19 Feb 15 @ 14:56

Visa Inc. has announced that Visa Checkout will become available in a total of 16 markets in 2015, continuing the growth the proposition has experienced since launching in three markets... read more

19 Feb 15 @ 12:38

The sub-Saharan mobile money market is set to provide telcos and banks with as much as $1.5 billion in fees by 2019, according to research from the Boston Consulting Group... read more

19 Feb 15 @ 12:29

Google is to close its Bebapay prepaid card in the Kenya market in order to shift its focus onto the payments space. Bebapay was launched in 2013 as a prepaid... read more

19 Feb 15 @ 11:09

EMVCo says it plans to improve its 3D Secure online payment solution by facilitating a more seamless transaction flow and integration with online merchants. Introduced in 2001, 3D Secure has... read more

19 Feb 15 @ 10:42

Spending on contactless cards more than trebled over the last year to reach a record £2.32 billion in 2014, with the total spend last year more than double that of all the previous... read more

19 Feb 15 @ 08:57

As the battle for handset supremacy wages on, the new weapon for Samsung is LoopPay, as the electronics giant agreed to acquire the mobile wallet services provider that turns existing magnetic stripe... read more

18 Feb 15 @ 12:51

With figures from MasterCard showing that contactless transactions in Europe grew by 174% year on year in the last quarter of 2014, the payment network is predicting that the surge... read more

18 Feb 15 @ 12:47

UK banks RBS and NatWest are leveraging Apple’s biometric Touch ID function for fingerprint log-in to mobile banking apps on the iPhone. In what the banks claim is a UK... read more

18 Feb 15 @ 12:43

European software specialist Tieto has helped Raiffeisen Bank become one of the first banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide contactless payment services for Visa cards. With the Card Suite... read more

17 Feb 15 @ 14:51

Global smartphone sales set a new milestone in the fourth quarter of 2014, reaching $115 billion for the quarter, an increase of 20% year-on-year, according to data from research firm... read more

17 Feb 15 @ 14:48

Swedish mPOS specialist iZettle is launching the world’s first free-of-charge chip and PIN reader for merchant customers across Europe. The new iZettle Card Reader Lite connects to tablets and smartphones... read more

17 Feb 15 @ 14:46

orderbird, an iPAD POS provider, and its strategic payment partner ConCardis have launched a solution for cashless payment with card or contactless via NFC such as Apple Pay. The newly... read more

16 Feb 15 @ 15:33

By the end of 2015, approximately 59% of US POS locations will be EMV-enabled, according to a report from payment consultancy Aite Group. Awareness of the migration to EMV among... read more

16 Feb 15 @ 15:25

The new version of Apple Pay will include coupon redemption, loyalty and ticketing functionalities, according to a patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The updated Apple Pay... read more

16 Feb 15 @ 15:17

Around $1 billion may have been stolen by hackers from 100 banks worldwide in an unprecedented cyber attack, according to a report by security specialist Kaspersky Lab. The attacks, which... read more

16 Feb 15 @ 15:14

Canadian NFC payments entrant Mobeewave has secured a $6.5 million funding round led by SBT Venture Capital. According to the company, the investment will be used to support market expansion... read more

13 Feb 15 @ 12:29

The Kaspersky Lab study ‘Financial Cyber Threats in 2014’ reports that 28.8% of phishing attacks in 2014 were intended to steal financial data from users. While carrying out their scams,... read more

13 Feb 15 @ 11:54

According to a new survey in the US, trust is eroding among mobile device users when it comes to making purchases or mobile wallet and app downloads. A survey of 15,000... read more