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Compass Plus powers Klarna’s global expansion

20 Oct 14 @ 16:32

Compass Plus has announced that it has successfully completed the implementation of its open development payments platform TranzAxis with Klarna, a leading European online payment provider. Klarna makes online payments... read more

Westpac launches new mobile payment sticker

20 Oct 14 @ 16:23

Westpac has launched its new mobile payment sticker, enabling customers to make payments with any mobile device. The Westpac PayTag, can be attached to the back of a mobile device... read more

Half of US POS terminals to accept EMV in 2015

20 Oct 14 @ 16:19

The Payments Security Task Force (PST) has announced a forecast of participating acquirers estimating that at least 47% of US POS terminals will be enabled for EMV chip technology by the end... read more

Easy steps to Fix 4 card reader errors

20 Oct 14 @ 13:17

Credit and debit cards have gained wide acceptance as the main mode of payment for US consumers for decades now. They have driven the economy to new heights as well... read more

MasterCard and Zwipe announce world’s first biometric contactless payment card

20 Oct 14 @ 12:55

MasterCard and Zwipe announced their partnership for the launch of the world’s first biometric contactless payment card featuring an integrated fingerprint sensor. The launch of the card comes after a successful... read more

EPC launches new SEPA scheme management bodies

20 Oct 14 @ 12:07

The European Payments Council (EPC) is to set up a host of new bodies to manage the Single euro payments area (SEPA) scheme and are calling for independent candidates to... read more

Alibaba make new financial services push

20 Oct 14 @ 11:59

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group said on Thursday it has folded six different businesses into a single business unit and changed the name of its Alipay financial services affiliate to... read more

W3C launches web payments initiative and reduce fraud

17 Oct 14 @ 09:00

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) says it will begin a new initiative to integrate payments seamlessly into the Open Web Platform and help tackle fraud. W3C calls upon all industry stakeholders... read more

Smartwatches face challenges as payment system

16 Oct 14 @ 11:00

A recent GfK survey in China, Germany, South Korea, the UK and the US indicates that people in these countries see potential in using smartwatches to ‘carry’ tickets for passenger... read more

Retail banks begin heavy digital investment

16 Oct 14 @ 10:52

Financial services association, BAI has released preliminary findings from a survey which suggests online and mobile platforms are the leading focus of technology investments for retail banks as they move... read more

Tokenization for mobile payments and mobile wallet services

16 Oct 14 @ 10:20

MasterCard and Visa has recently released the technical specifications for tokenization. Tokenization is the next generation security for mobile cloud based payments and other secure mobile services. “We started the... read more

SIA launches mobile money service

15 Oct 14 @ 14:26

Italian payment processor SIA has launched a SEPA-compliant smartphone-based mobile money transfer service, enabling users to send and receive money in real time to and from their phone contacts. The... read more

Kotak Mahindra offers Facebook mobile money transfers

15 Oct 14 @ 14:23

Indian bank Kotak Mahindra (KMB) has unveiled a mobile money transfer service enabling Facebook users to make funds transfers to each other. The KayPay application utilises India’s Immediate Payment Service... read more

Japanese social media network Line moves into payments

15 Oct 14 @ 14:17

Japanese social media messaging network Line has entered the payments market with a service for both online and in-store transactions. Line, which has 560 million registered users worldwide, will enable... read more

New UK regulator will supervise Visa and MasterCard

15 Oct 14 @ 14:12

The UK government is planning to put supervision of MasterCard and Visa alongside the UK’s main interbank payment systems under the remit of the new Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which... read more

Is Apple Pay the answer to mobile payments?

14 Oct 14 @ 09:00

On September 9, 2014, Apple announced Apple Pay along with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch. Apple Pay is first available in the US, with international launch expected later. The... read more

ASB and BNZ to launch New Zealand mobile wallet

13 Oct 14 @ 17:42

New Zealand banks ASB and BNZ are to launch a live pilot of a domestic  mobile wallet developed by NFS NZ, a joint venture company established by the country’s leading... read more

200 billion card payments worldwide in 2013

13 Oct 14 @ 17:21

A total of 205 billion card payments were made worldwide in 2013, a rise of 13% on 2012, according “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts 2013-2019”, a new report from... 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