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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

Facebook Messenger payments

29 May 15 @ 10:32

The Facebook Messenger payments service has been tweaked to make it easier for friends to send money within conversations. Although launched in March, the P2P payments feature has so far... read more

BBVA mobile wallet enhancements

29 May 15 @ 10:21

BBVA has added a new feature to its mobile wallet app that enables users to remotely control their debit and credit cards from their smartphone. The latest version of BBVA... read more

Google launch Android Pay

29 May 15 @ 10:14

Google has unveiled its second crack at the payments market in the form of Android Pay, which will enable credit, debit, prepaid and small business cardholders to use their Android phones... read more

Remote Deposit Capture – Mobile the new scanner

27 May 15 @ 17:11

As check usage declines, mobile Remote Deposit Capture is becoming the preferred deposit method for a growing number of bank customers, according to a new report titled State of Remote Deposit... read more

Global smartphone growth

27 May 15 @ 14:34

According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments are expected to grow 11.3% in 2015, which is down... read more

MasterCard & Target data breach settlement disintegrates

27 May 15 @ 13:56

The proposed $19 million settlement between MasterCard and Target over the retailer’s 2013 data breach has fallen through after not enough banks accepted the deal, according to MasterCard. The agreement, announced... read more

Identity fraud up by 27% in first quarter of 2015

27 May 15 @ 13:12

New data shows that identity fraud was the dominant fraud threat in the first quarter of 2015. 34,151 confirmed instances of identity fraud were recorded in the first quarter of... read more

Payments Cards and Mobile – Buyers Guide 2015-2016

27 May 15 @ 12:52

Reach your potential customers in Global Banking and Financial Institutions, Retailers and merchants, Telecommunications, Third Party Processors, Solution and Service Providers as well as senior executives in Transport, Health, Equipment... read more

Apple Pay users on the up

26 May 15 @ 14:22

Apple Pay is becoming more and more frequently used each month, a bi-monthly study has revealed. In May, nearly half (46%) of iPhone 6 owners have successfully used Apple Pay.... read more

FCA rejects EBA guidelines on online payments

26 May 15 @ 14:09

The UK has rejected the chance to sign up for new European Banking Authority (EBA) guidelines on online payment security, making the FCA one of only three EU countries to resist... read more

Postbank to trial Host Card Emulation

26 May 15 @ 14:00

Germany’s Postbank is to run an internal pilot of an NFC mobile payments app operating in a Host Card Emulation environment. Postbank employees participating in the project will be able... read more

BNZ deploys PayClip mPOS in New Zealand

22 May 15 @ 16:50

Mint Payments has announced that its partnership with Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has resulted in the successful deployment and enhancement of BNZ’s PayClip mPOS payments product. PayClip enables business... read more

UK consumers ready to drop banks for mobile – Zapp

22 May 15 @ 16:47

UK mobile payment provider Zapp has released research which shows that 21 million UK consumers are ready to switch banks to access mobile payments, 33% of these within a year.... read more

Cash overtaken by ‘non-cash’ payments in 2014

21 May 15 @ 15:10

Figures published today show that the total number of cash payments made by consumers, businesses and financial organisations in the UK fell to 48% last year (from 52% in 2013).... 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