28 Apr 15 @ 12:16

Digital-only banks will struggle with UK banking customers when they launch this year, with only one in eight (13%) consumers claiming that they plan to switch to an account with a digital-only... read more

27 Apr 15 @ 16:57

A new payments survey of more than 1,100 executives representing leading banks, retailers and billing organizations across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA revealed that although 80% of them understand they... read more

24 Apr 15 @ 10:36

The total value of the digital currency Bitcoin is now approximately $3.4 billion, and many companies and investors are working to prove that the technology can make financial services cheaper... read more

23 Apr 15 @ 14:29

Shares in Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. climbed the most since October after China’s government indicated it plans to end a monopoly in bank-card clearing. Visa gained 4.1% to close... read more

23 Apr 15 @ 13:11

A new research paper by SWIFT assesses the global real-time retail payments systems (RT-RPS) landscape, provides analysis on the key drivers and trends, and identifies the different approaches, barriers to... read more

23 Apr 15 @ 12:05

With a crucial deadline looming in 2015, the US payments industry will have only partially converted to the Europay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) chip card standard by the end of that year. Indeed,... read more

22 Apr 15 @ 12:02

For the second year in a row, improvement in global retail bank customer experience levels has stalled with a decline of less than 1% leaving banks challenged to drive top-line growth,... read more

22 Apr 15 @ 10:37

In conjunction with a US Secret Service investigation, Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers have unearthed a new family of POS malware. POS malware is a sinister and often difficult-to-detect threat that preys on retailers... read more

21 Apr 15 @ 18:28

Regulatory compliance has long been viewed as a mandatory component and a ‘cost’ of doing business as a financial services provider, whether you are an issuer, programme manager or payment... read more

21 Apr 15 @ 18:09

A new survey from 451 Research finds Apple Pay gaining momentum in the mobile payments space, primarily at the expense of PayPal. “Our latest survey shows planned use of Apple... read more

21 Apr 15 @ 14:46

Thales says that Verifone now uses Thales nShield hardware security modules (HSMs) for its end-to-end payment encryption solution – VeriShield Total Protect – to provide robust, high speed, scalable crypto to... read more

20 Apr 15 @ 12:19

The number of mobile banking users is set to almost double from 17.8 million to 32.6 million by 2020, whilst the number of UK adults using online banking will increase... read more

20 Apr 15 @ 11:59

A survey conducted in the US, Canada and the UK by FICO shows that fraud is top-of-mind for consumers in the wake of high-profile data breaches. Respondents’ primary concern about payment... read more

20 Apr 15 @ 11:36

According to several reports over the weekend, Apple is struggling to get the same level of support for its payments brand Apple Pay, outside of the US. Apple is alleged... read more

17 Apr 15 @ 13:49

Google’s efforts to promote broader adoption of its Google Wallet mobile payment system appear to be gathering momentum. The company earlier this week announced that Dunkin’ Donuts and online food... read more

17 Apr 15 @ 13:41

The number of Europeans who will use a mobile payment application in 2015 will rise 51% year over year for a total of about 185 million, according to an ING... read more

17 Apr 15 @ 13:36

According to a WSJ blog, American Express is experimenting with facial recognition and wearable technology that could turn into new capabilities for some of its mobile apps, including products aimed... read more

17 Apr 15 @ 12:56

Royal Bank of Canada, which over a year ago built its own mobile wallet technology (with partners) that it’s adapted to work with Apple Pay, Android alternatives and the card... read more