27 Oct 14 @ 12:44

If it was easy, everyone would do it…or Google Wallet would already be a roaring success. However, it isn’t, and Apple Pay is now discovering its entry into the payments... read more

24 Oct 14 @ 15:51

European merchants need to pay more attention to securing electronic payments, warns the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), in a stark warning over cyber attack. This was one of... read more

24 Oct 14 @ 15:45

The payments industry is approaching an inflection point with respect to whether the mobile wallet and mobile payments could become a viable every day payment tool. More and more consumers are... read more

24 Oct 14 @ 15:38

In a bid to speed up US EMV adoption in the wake of recent payment card breaches at retailers, President Obama has signed an executive order directing government agencies to shift to... read more

23 Oct 14 @ 16:58

The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, has launched an independent review into the worst disruption of Britain’s banking payment system, the Chaps payment system, in seven years. The BoE said part of its real-time gross settlement... read more

23 Oct 14 @ 11:39

Adyen has announced its latest global Mobile Payments Index, which covers the period of July through to September 2014. The Mobile Payments Index, which captures data from web-based transactions across... read more

23 Oct 14 @ 11:19

US bank-backed ACH, The Clearing House, has moved to develop a faster payments system as it begins the long process of replacing its antiquated current payments system. The Clearing House, a payments company and trade... read more

22 Oct 14 @ 13:59

According to the results of the “Mobile Cyber Threats” survey issued by Kaspersky Lab and INTERPOL, malicious, financial malware, programs targeting Android-based devices in order to steal money were used in 60% of attempted attacks... read more

22 Oct 14 @ 13:30

Bango has signed a global agreement with Samsung. The agreement means that hundreds of millions of consumers using Samsung devices will have access to frictionless mobile payment for digital goods... read more

22 Oct 14 @ 10:55

Belgium-Dutch start-up Sign2Pay is hoping to help abandoned mobile commerce checkout problems with technology that lets customers complete purchases by signing their names on their phones’ screens. Sign2Pay lets customers... read more

21 Oct 14 @ 12:58

The UK spends more on cyber defence than any other European state, and rightly so. New statistics have emerged showing that the UK suffered significantly more cyber attacks over the... read more

21 Oct 14 @ 09:23

I was prepared for Mobey Forum’s third annual Mobey Day event to be a lively affair. Bringing banks together with, amongst others, GSMA, chip manufacturers and mobile payment software providers... read more

21 Oct 14 @ 08:57

Apple’s new payment system, Apple Pay, rolls out at some retailers and promises more protection from hackers. With cybersecurity threats showing no sign of slowing down, perhaps it is time... read more

20 Oct 14 @ 17:07

Royal Bank of Scotland is set to enter the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market in the latest sign that alternative finance is gaining traction by moving into the mainstream. The high street bank is... read more

20 Oct 14 @ 16:32

Compass Plus has announced that it has successfully completed the implementation of its open development payments platform TranzAxis with Klarna, a leading European online payment provider. Klarna makes online payments... read more

20 Oct 14 @ 16:23

Westpac has launched its new mobile payment sticker, enabling customers to make payments with any mobile device. The Westpac PayTag, can be attached to the back of a mobile device... read more

20 Oct 14 @ 16:19

The Payments Security Task Force (PST) has announced a forecast of participating acquirers estimating that at least 47% of US POS terminals will be enabled for EMV chip technology by the end... read more

20 Oct 14 @ 13:17

Credit and debit cards have gained wide acceptance as the main mode of payment for US consumers for decades now. They have driven the economy to new heights as well... read more