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Wearables to shape the future of mobile payments?

05 Jun 15 @ 12:34

At the Wearable World Congress in San Francisco, executives from Capital One, MasterCard and PayPal participated in an animated discussion about the future of mobile payments and explained why wearable... read more

Samsung delays mobile payment service

05 Jun 15 @ 12:21

According to Bloomberg, Samsung delayed the start of its mobile payment service until September, further hindering its ability to gain ground against competing services from Apple and Google. Samsung Pay... read more

Pinterest teams with Stripe

04 Jun 15 @ 14:48

Pinterest teamed with Stripe to allow consumers to buy the products that they see. The company says that it will offer the ability to buy products from inside of pinned items, in... read more

UK mobile payments projected to hit over £1.2bn a week by 2020

04 Jun 15 @ 12:47

The UK is becoming an increasingly “cash-last” society as one in four Brits expects to use their mobile phone to make mobile payments on a daily basis by 2020, growing... read more

Apple selects POS software Vend

04 Jun 15 @ 12:38

During its Q2 2015 earnings call, Apple announced that it is working with a select group of business app developers to bring innovative mobile solutions for business to iPad users. According to... read more

UK’s largest banks sign-up to V.me digital wallet

03 Jun 15 @ 17:19

Visa Europe announced that some of the UK’s largest high street banks intend to launch the V.me digital wallet services in 2015, offering their customers a convenient and secure way... read more

Samsung Pay to expand through Europe and China

03 Jun 15 @ 17:04

Tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that it will expand its Samsung Pay mobile payments service to markets such as China and Europe after an initial launch in South... read more

French Ministers scrap minimum card payments limit

03 Jun 15 @ 16:45

The French finance minister has announced plans to abolish the fixed rate commission that banks charge one another to process card payments – currently in place regardless of the customer’s... read more

Advanced Payments Report Infograph

03 Jun 15 @ 09:04

The annual Advanced Payments Report, which this year has been produced by PCM in conjunction with American Express and written by consultancy Edgar, Dunn & Co. (EDC), has become one... read more

US EMV migration: Chip and signature is a joke!

02 Jun 15 @ 17:35

“The fact that we didn’t go to PIN is such a joke,” says Mike Cook, Walmart’s assistant treasurer and a senior vice president, in reference to the USA’s current EMV... read more

Apple Pay costs force Banks to consider in-house mobile wallets

02 Jun 15 @ 13:17

Whilst still not entirely relevant to Europe, the cost of supporting Apple Pay is forcing some banks to operate their own mobile wallets. Consultant Richard Crone says Apple Pay is associated... read more

Federal Reserve to require same day payments

02 Jun 15 @ 13:10

The Federal Reserve Board announced it is taking public comment on whether to require member banks to move to same day payments. The request for comments comes after NACHA voted... read more

TAG Systems enters into mobile payment

02 Jun 15 @ 09:15

TAG Systems, a European smart card-based solutions provider, has acquired Seglan a Spanish IT company developing software and solutions for mobile payment and ticketing. International card payment schemes forecast that mobile... read more

EVO and Deutsche Postbank reach agreement for the sale of Postbank P.O.S. Transact

01 Jun 15 @ 12:07

EVO Payments International (EVO) has reached agreement with Deutsche Postbank (Postbank) for the purchase of Postbank’s merchant acquiring business, P.O.S. Transact (POS Transact). In addition, EVO and Postbank will enter... read more

How Does Android Pay differ from Apple Pay & Samsung Pay for banks?

01 Jun 15 @ 12:00

Google has Android Pay. The internet giant outlined a set of APIs that will allow developers to add an Android Pay button to their app and banks to enable payments... read more

Visa’s new commercial standard for mobile payments

01 Jun 15 @ 11:54

Visa Inc. has announced a new program that connects financial institutions and technology companies to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of new and mobile payments and commerce services. Visa’s new Digital... read more

Snapshot of NFC mobile payments for banks

01 Jun 15 @ 11:08

The explosion in NFC mobile payments has gifted banks and financial institutions with a variety of deployment options and, at the same time, made the task of selecting the right... read more

Contactless is king

29 May 15 @ 10:37

Brits have gone contactless crazy according to data from Worldpay, which revealed that it has processed over £2 billion of contactless payments since January 2012. This surge is even more... read more

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Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more

Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more