22 Aug 14 @ 11:47

Online auction house eBay is considering selling its PayPal unit next year, according to media reports. Tech site ‘The Information’ stated that during interviews for the vacant position of president... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 11:01

Payments Cards & Mobile is one of the featured contributors to a new CNN article examining new cashless payment technology including contactless cards and mobile payments. The article, which is... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:55

mPOS specialist Square has launched Square Analytics, a merchant analytics tool, as part of its Register service. Square Analytics derives actionable data from merchants in order to increase sales. Square... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:52

The Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup of the Boston Federal Reserve has released the outcome of its May 2014 meeting on the state of the industry in the US and has... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:48

The European Central Bank (ECB) has named four key payment systems – Target2, Euro1, Step2-T and Core(Fr) – as “systemically important”, and as a result they will be subject to... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:15

VeriFone Mobile Money and Airtel Africa, part of the Bharti Airtel Group, are teaming up to offer VeriFone Mobile Money’s merchant enablement applications for mobile ‘Tap n Pay’ services across... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:10

Package delivery giant UPS has become the latest company to admit that customer payment card details may be at risk after it discovered malware at 51 of its US stores.... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:07

A tech company specialising in biometric selfies for use in banking authentication has received $6 million in funding to expand the company’s proposition. EyeVerify’s self-verification technology, Eyeprint ID, enables smartphone... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:04

UK prepaid solution provider Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) has announced the launch of the Airopay card, the first prepaid MasterCard in Finland. The card is denominated in euros and is... read more

20 Aug 14 @ 15:15

Russia’s MDM Bank has partnered with Chinese payment network China UnionPay (CUP) to issue CUP-branded cards. Other Russian banks, including Alfa Bank, Gazprombank and Bank of Moscow are also preparing... read more

20 Aug 14 @ 15:10

M-Pesa, the African mobile money phenomenon, will see its transaction fees for low-value payments being significantly reduced as its owner, Vodafone subsidiary Safaricom, prepares to fight competition from rival services... read more

20 Aug 14 @ 15:07

PayPal has launched a new mobile ap product, One Touch, for merchants and app developers. One Touch has been built in conjunction with eBay unit Braintree, and is modeled on... read more

20 Aug 14 @ 15:02

E-commerce giant Overstock has announced that bitcoin payments will be available on its international website from 1 September. Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, has announced that the company intends to... read more

19 Aug 14 @ 15:53

UK banks are launching a ‘retry’ system that will give customers a second chance to avoid bounced payments and their associated fees. From 1 September, when a customer’s standing order,... read more

19 Aug 14 @ 15:46

Top Image Systems, a provider of enterprise content management and business process management solutions, and a mobile imaging platform provider, has forged a long-term transaction-based deal with Allied Payment Network... read more

19 Aug 14 @ 15:39

Digital security specialist Oberthur Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire display card manufacturer NagraID Security. Oberthur will acquire a 100% equity stake of NagraID Security from the Kudelski Group... read more

19 Aug 14 @ 15:35

mPOS player Square is extending its small business cash advance financing programme after securing investment from Victory Park Capital. The Square Capital programme is aimed at small businesses using its... read more

18 Aug 14 @ 15:39

US consultancy First Annapolis has highlighted how issuers are feeling heightened pressure to migrate card portfolios to EMV as the October 2015 liability shift deadline quickly approaches. After a spate... read more