29 Jun 15 @ 16:24

Shipments of NFC-enabled handset are projected to increase to 756 million in 2015, up from 444 million in 2014, according to latest research from IHS Technology. NFC Research Key Findings:... read more

29 Jun 15 @ 16:18

Hannah Nixon, the newly appointed managing director of the UK’s Payments Systems Regulator has bemoaned a lack of innovation in the back-end infrastructure of payments, and warned that she will step... read more

29 Jun 15 @ 16:11

Wirecard announced the launch of a mobile checkout development platform for retailers. The retail payments platform enables retailers to increase the appeal and functional scope of their own app by integrating... read more

29 Jun 15 @ 16:04

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an organization established by the Reserve Bank of India and being an umbrella for all India’s payments system, and JCB International say that both parties... read more

29 Jun 15 @ 13:05

Barclaycard is to roll out a range of wearable payment devices that can be used to make contactless payments across the UK, following a successful launch of its bPay band... read more

26 Jun 15 @ 15:53

Former PayPal CEO Bill Harris discusses how PayPal fits into mobile payments with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang. Harris was asked whether the company can compete with other digital payment firms, in... read more

26 Jun 15 @ 15:44

The latest World Retail Banking Report 2015 produced by Capgemini and Efma looks like  bad news for traditional banks. For the second straight year, banks have not been able to... read more

26 Jun 15 @ 13:26

Safaricom has taken rival telecommunications company Airtel to court on claims that it is infringing on its M-Pesa trademark by including its symbols on its advertising billboards. Safaricom has filed pictures... read more

26 Jun 15 @ 13:18

fTLD Registry Services the registry behind the new .Bank domain says that it received over 3,000 domain name registrations during the opening period. Having seen more than 700 applications for the new domains... read more

25 Jun 15 @ 16:36

Fintech investments continued at a remarkable pace last year, nearly tripling in the US in 2014, according to a new report by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York... read more

25 Jun 15 @ 12:12

Criteo has released its State of Mobile Commerce Report, revealing that mobile apps generate almost 50% of mobile transactions for some of the largest ecommerce players who have made their app... read more

25 Jun 15 @ 10:31

The percentage of fraudulent transactions occurring outside the UK in 2014 on UK debit cards rose 25% in a massive sample of cards studied by analytic software firm FICO. Cross border... read more

25 Jun 15 @ 10:21

Six ACH members of the European Automated Clearing House Association (EACHA) have joined forces to deliver centralized and optimized processing services for SEPA transactions. For this purpose they have set... read more

24 Jun 15 @ 15:36

A new impact report finds that the use of knowledge-based analytics are on a fast decline, while various forms of behavioural analytics continue to see strong growth. The report, “Digital Channel Fraud... read more

24 Jun 15 @ 13:26

Annual figures from the Bank of England show the British public retains a stubborn attachment to paper money, despite rapid innovations in higher-tech methods of payment such as contactless cards... read more

24 Jun 15 @ 13:11

More than 50% (54%) of retailers in Europe and the US still have to consolidate their fraud management solutions across all channels, according to new research conducted by Forrester Consulting... read more

23 Jun 15 @ 16:59

Verifone says that Westpac Banking Corporation will be the first bank in Asia Pacific to deploy its new handheld EMV and NFC-enabled terminal solution that is fully supported with payment as... read more

23 Jun 15 @ 16:32

Barclays has entered a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) trial with bitcoin exchange Safello, in an attempt to see if blockchain technology can improve its performance financial services sector. In an interview with CoinDesk, Safello... read more