magazine

Latest Issue

THE GLOBAL WALLET WAR: WHO WILL OWN THE CUSTOMER?

Subscribe now

Daily Insights

Global payments news direct to your inbox

Sign up free

DAILY NEWS

ALL NEWS

Small World FS partners with Bharti Airtel in Africa

18 Jun 15 @ 15:37

Small World FS, a European fintech payment services provider, has announced a partnership with Bharti Airtel, the Indian multinational telco services company. Small World FS customers will now be able... read more

Domestic Card Schemes in Europe – A Status

17 Jun 15 @ 16:48

The landscape of domestic card schemes in Europe has changed dramatically following the implementation of the European Economic Area, the Payment Services Directive and the SEPA Cards Framework. The domestic card... read more

RBS loses 60,000 payments

17 Jun 15 @ 16:30

About 600,000 payments that failed to enter the accounts of RBS customers overnight may not be completed until the end of the week, the bank has said. Payments of wages,... read more

Blackstone and Carlyle prep $10bn NCR offer

17 Jun 15 @ 16:20

Blackstone and Carlyle Group have reportedly teamed up to make a $10 billion bid for cash machine vendor NCR, according to Reuters. Citing sources, Reuters says that Blackstone and Carlyle... read more

MasterCard extends tokenization support for Apps and e-commerce

17 Jun 15 @ 16:07

MasterCard says it will offer tokenization services to merchants with apps, e-commerce, and recurring billing card-on-file programs, further protecting consumers and increasing convenience when storing cards in merchant databases. By expanding... read more

Mobile biometrics market to reach $35 billion

17 Jun 15 @ 10:56

According to a research conducted by Acuity Market Intelligence annual revenues from mobile biometrics embedded in smart mobile devices will spike from $1.6 billion in 2014 to $34.6 billion in... read more

Top 8 future cyber security threats to the financial services sector

16 Jun 15 @ 17:14

Financial services providers must better prepare for the threat that new technologies pose to their cyber security strategies or risk damaging customer and investor confidence. Cyber-crime within the financial services... read more

Most dangerous countries for e-commerce fraud

16 Jun 15 @ 11:05

It’s all too common for online retailers to avoid encouraging international business out of fear that the pros of a wider market, higher visibility and more sales will be offset... read more

Nets acquires Nordea Merchant Acquiring

16 Jun 15 @ 09:11

Nordea has signed an agreement to divest its merchant acquiring business Nordea Merchant Acquiring (NMA) to Nets Holding (Nets). The sale of the NMA business and the establishment of a partnership... read more

ClearXchange introduces real-time payments in US

15 Jun 15 @ 16:14

ClearXchange, the US bank-owned digital payments network, is rolling out a system that enables real-time bank-to-bank transfers. ClearXchange acts as a clearing house for person-to-person online payments transfer, enabling customers to send... read more

Virgin Money chooses MasterCard for debit cards

15 Jun 15 @ 12:19

MasterCard has announced that Virgin Money has entered a long-term agreement to issue contactless-enabled MasterCard debit cards to the bank’s growing customer base. According to MasterCard, it has developed a strong... read more

One in four UK consumers would share their DNA with their bank to secure financial information

15 Jun 15 @ 12:13

A new mobile identity whitepaper from Telstra reveals the majority of United Kingdom (UK) consumers using mobile banking applications want their mobile devices to instantly recognise them via biometrics, such as fingerprint... read more

Criminals receive 1,425% ROI from Cybercrime

12 Jun 15 @ 15:47

Trustwave has released the 2015 Trustwave Global Security Report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2014. The report discloses how much criminals can profit from malware attacks,... read more

UnionPay hits 5 billion issued mark

12 Jun 15 @ 13:20

China UnionPay aims to become a global bank card company, Ge Huayong, chairman of China UnionPay and UnionPay International, said on Wednesday. Ge made the remarks after a speech at... read more

Banks lose out as half of online banking applications fail

12 Jun 15 @ 13:06

Jumio has launched new research that benchmarks high street banks in their approach to digital account opening. The research report is based on interviews with eight leading high street banks which analyse... read more

Miura raises $16m in VC round

11 Jun 15 @ 14:34

Miura Systems has closed a $16m fundraising round, led by London-based investmend syndicate, DFJ Esprit Secondaries (DFJES). The company has sold off a minority stake to speed-up growth in a... read more

Bitreserve launch free money transfer and currency exchange

11 Jun 15 @ 14:31

Bitreserve is now, according to a company statement, the world’s first zero-cost money transfer and currency exchange service. For the first time in history, the transfer, exchange and conversion of money... read more

Ericsson And VeriFone Mobile Money announce global partnership

11 Jun 15 @ 14:23

Ericsson has partnered with VeriFone Mobile Money, a retail enablement software suite that will be integrated with Ericsson Wallet Platform to expand payment options, including in emerging markets. The global partnership... read more

Trending

UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Visa announces €500 Million European Investment Signals Strategic Response to Payments Sovereignty Push

31 May 26 @ 12:59

The debate around European payments sovereignty has intensified significantly over the past two years. Policymakers, regulators and financial institutions acros... more