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

04 Nov 14 @ 10:24

Mobile commerce specialist Proxama is to acquire payment technology specialist Aconite Technology. According to the two companies, the acquisition will create a compelling end-to-end solution for card issuers to migrate... read more

04 Nov 14 @ 10:11

Instant issuance specialist Datacard Group and its recent acquisition Entrust have unveiled a new company name, logo and corporate brand identity – Entrust Datacard –  at the Cartes 2014 event... read more

04 Nov 14 @ 09:57

Users on the move is the theme of Cartes 2014, taking place in Paris between 4-6 November. Exhibitors are demonstrating the latest innovations in mobile POS and digital commerce. Cartes... read more

03 Nov 14 @ 16:04

NXP Semiconductors has introduced the PN66T module: the “most comprehensive solution for secure NFC mobile transactions”. The module combines a highly secure Smart MX2 element (P61), NFC radio, operating system and... read more

03 Nov 14 @ 15:54

CPI Card Group announced the launch of CPIMobile, an “innovative solution to deliver secure digital credentials to mobile phones for NFC mobile payments” using Sequent technology. Sequent will enable CPI to... read more