12 Nov 14 @ 10:02

SumUp has announced that it has integrated Bitcoin into its mPOS solution through BitPay, the world’s largest Bitcoin payment processor. The integration means that any bricks and mortar retailer can now... read more

12 Nov 14 @ 09:00

A dutch crypto-currency fanatic has implanted two NFC tags under the skin in his hands to store his digital cash. Martijn Wismeijer, who runs a company called MrBitco.in in his... read more

11 Nov 14 @ 16:53

Mary Thompson, from CNBC, speaks with entrepreneurs who are looking to grab a piece of the red-hot mobile payments space, including Validsoft who secure digital and payment transactions.

11 Nov 14 @ 12:00

TSYS has released its white paper titled “How Issuers in Germany Can Replace Threatened Interchange Fees.” The paper explores the financial threat to German issuers of proposed changes to the... read more

11 Nov 14 @ 10:00

Carta Worldwide says it has released its tokenization service for digital payments. The solution, the company says, simplifies deployment and management of mobile payment products while delivering enhanced security and fraud protection.... read more

11 Nov 14 @ 09:00

First Data has unveiled Clover Mobile, a new mPOS business solution that brings new flexibility and versatility to the Clover family. Clover Mobile enables more personal consumer engagement for innovative... read more

10 Nov 14 @ 17:02

Sainsbury’s is trialling a mobile payments app that will allow its customers to build a virtual basket of favourite products before they shop, as well as scan goods at the... read more

10 Nov 14 @ 12:03

Official figures released by the global technical body EMVCo show that nearly 30% of all card-present transactions conducted globally between July 2013 and June 2014 used EMV chip technology. The... read more

10 Nov 14 @ 11:51

CurrentC, the MCX backed mobile payment system developed by a consortium of major retail chains, has made headlines lately for brazenly blocking Apple Pay transactions. The heat CurrentC faced from that poor... read more

10 Nov 14 @ 10:58

According to the term sheet, which was picked up by equity analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Sanjay Sakhrani, Apple Pay will receive 15 basis points (0.15 percent) per credit... read more

10 Nov 14 @ 10:42

At Money 2020, and in the wake of Apple Pay and its dominance of the headlines, US mobile money ventures, Softcard (formally ISIS) and merchant-run MCX, have been setting out... read more

10 Nov 14 @ 10:11

You are starting a new business and you are looking for a POS system to help you with giving your customers the best possible experience. But one thing to remember... read more

07 Nov 14 @ 15:47

Transaction Network Services (TNS), a portfolio company of Siris Capital Group since February 2013, has entered into an agreement to sell its payment gateway services business to MasterCard for an... read more

07 Nov 14 @ 15:41

Treasury Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie is to question banks over allegations that they may be under-reporting instances of cybercrime and bank fraud because they don’t want to frighten people. Tyrie... read more

07 Nov 14 @ 13:28

American Express this week launched a tokenisation service in the US that aims to replace payment card numbers with unique tokens. “With American Express Token Service, traditional card account numbers... read more

07 Nov 14 @ 13:21

Braintree, acquired last year by PayPal for $800 million, is aiming to take its ‘One Touch’ payment technology for Paypal beyond the US market. In August the parent firm announced... read more

05 Nov 14 @ 10:51

Visa and MasterCard have bowed to pressure from Canadian regulators by agreeing to set a 1.5% cap on interchange rates in Canada for the next five years, a reduction of... read more

05 Nov 14 @ 10:33

Apple’s move into payments with its Apple Pay service represents a tipping point for contactless payments, according to Verifone Europe president June Yee Felix, speaking at the Cartes 2014 event... read more