24 Apr 14 @ 11:01

Card Payments in Europe – Cards and payments at the POS and on the internet continued to drive significant growth in many European countries. The roll-out of contactless cards has started... read more

23 Apr 14 @ 13:15

London’s smartphone users are soon be able to pay for travel using their phone under plans being negotiated by mobile companies and the capital’s transport authority. Operators such as EE... read more

23 Apr 14 @ 12:40

Orange Money has seen exponential growth since it was launched. The service is now available in 13 countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt (under the name Mobicash), Guinea, Jordan, Kenya,... read more

22 Apr 14 @ 17:10

Facebook is on the verge of winning approval from Ireland’s central bank to allow its users to store and exchange money. The company’s plans are not yet clear, but regulators are rightly... read more

22 Apr 14 @ 16:22

Domino’s Pizza has formed a strategic alliance with Google and now allows customers to pay with Google Wallet when using their Android app – furthering their plan to take over... read more

22 Apr 14 @ 12:21

Rumours concerning the launch of the Amazon phone continue to mount whilst many pundits are trying to figure out why the company is entering this competitive market. The answer might be mobile payments... read more

17 Apr 14 @ 12:22

Despite media hype around the future of Bitcoin and high-profile mobile payments providers such as Square and Stripe preparing to accept the virtual currency this year, new research from digital... read more

17 Apr 14 @ 12:06

Visa expects a safer Chip&PIN card will soon make its US debut, said Visa executive Bill Sheedy in his keynote address at ETA’s Transact 14 conference. He says the added... read more

16 Apr 14 @ 12:37

Researcher from Security Research Labs have managed to bypass Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint authentication, less than a week after the device’s official release, the ethical hackers also hacked the PayPal app. The... read more

16 Apr 14 @ 09:19

The founder of MtGox has refused a US court’s demand that he testify this week about the collapse of what was the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange. Mark Karpeles had been asked... read more

15 Apr 14 @ 12:21

The new BZWBK24 mobile banking app enables its users in Poland to shop at a variety of merchants embedded in the application. Users can make daily shopping with home delivery,... read more

15 Apr 14 @ 11:49

Reports have surfaced in multiple media outlets this morning that Facebook is seeking regulatory approval from the Irish central bank for providing financial services in the form of remittances and e-money –... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 11:38

Apple’s 2014 roadmap was laid out in pretty considerable detail by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last week in an investor note, and while ordinarily analyst predictions aren’t worth the paper... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 10:52

CaixaBank, Banco Santander and Telefónica have announced Yaap – the brand for their digital services joint-venture initially announced last year. Yaap is the chosen name for the Spanish firm whose... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 10:34

Carl Icahn has backed off from his demands for eBay to spin out its fast-growing PayPal payments unit on Thursday, after the billionaire investor failed to drum up support from... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 09:47

As the rise and fall of virtual currencies continue, the US Attorney General has raised the prospect of applying money-laundering and know-your-customer controls to virtual currency transactions as a means... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 09:40

WorldPay and ZNAP, the mobile business platform, have agreed a global partnership for global mobile payments  which will enable multi-channel commerce for new and existing businesses. The joint offering has... read more

11 Apr 14 @ 09:27

SIX Payment Services and MasterCard will jointly provide the wallet payment platform MasterPass for card issuing banks. The digital wallet simplifies payments on the internet and offers financial institutions in... read more