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Interchange – A level playing field?

13 Jun 14 @ 10:59

While much of the debate around European card regulation and interchange focuses on Visa and MasterCard, how will three-party schemes fare under proposed legislation? The July 2013 publication of European... read more

RS2 signs top global payments processor

12 Jun 14 @ 13:32

RS2 Software, the company behind the comprehensive, high-performance and high-availability card management solution BankWORKS, has announced a major license and services agreement with a global payments processing company. The comprehensive... read more

The data breach dilemma

12 Jun 14 @ 12:29

In the wake of high-profile retailer breaches, how is the payment industry responding? The year 2013 looks likely to be defined as the year of the data breach, as fraudsters... read more

Payments App Store approach to revolutionise product development for banks

12 Jun 14 @ 11:00

Ixaris – the payments innovator that pioneered virtual prepaid cards and rapid deployment of payments solutions for corporates – has announces a ground-breaking approach for banks to bring new payments... read more

Yaap launches “Yaap Shopping”

12 Jun 14 @ 10:52

Yaap, the joint-venture between CaixaBank, Banco Santander and Telefónica, has signaled the beginning of its business operations with the launch of its first service, Yaap Shopping, in the cities of... read more

Proxama and PrePay Solutions partner to drive mobile HCE payments

12 Jun 14 @ 10:42

Proxama, the global mobile marketing, loyalty and payments company has partnered with PrePay Solutions (PPS), to provide mobile contactless payment solutions, via HCE, to PPS’s customer base. PPS (jointly owned by Edenred... read more

One in five financial institutions makes a single investment of $10m+ in FinTech annually

12 Jun 14 @ 09:47

Major FinTech investments occur every six months in financial institutions, with 21% of them valued at $10m or more, according to research released today by CCgroup, a London-based B2B technology... read more

Powa Technologies acquires MPayMe to expand global footprint

12 Jun 14 @ 09:09

Powa Technologies Group has announced the acquisition of Hong Kong-based mobile expert MPayMe in a move that will vastly increase its global reach and provide a leading payment solution for... read more

70% of US credit cards to be EMV enabled by the end of 2015

11 Jun 14 @ 14:26

By the end of 2015, 70% of US credit cards and 41% of US debit cards will be EMV enabled, says Aite Group. In a new research report, EMV: Lessons... read more

Contrasting HCE and SIM secure element approaches to NFC payments

11 Jun 14 @ 10:17

Digital payments experts Consult Hyperion, in conjunction with the GSMA, have published a guide to help banks and mobile operators understand the Host Card Emulation (HCE) and SIM Secure Element... read more

Bank of England launches cyber security framework

11 Jun 14 @ 09:30

The UK finance industry has launched a cyber security framework for sharing detailed threat intelligence, testing cyber security and benchmarking financial service providers. The CBEST framework was developed by the Council of Registered... read more

Tesco Bank takes on High Street banks with current account

10 Jun 14 @ 12:31

Tesco Bank has launched its delayed current account, tempting customers with 3% interest and extra Clubcard points. The supermarkets banking arm is firmly trying to position itself as a challenger... read more

Amazon expands role in online payment push

10 Jun 14 @ 12:05

Amazon.com Inc will start managing online payment subscriptions for start-ups and other companies – the latest in a series of quiet moves the e-commerce giant has made into PayPal’s turf over the past year.... read more

What customers want from a mobile wallet

10 Jun 14 @ 11:28

New research by Aite Group in its report, Money Goes Mobile, tracks the evolution of the digital wallet ecosystem, mobile wallet growing pains and the success stories emerging as an... read more

Carrier Billing growing 46% per year and boosting the App ecosystem

10 Jun 14 @ 11:19

Mobile commerce is the fastest growing trend within the mobile industry, and mobile is the key ecosystem for the digital economy today. Juniper Research affirms that the value of digital content billed... read more

Sberbank launches HCE payments in Russia

10 Jun 14 @ 09:15

Russian bank Sberbank, Europe’s third largest bank with 100 million customers, has begun piloting NFC payments in Moscow using embedded secure elements. It will follow the trial with a service using host... read more

Barclays set to launch contactless payments wristband

09 Jun 14 @ 15:35

Barclays has announced plans to tap into demand for wearable devices, with the launch of a trial of its bPay contactless payments wristband. Around 7,000 consumers will be able to... read more

Bank hits back in mobile payments battle

09 Jun 14 @ 11:35

Equity Bank is set to launch its Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services in July 2014 after a successful foray in the local and regional banking sector – a key... 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

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... 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