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JCB starts trials of payment by palm vein authentication

07 Oct 15 @ 10:34

JCB will be conducting a trial of payment using palm vein authentication in corporation with Fujitsu  and Fujitsu Frontech. The trial will be held at the JCB World Conference in... read more

The future is biometric, but privacy fears must be confronted

07 Oct 15 @ 09:38

Over the summer, Mobey Forum’s Biometric and Security Workgroup, set up to explore opportunities and use cases for biometric authentication in mobile money, met with The Biometric Institute and the... read more

Payments at the speed of change

06 Oct 15 @ 16:55

In this supplement, in association with ACI, we review some of the issues that banks and merchants are addressing, to take advantage of the opportunities that arise from payments at the speed of change.

EBA Clearing RFP for pan-European instant payments

06 Oct 15 @ 15:42

The bank-owned provider of several key payments infrastructures in Europe, EBA Clearing, has launched an RFP for a technical solution provider. The RFP is the next phase in its offering of a... read more

New settlement model for Faster Payments

05 Oct 15 @ 16:39

A new simpler way to guarantee settlement between banks of payments made through Faster Payments, the UK’s 24/7 real-time payments service, has been introduced as part of changes announced today... read more

Call for participation – EPC workshop dedicated to P2P mobile payments

05 Oct 15 @ 15:57

The European Payments Council (EPC) has announced that it is hosting a stakeholders workshop focused on Person-to-Person (P2P) mobile payments on 10 December. Payment stakeholders (such as payment service providers, technical... read more

Stepping up the fight against fraud

05 Oct 15 @ 15:46

The UK financial services industry was responsible for stopping a total of £910 million worth of attempted card, cheque and online and telephone banking fraud in the first half of 2015,... read more

BNP Paribas trails dynamic CVV card codes

02 Oct 15 @ 12:54

BNP Paribas is set to pilot Oberthur’s OT Motion Code technology, replacing the three-figure CVV code on the rear of a card with a dynamic CVV small screen display that automatically... read more

Cyber security: breach, breach, breach

02 Oct 15 @ 12:44

In the past 24 hours there have been three more cyber security incidents in the industry, highlighting once again the dangers of complacency in the industry. Here is a blow... read more

Turkey launches a national payment system

02 Oct 15 @ 10:11

Turkey is set to launch a national payment system, the national payment scheme is due to be implemented by 2016 and is currently being branded as TROY. “Our sector is moving fast, both locally and... read more

TSYS Tokenisation

01 Oct 15 @ 15:15

How European Issuers Can Thrive in an Ecosystem Defined by Tokenisation-Enabled NFC Payments. This whitepaper highlights key actions European card issuers can take now to gain a competitive advantage with regards to m-payments. Issuers are encouraged to determine their m-wallet strategy — whether to build their own or support other pre-existing offerings and then developing "top of wallet" strategies.

Payments at the speed of change

01 Oct 15 @ 15:14

In this supplement, PCM in association with ACI review some of the issues that banks and merchants are addressing, to take advantage of the opportunities that arise from payments at the speed of change. FREE download.

US EMV migration will take years

01 Oct 15 @ 14:54

Its October the 1st. The deadline for US merchants to accept secure chip-enabled credit and debit cards,the US EMV migration, may take years for the conversion to be fully implemented. “Realistically,... read more

European real-time payments progress

01 Oct 15 @ 11:26

While the outlook for real-time payments in the US market remains fragmented and uncertain for the time being, in Europe the pace of development and usage is quickening and real-time payments (or... read more

More top banks pile into R3 Blockchain initiative

30 Sep 15 @ 15:23

Just week after Nine of the largest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, thirteen more top banks, including HSBC and Deutsche Bank, havebacked the consortium led by financial... read more

Banks face wipeout in some financial services – McKinsey

30 Sep 15 @ 11:00

According to an article which first appeared in the FT, the digital revolution sweeping through the banking sector is set to wipe out almost two-thirds of earnings on some financial... read more

Kenya issues government bond via mobile money solution

30 Sep 15 @ 10:32

In a nod to how developed the Kenyan mobile infrastructure, including mobile payments are, the Government plans to float its first-ever Bond, to be offered exclusively via mobile phone – pointing to... read more

Digicash mobile payments

29 Sep 15 @ 16:36

Auchan Luxembourg has kicked off the official launch of the 2nd generation of Digicash, the Luxembourg banks’ mobile payment product. The new version enables customers to link their Auchan Luxembourg... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more