04 Apr 14 @ 10:41

First Data announced that thinkmoney, part of the Think Money Group, has deployed its PIN NOW SMS solution which provides a digital alternative to the traditional paper PIN mailer. A customer... read more

04 Apr 14 @ 10:30

US regulators have warned its banks to protect their ATM’s and card authorisation systems from a fresh wave of cyber-attacks that seek to ATM hack a control weaknesses to spew... read more

04 Apr 14 @ 10:09

P2P mobile payments service Paym will be rolled out by Britain’s banks at the end of this month. Customers of participating banks and building societies can register their mobile numbers,... read more

03 Apr 14 @ 13:05

The European Parliament is to support the cap on costs of all credit and debit cards at reasonable levels across Europe but is allowing member states to set even lower... read more

03 Apr 14 @ 09:53

Financial institutions will need to aggressively promote the benefits of mobile remote deposit capture service in their marketing communications in order to grow its usage, according to a recent survey... read more

02 Apr 14 @ 11:27

ISO20022 is becoming the de facto standard for financial services messaging. This is undoubtedly a good thing – increasing globalisation is driving cross-border payments volumes so any harmonisation is welcome.... read more

02 Apr 14 @ 10:45

Brits have now downloaded more than 12.4 million mobile banking apps while the number of transactions made using them has nearly doubled in a year, hitting 18.6 million a week... read more

02 Apr 14 @ 09:35

Experian has revealed a significant rise in detected and prevented fraud attempts in H2 2013 as financial services providers push forward in the fight against credit application fraud. According to... read more

01 Apr 14 @ 13:35

Spire Payments has acquired Altius Plus, experts in the development of payment applications, terminal management systems, loyalty schemes, ticketing solutions and client server-based architectures within the payments industry. With a client... read more

01 Apr 14 @ 12:35

M-pesa has arrived in Europe as Vodafone seeks to spread the popular digital currency outside emerging markets. Vodafone has acquired an e-money licence to operate financial services in Europe, with... read more

01 Apr 14 @ 11:38

In an awesome piece of news for banking tech vendors, bank IT systems are set to come under the regulatory microscope in 2013/2014 as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority identifies technology... read more

31 Mar 14 @ 12:02

Increasing customer strength is requiring banks to focus on the front office once more, as they seek to generate revenue and grow market share, according to new research from Ovum*. The... read more

31 Mar 14 @ 10:43

TSYS announced that it has reached a long-term agreement to provide consumer credit processing services along with value- added capabilities for Virgin Money customers within the United Kingdom. Virgin Money... read more

31 Mar 14 @ 10:38

SIA and Orange Business Services have signed a collaboration agreement that will enable European and extra-EU banks and merchants to manage payments via mPOS (mobile point of sale) terminals. More... read more

31 Mar 14 @ 10:30

According to the recent IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking Study, a third (32%) of all online sales were made over mobile devices between November 2013 and January 2014 – and this... read more

28 Mar 14 @ 10:56

New research commissioned by Semafone has revealed that the overwhelming majority of people would not do business with a company that had failed to protect its customers’ card data in the... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 14:37

BlackBerry expects to use BBM as the vehicle for offering more mobile money services across a greater number of countries this year, according to Re/code. David Proulx, senior director of BBM... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 10:42

Embattled Wal-Mart Stores has filed suit against Visa this week in U.S. District Court (Fayetteville) claiming the defendant conspired with large banks to fix interchange fees charged to merchants between Jan... read more