25 Sep 14 @ 12:00

Ripple’s payments network, that allows institutions to facilitate low-cost international money transfers without the intermediation of large banks, has signed its first two US banks as customers. The two banks –... read more

24 Sep 14 @ 15:52

PayPal says it will partner with three major Bitcoin payment processors in this space – BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin. Although PayPal has stopped short of integrating bitcoin into its digital wallet... read more

24 Sep 14 @ 15:28

The British Bankers Association (BBA) is to build a new alert system that will see 12 government and law enforcement agencies warn banks of the latest cyber threats to financial crime,... read more

24 Sep 14 @ 15:14

The ATM channel offers exciting possibilities for banks – if they are astute enough to recognise them and then to take the necessary action. This is the key message found... read more

24 Sep 14 @ 10:58

Now that SEPA direct debits and credit transfers are firmly established in Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) is aiming to speed up SEPA for cards. In a new report,... read more

23 Sep 14 @ 10:33

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and other EU supervisory authorities have warned banks to reinforce IT controls and audits on third-party technology providers with relation to operational and IT risk. The Joint Committee of... read more

23 Sep 14 @ 10:22

Payment data analytics is presenting significant opportunities for banks to drive additional revenues and enhance their value proposition. Banks are exploring numerous ways to generate real value from their payment... read more

19 Sep 14 @ 12:06

BNP Paribas Fortis and SIX Payment Services (SIX) are entering into a unique partnership, targeted to acquiring services to merchants of all sizes and industries in Belgium. BNP Paribas Fortis... read more

19 Sep 14 @ 12:00

First Data is to roll out their mPOS solution that is set to make payment acceptance faster and secure for the Indian merchant community in partnership with Mahindra Comviva. Th solution enables... read more

19 Sep 14 @ 11:43

Orange has agreed partnerships with African banks to expand its mobile money services across the region to try to match the popularity of Vodafone’s M-Pesa. The French telecoms group has struck a... read more

19 Sep 14 @ 11:33

Banque Populaire Caisse d’Epargne (BPCE) has partnered with Twitter to let customers tweet money to each other via a P2P payments service. From October 2014, everyone with a bank card... read more

18 Sep 14 @ 09:44

Regulators in the Asia-pacific region are looking at rolling out a SEPA-style single payment area, but what will be the challenges of such a project in one of the most... read more

18 Sep 14 @ 09:28

The global payments and transaction-banking businesses continue to represent vital elements of the banking industry and the global financial-services landscape. The importance of these businesses both as critical sources of... read more

18 Sep 14 @ 09:00

Yaap, the joint-venture between CaixaBank, Banco Santander and Telefónica, has releases Yaap money – a mobile app that facilitates the secure transfer of P2P payments instantaneously between users’ mobile phones.... read more

17 Sep 14 @ 12:44

The Point of Sale systems in use in many retail businesses nowadays are not only some sort of fancy cash register. Gone are the days of manual encoding and punching... read more

17 Sep 14 @ 12:09

Amazon shut down its WebPay service, saying that the P2P money transfer service is not good enough to keep going. For several years, WebPay has let Amazon Payments users send,... read more

17 Sep 14 @ 11:58

After hitting its £1 billion milestone and raising $25 million from Sir Richard Branson and others this year, TransferWise is now moving beyond the ‘early adopter phase’ to challenge the... read more

17 Sep 14 @ 11:43

As reported in PCM yesterday, Transport for London (TfL) has extended contactless payment support to the full Oyster network and operator EE has expanded its mobile micropayment service accordingly. Cash... read more