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UPS becomes latest data breach victim

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

EyeVerify biometric selfie tech gets backing

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

PFS launches first prepaid MasterCard for Finland

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

Russia forges closer ties with China UnionPay

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

M-Pesa transaction fees cut

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

PayPal launches One Touch mobile check-out

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

Overstock rolls out bitcoin globally

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

UK banks launch bounced fee system

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

TIS Americas, Allied Payment Network team on mobile bill payments

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

Oberthur Technologies acquires NagraID

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

Square to extend cash advance service

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

First Annapolis highlights US EMV push

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

mPOS player SumUp closes funding round

18 Aug 14 @ 15:34

European mPOS specialist SumUp has closed a double-digit million dollar Series C funding round led by Russian fintech venture capital fund Life.Sreda. Existing investors, including Groupon, BBVA Ventures and various... read more

eBay’s Braintree could accept bitcoin

18 Aug 14 @ 15:31

Online auction site eBay is planning to integrate bitcoin into its Braintree payments service. The move comes after executives from eBay’s online payments unit PayPal held meetings with digital currency... read more

Barclaycard bpay contactless wristbands offer data mining

15 Aug 14 @ 13:34

Barclaycard, which recently laumched ‘bPay’ contactless wristbands, is offering businesses customer behavioural data mined from the wearable devices. Barclaycard will begin a full roll-out of bPay bands next year, allowing... read more

Heartland acquires mPOS firm Leaf

15 Aug 14 @ 13:27

Payment processor Heartland Payment Systems has acquired Leaf, a US-based mPOS start-up. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Heartland initially paid $20 million for a majority stake in... read more

US store chain Supervalu hit by network breach

15 Aug 14 @ 13:19

US supermarket chain Supervalu has become the latest large-scale merchant to suffer a breach of its network, compromising customer card data. In a statement, the company says it suffered a... read more

Russia backs down on Visa and MasterCard deadline

14 Aug 14 @ 14:48

Russia’s Central Bank is preparing to abandon its deadline for Visa and MasterCard to pay transaction security deposits because neither has yet selected a partner to process cards in Russia next year,... read more

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UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more