07 Jul 14 @ 19:22

NXP Semiconductors announced that it has extended its leadership in the market for secure ICs in payment cards with 48% market share in million units for 2013, growing from 32%... read more

02 Jul 14 @ 12:48

On July 7, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Easter District of New York will begin hearing arguments in the case, which the Department of Justice... read more

02 Jul 14 @ 09:05

The UK government is hoping to resist the slide of cheque usage by allowing a system that will allow people to pay using mobile cheque deposit by taking a photo... read more

02 Jul 14 @ 09:02

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the annual transaction value of online, mobile and contactless payments (digital payments) will reach $4.7 trillion by 2019, up from just over $2.5... read more

01 Jul 14 @ 10:08

South Africa’s telco’s have been trying for some time to unpick the mobile banking lock, but they have not been able to repeat the successes they have had in countries... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 15:12

NCR Corporation and Banca Popolare di Bari, one of Italy’s largest banks, announced that NCR has been selected as the partner of choice to help the bank design and implement its... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 14:53

BBVA is the first global banking group to commercially launch mobile HCE mobile payments based on new cloud-based payment specifications from Visa. The new cloud-based system will allow BBVA customers... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 10:50

Not long ago, Google showcased Android Wear, as well as a bunch of smartwatches which will go on sale at the Google Play Store – Samsung Gear Live and LG... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 10:42

Android malware, a malicious software that can imitate legitimate online banking applications is hitting customers in South Korea, with thousands of devices infected in the last week, according to a... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 10:35

Since the beginning of 2014, some of the UK’s main high street banks have reported losses of over £21 million from vishing attacks, where consumers are tricked into handing over... read more

30 Jun 14 @ 10:28

Russian Standard Bank, Samsung Electronics and MasterCard have announced the commercial launch of a contactless payment service on some flagship NFC-enabled Samsung devices.  For MasterCard and Samsung, the Russian launch... read more

26 Jun 14 @ 17:09

US payments provider Stripe announced a deal with industry giant Alipay that will enable merchants in the UK and Europe to accept payments from Chinese consumers. The US firm hopes... read more

26 Jun 14 @ 16:47

New York’s financial sector is helping it outstrip Silicon Valley in terms of fintech start-up investment, according to a new report by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York... read more

26 Jun 14 @ 09:37

2014 Debit Issuer Study reveals increased usage, a renewed focus on fraud prevention and EMV issuance, and a resurgence of debit rewards linking merchant offers. Financial institutions weathered the Target... read more

25 Jun 14 @ 17:15

Datacard Group has announced that, in the US alone, financial institutions have instantly issued over 15 million cards this past year with Datacard instant issuance solutions. “We’ve seen that the US... read more

25 Jun 14 @ 12:19

A global fraud study of more than 6,100 consumers across 20 countries revealed that one in four consumers is a victim of card fraud in the last five years. The... read more

25 Jun 14 @ 11:46

The rapid convergence of prepaid and mobile commerce is creating significant opportunities for merchants and other stakeholder groups to push banks and other day-to-day money management service providers down the... read more

25 Jun 14 @ 09:37

ZipZap has announced its expansion to the UK through a partnership with Payzone one of UK’s leading consumer payments and cash distribution networks. With this partnership, ZipZap now offers an... read more