12 May 14 @ 11:53

Frozen out and unable to benefit from exclusive online deals, 3.5 million shoppers1 are fighting back against credit refusal by finding alternative payment methods. An estimated 2.3 million shoppers were... read more

12 May 14 @ 11:46

The US may not complete the migration from magnetic-stripe cards to EMV chip cards until 2018 even though the EMV liability shift deadline for merchants and issuers arrives in 18... read more

09 May 14 @ 15:00

Singapore is set to go live with its G3 Immediate Payments system, putting it in an elite club – alongside the UK, Sweden and Poland – of countries with a... read more

09 May 14 @ 09:30

US banking regulators have been warning banks for over a year to beef up their cyber security as attacks on financial institutions are becoming more frequent, sophisticated and widespread. According... read more

08 May 14 @ 11:58

KDDI, a major Japanese mobile operator in partnership with MasterCard, announced the launch of the “au WALLET” prepaid card program for 34 million au-brand mobile network subscribers. This will be... read more

08 May 14 @ 10:11

As Russia begins to ramp up its own counter sanctions to the West, it has been revealed that Visa and MasterCard will have to pay nearly $4 billion in deposits... read more

08 May 14 @ 09:59

Deutsche Telekom customers can now make purchases with their smartphones with the launch of MyWallet which turns smartphones1 into digital wallets. The app, the digital payment card and an NFC... read more

08 May 14 @ 09:42

EMVCo, owned by American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, UnionPay and Visa, facilitates worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions by managing and evolving the EMV chip Specifications and related... read more

07 May 14 @ 09:09

Just days after FirstBank, a US regional bank from Boulder openly mocked Google Glass in a new video ad for its own mobile banking app, Google is working on a... read more

07 May 14 @ 08:57

In a new partnership, Amazon and Twitter have joined forces to offer a unique – but fairly specific-ability: If you see an Amazon product link on Twitter, you can now add... read more

06 May 14 @ 18:20

The global market for trusted service management (TSM) has not quite lived up to expectations with the low level of mobile payments solutions and near field communication (NFC) commercial deployments... read more

05 May 14 @ 11:22

An independent report into events surrounding the near collapse of the UK’s Co-operative Bank offers a cautionary tale for banks contemplating a core platform renewal programme. The independent review by... read more

05 May 14 @ 10:07

The Federal Reserve Banks has released a new report which shows that US consumers choose to use cash more frequently than any other payment instrument, including debit or credit cards.... read more

02 May 14 @ 13:10

With record levels of investment from venture capital groups being ploughed into payment start-ups, is there a risk of another dotcom-style boom and bust? by Victoria Conroy The halcyon days... read more

01 May 14 @ 16:05

Apple is working on a mobile payments solution, as per numerous reports from PCM, but also mainstream news like The Wall Street Journal. Exactly how the company plans to implement such a... read more

01 May 14 @ 12:59

PayPal has revealed its shiny new look and its first-ever global marketing push as parent eBay tries to wrest attention away from the growing number of rivals piling into the mobile payments... read more

30 Apr 14 @ 09:58

Monthly spending on UK contactless cards has exceeded £100 million for the first time, according to data published by The UK Cards Association. The new figures show that UK consumers spent a record £109.2 million... read more

29 Apr 14 @ 13:06

Following the near completion of the migration of the first two payment instruments, credit transfers (CTs) and direct debits (DDs), to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), the Eurosystem is... read more