28 Aug 14 @ 12:11

US banking giant JPMorgan is the latest high-profile organization to suffer a hack attack, which is now being investigated by the FBI. It is reported that in mid-August, Russian hackers... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:09

Digital currency processor GoCoin has announced a partnership with Apriva, a major payment processor, to enable bitcoin payments for more than 1,000 clients of Apriva. GoCoin is the first payment... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:05

Visa has announced that its Visa Checkout e-commerce service is now available at nearly 4 million US online retailers. The Visa Checkout service incorporates a ‘Checkout’ button into retailer websites,... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:02

Ingenico Roam, part of Ingenico Mobile Solutions, has partnered with global payment processor First Data to launch an mPOS solution into the Indian market. Leveraging ROAM’s mobile solution and Ingenico’s... read more

27 Aug 14 @ 11:57

Spain’s CaixaBank has signed an agreement with ATM manufacturer Fujitsu to manufacture 8,500 new terminals featuring cutting-edge technology and to innovate jointly on a global scale. The new ATMs are... read more

27 Aug 14 @ 11:54

BPC Banking Technologies, a global provider of open system payment solutions, has been selected by Ethiopia’s EthSwitch to power its national switching operations in Ethiopia. BPC’s SmartVista solution was selected... read more

27 Aug 14 @ 11:52

IBM and global mobile banking solution provider Monitise have announced a global digital commerce and resourcing alliance. Aimed at leveraging both companies’ mobile banking, payments and commerce technology, this alliance... read more

27 Aug 14 @ 11:49

mPOS player Square has overhauled its Cash P2P payments app to enable users to send and receive funds via text. The latest version of Square Cash gives users the ability... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 11:05

A survey from the American Bankers Association (ABA) shows that the internet continues to be the most popular banking channel, although mobile, ATMs and even branches are gaining popularity. A... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:59

New Zealand’s Westpac Bank will integrate its online banking platform with start-up Moven’s mobile money management tool to enable customers manage their money through their smartphones, tablets or desktop. Moven,... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:55

Micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly linking up with payments start-up Stripe to launch an ‘in-tweet’ e-commerce purchase feature, enabling users to enter payment information without leaving the site. Twitter is... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:50

The Target data breach, which compromised the data of 40 million cardholders continues to have ramifications across the industry. Following a class-action lawsuit against Target for the data breach, MasterCard... read more

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