatWest, part of the RBS group, has suffered another online banking crash which has affected thousands of users. The latest IT failure comes only six weeks after the... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 16:06

MasterCard has paid out $61 million to UK supermarket retailer Tesco in what is expected to be the first of several settlements by card schemes over interchange fee lawsuits lodged... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 09:00

Mobile point of sale (mPOS) growth continues as the technology deepens its reach across vertical industries, merchant tiers and geographies. 451 Research projects the global mPOS installed base will grow... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 12:00

After a series of high-profile hacking attacks, many companies are considering more aggressive tactics to fight back against cyber crime, including “active defence” strategies. The most controversial is “hacking back”... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 11:36

As the world mourns the loss of a former king of the handset manufacturing world and Microsoft licks its wounds in writing down about $7.6 billion on the Nokia division,... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 11:00

Citibank India and MasterCard announced the launch of Citi MasterPass, the first global digital wallet in India, making Citibank debit and credit card customers the first in the country to be... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 10:30

While banking customers have already been able to use the voice control mode on the ING Netherlands app, now they can also make voice-activated payments leveraging voice biometric technology. A... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 09:30

The arrival of the new Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in the internal market repealing the current Payment Services Directive 2007/64/EC (PSD1) has been a closely monitored development since the publication... read more

29 Jul 15 @ 13:26

According to a very interesting article in the FT – two weeks after hackers broke into Sony Pictures’ computer systems, deleting important company files and exposing embarrassing emails, technology experts... read more

29 Jul 15 @ 13:12

China remained the world’s largest ATM market in 2014, with installations increasing by 18% to reach 615,000 ATMs. The research by RBR also notes the significant impact that government regulation and guidance... read more

29 Jul 15 @ 11:06

Over the past several years, instant payments have become an increasingly important part of the payments landscape. The Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB), European Central Bank (ECB), European Payments Council... read more

29 Jul 15 @ 10:21

HKT Payment, a subsidiary of  Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) has launched a SIM-based NFC mobile payments service to let customers pay at more than 3 million locations worldwide which accept MasterCard PayPass,... read more