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Live @ MWC: Accenture launches mobile wallet platform

25 Feb 14 @ 07:32

Joining the fray, Accenture says it has launched a new mobile wallet platform that features integrated advanced analytics and big data capabilities, recommendation tools and security elements to provide a modular platform... read more

Live @ MWC: Mobile payments in Europe gather momentum

24 Feb 14 @ 12:27

Working with its partners, Visa says it has doubled the availability of mobile payments services across Europe in the past 12 months.  Mobile payments are now available nationwide in several... read more

Live @ MWC: PayPal launch wearable tech payments

24 Feb 14 @ 11:57

PayPal has partnered with Samsung to launch wearable tech payments. The Gear 2 is Samsung wearable device. The watches come packed with an embedded camera and run on Tizen OS, a... read more

Live @ MWC: MasterCard buys m-wallet and adds in-app payments

24 Feb 14 @ 11:47

MasterCard announced MasterPass in-app payments, enabling consumers to make secure purchases within a mobile app as it attempts to grab a piece of the fast-growing multi-billion dollar industry. In-app payments... read more

Live @ MWC: Google Glass barcode scanning

24 Feb 14 @ 11:28

GS1 have announced that they will be demonstrating the power of barcode scanning in evolving mobile devices using the widely speculated Google Glass platform. This demonstration, the first of its... read more

MEPs back cap on card payment fees

21 Feb 14 @ 15:47

The card payment fees that banks charge retailers for processing shoppers’ payments should be capped, Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs decided in a vote on Thursday. The cap would apply... read more

ACI strengthens support for UnionPay payments

21 Feb 14 @ 15:25

ACI Worldwide  an international provider of electronic payment and banking systems,  has announced strengthened support for UnionPay, the largest card network in the world. ACI’s clearing solution, ACI Interchange, opens... read more

Amazon’s digital currency Coin is now available on Android

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

Capital One Joins clearXchange

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

G&D enables contactless payment in Australia

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

Visa and MasterCard support Host Card Emulation

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

Orange launches Orange Cash in Spain

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

Barclaycard steps into mobile point of sale market

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

Regulation could see more banks drop out of US pre-paid market

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

Mobile Acceptance

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

AccessPay forms partnership with Raphaels Bank

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

Cyber criminals creating private virtual currency

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

Mobile card readers impacting small businesses

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

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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