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V.me digital payment service continues to grow in Europe

28 Oct 14 @ 13:51

Visa Europe says that V.me is now in pilot with Member banks in Norway, Sweden, Italy and Germany, taking the number of markets live or in pilot across Europe to 9.... read more

MyBank SEPA Direct Debit core mandates go live

28 Oct 14 @ 12:04

MyBank went live with MyBank Mandates for SEPA Core Direct Debits today following the successful conclusion of the first Joining Window. Financial institutions and service providers are in the process... read more

Apple Pay activates 1 million credit cards in first 3 days

28 Oct 14 @ 09:16

Timothy Cook, Apple CEO, has revealed that 1 million credit cards were activated on Apple Pay in the first three days that the mobile wallet went live, the New York Times... read more

Intel preps secure credit card transactions technology

27 Oct 14 @ 17:02

Swiping credit cards or using payment systems like Apple Pay at stores could become much safer thanks to a new Intel system, which could also make it easier for retailers... read more

US pharmacies disable NFC access to inhibit Apple Pay

27 Oct 14 @ 12:44

If it was easy, everyone would do it…or Google Wallet would already be a roaring success. However, it isn’t, and Apple Pay is now discovering its entry into the payments... read more

PCI SSC warning: European online transactions under cyber attack

24 Oct 14 @ 15:51

European merchants need to pay more attention to securing electronic payments, warns the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), in a stark warning over cyber attack. This was one of... read more

Global mobile payments trends in 2014

24 Oct 14 @ 15:45

The payments industry is approaching an inflection point with respect to whether the mobile wallet and mobile payments could become a viable every day payment tool. More and more consumers are... read more

President Obama to speed US EMV adoption

24 Oct 14 @ 15:38

In a bid to speed up US EMV adoption in the wake of recent payment card breaches at retailers, President Obama has signed an executive order directing government agencies to shift to... read more

Carney launches review Chaps payment system outage

23 Oct 14 @ 16:58

The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, has launched an independent review into the worst disruption of Britain’s banking payment system, the Chaps payment system, in seven years. The BoE said part of its real-time gross settlement... read more

Mobile Payment Index reveals Asia emerging as m-commerce powerhouse

23 Oct 14 @ 11:39

Adyen has announced its latest global Mobile Payments Index, which covers the period of July through to September 2014. The Mobile Payments Index, which captures data from web-based transactions across... read more

The Clearing House prepares for real-time payments system

23 Oct 14 @ 11:19

US bank-backed ACH, The Clearing House, has moved to develop a faster payments system as it begins the long process of replacing its antiquated current payments system. The Clearing House, a payments company and trade... read more

60% of Android attacks use financial malware

22 Oct 14 @ 13:59

According to the results of the “Mobile Cyber Threats” survey issued by Kaspersky Lab and INTERPOL, malicious, financial malware, programs targeting Android-based devices in order to steal money were used in 60% of attempted attacks... read more

Bango and Samsung in global mobile payment partnership

22 Oct 14 @ 13:30

Bango has signed a global agreement with Samsung. The agreement means that hundreds of millions of consumers using Samsung devices will have access to frictionless mobile payment for digital goods... read more

Signature-based mobile commerce payments

22 Oct 14 @ 10:55

Belgium-Dutch start-up Sign2Pay is hoping to help abandoned mobile commerce checkout problems with technology that lets customers complete purchases by signing their names on their phones’ screens. Sign2Pay lets customers... read more

UK number one target for cyber attacks in Europe

21 Oct 14 @ 12:58

The UK spends more on cyber defence than any other European state, and rightly so. New statistics have emerged showing that the UK suffered significantly more cyber attacks over the... read more

The HCE tap is open – will NFC services flow?

21 Oct 14 @ 09:23

I was prepared for Mobey Forum’s third annual Mobey Day event to be a lively affair. Bringing banks together with, amongst others, GSMA, chip manufacturers and mobile payment software providers... read more

Apple Pay launches

21 Oct 14 @ 08:57

Apple’s new payment system, Apple Pay, rolls out at some retailers and promises more protection from hackers. With cybersecurity threats showing no sign of slowing down, perhaps it is time... read more

Royal Bank of Scotland enters P2P lending market

20 Oct 14 @ 17:07

Royal Bank of Scotland is set to enter the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market in the latest sign that alternative finance is gaining traction by moving into the mainstream. The high street bank is... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Visa Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure as Credentials Reach 5.2 Billion

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more