21 Feb 14 @ 15:20

Amazon has announced that its digital currency – Coins – are now open for use outside of Kindle Fire tablets. More specifically, the e-commerce giant says that its virtual currency... read more

21 Feb 14 @ 15:09

Capital One says that it has joined clearXchange, providing a large number of new potential end users to the bank-led p2p payments initiative. Capital One will become an owner of... read more

21 Feb 14 @ 13:49

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is providing its secure software platform to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), to enable secure contactless payment transactions with the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. In... read more

20 Feb 14 @ 10:03

In an interesting turn of events, Visa and MasterCard have announced their support for Host Card Emulation, a cloud-based mechanism for hosting NFC applications outside the Secure Element that effectively... read more

20 Feb 14 @ 08:50

Having recently launched in France, Orange has launched of Orange Cash in Spain, a rechargeable prepaid card from MasterCard that can be used within smartphones or as a traditional payment card. With Orange... read more

19 Feb 14 @ 17:41

Literally one year from making its initial announcement Barclaycard has announced the launch of its mobile point of sale (mPOS) system, entering into an increasingly over crowded market. Barclaycard Anywhere incorporates... read more

19 Feb 14 @ 14:22

US banks could follow JP Morgan’s lead and get out of the US pre-paid market if proposed new regulatory oversight materialises, leaving the way open for the likes of American... read more

18 Feb 14 @ 14:13

Through a sequence of product launches in the last years, the payment industry has stepped further into the focus of general public. Especially mobile acceptance initiatives are mushrooming around the... read more

18 Feb 14 @ 13:54

AccessPay is delighted to announce their strategic partnership with Raphaels Bank. The partnership offers corporates and financial institutions cloud-based payments and direct debit management solutions – all without the end-user... read more

17 Feb 14 @ 16:58

Ever since the Liberty Reserve take-down in May of last year and the confiscation of all accounts by law enforcement, fraudsters have been busy finding a solid virtual currency to... read more

17 Feb 14 @ 16:29

The adoption of mobile card readers by some small businesses is impacting their need for credit, according to a recent survey by SYNERGISTICS Research entitled, Re-Evaluating the Small Business Credit... read more

17 Feb 14 @ 14:36

Investment provider, Parmenion, is the first in the industry to offer clients the option to transfer money into their investment accounts by Barclays Pingit via their mobile phone. The Barclays... read more

14 Feb 14 @ 10:59

European consumers are concerned that draft EU legislation currently under discussion would make paying with cards more expensive and more complicated. According to a recent poll in 13 European countries, 2... read more

14 Feb 14 @ 10:45

Orange and Visa Europe announced the commercial launch of Orange Cash in Caen and Strasbourg, two of the cities with the highest use of contactless payments in France. With the... read more

13 Feb 14 @ 16:07

Employees at U.S. Bank have begun a pilot of new software that utilises voice biometrics to allow consumers to access their credit card accounts on mobile devices. The technology is... read more

13 Feb 14 @ 15:51

Joint Electronic Teller Services Limited (JETCO) has begun a commercial rollout of mobile NFC payment. JETCO has the biggest automatic teller machine (ATM) network in Hong Kong and Macau consisting... read more

13 Feb 14 @ 15:35

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has selected ZNAP as the provider of its m-commerce service at Twickenham. The deal was agreed after a successful trial at the 2013 QBE Internationals.... read more

13 Feb 14 @ 15:17

Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 (the ‘SEPA 2012 Regulation’) established common technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits denominated in euros and was seen as an important building... read more