17 Dec 14 @ 14:19

Christmas 2014 looks set to have a large increase in cyber crime with the UK shopper set to spend a record £374.3 million over the festive period with one in... read more

17 Dec 14 @ 08:47

Samsung is said to be discussing a deal with a payments start-up that would help the smartphone maker introduce a mobile payments system in 2015 to rival Apple Pay, multiple sources report.... read more

16 Dec 14 @ 11:21

In a blog post on December 11 from Microsoft, the software giant quietly announced that its customers can now use bitcoin to purchase certain products through third party payment processor BitPay,... read more

16 Dec 14 @ 11:13

Barclaycard is to trial gloves that allow people to pay for their shopping via contactless, following demand for a wearable payment item that makes paying quicker and easier when laden... read more

15 Dec 14 @ 12:15

It has been revealed that for the last five years, hackers have been using a banking malware to siphon unencrypted credit/debit card information from the computer networks of Charge Anywhere, an... read more

15 Dec 14 @ 10:43

Payfone a mobile authentication startup,  is working with US financial institutions to introduce technology that utilises the same security standards applied by wireless operators to identify their customers as they... read more

15 Dec 14 @ 10:32

Lloyds Bank is to roll-out mobile cheque deposit technology with a select group of commercial customers. The pilot trial will enable customers to take a photo of the cheque using their mobile... read more

15 Dec 14 @ 10:27

Online shopping via mobile phones has become the main way Chinese people spend their money, with a large number of those living in rural areas jumping on the mobile commerce bandwagon,... read more

12 Dec 14 @ 11:05

Apple Pay and ATMs are included on Woburn, Mass.-based data-security services provider Kaspersky Lab Inc.’s newly released list of nine security predictions for 2015. The top targets will be banks, which... read more

12 Dec 14 @ 09:00

With Apple leading the market, banks losing some control, and Bitcoin blockchain used to design new financial products, it looks like an exciting year ahead for the mobile payments space.... read more

11 Dec 14 @ 13:56

A new service that lets NFC phone users enter their PIN on their mobile device to confirm a high value transaction is making it possible for UK consumers to make... read more

11 Dec 14 @ 12:31

As we head toward the close, 2014 seemed to be the year of the dinosaur— as in the outmoded creature whose days were ended in the flash of a mighty asteroid strike.... read more

10 Dec 14 @ 11:09

Vast numbers of hours, experts and resources have been devoted to the implementation of the EMV standard for credit and debit cards in the United States. As the smoke begins... read more

09 Dec 14 @ 16:18

According to local sources, Russia’s Rossiya and SMP banks, which fell under Western sanctions, are among the eight lenders that will start testing the country’s new national payment system on... read more

09 Dec 14 @ 12:38

It has been disclosed that venture capital investment in European payment companies is surpassing dotcom boom levels, boosted by the fast take-up of digital technologies and shifts in consumer behaviour.... read more

09 Dec 14 @ 12:10

The coffee chain Starbucks processes around 47 million transactions each week in its 12,000 US stores, news.yahoo.com reports. According to the source, 7 million of those purchases (around 15%) are made... read more

09 Dec 14 @ 10:03

9 banks representing 80% of the Belgian market can now make use of Sixdots, a mobile wallet service that uses a combination of QR codes and a 6-digit PIN to make... read more

09 Dec 14 @ 09:56

In its second meeting, on 1 December 2014, the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB), a multi-stakeholder group chaired by the European Central Bank (ECB), decided to step up work on the... read more