06 Dec 13 @ 11:09

China’s central bank has taken the decision to bar financial institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions, moving to regulate the virtual currency after an 89-fold jump in its value sparked a... read more

06 Dec 13 @ 10:59

Swedish mobile payments service Swish celebrates one year, and with more than 500,000 active users and more than 1 billion SEK (€113 Million) in transaction volume, it’s can be judged... read more

05 Dec 13 @ 18:15

China Telecom is ready to launch a mobile wallet service by putting on standby 30 million NFC-enabled UIM cards for its CDMA network, according to Marbridge Consulting. The actual launch is... read more

05 Dec 13 @ 17:12

Sainsbury’s Bank estimates that approximately £11.4 billion will be withdrawn from UK ATMs this December, equating to over £367 million per day. The supermarket bank says it expects the number of... read more

05 Dec 13 @ 12:51

New research announcing continued growth in European online and mobile payment markets comparing five major EU territories: the UK; Germany; France; Belgium and The Netherlands, explores differing regional and cultural... read more

04 Dec 13 @ 12:20

The European market for digital content, which could be monitised through mobile operator payment, is expected to increase from an estimated €15.8 billion in 2012 to almost €29 billion in... read more

03 Dec 13 @ 13:22

Oberthur Technologies (OT) has partnered with mBank, an entity affiliated to the PlaNet Finance group that aims to facilitate financial inclusion through mobile technology, to offer mobile branchless banking in... read more

03 Dec 13 @ 12:04

In a nightmare scenario for the UK governments part owned bank, RBS customers are still reporting problems accessing  services this morning despite the bank claiming that it has fixed the... read more

03 Dec 13 @ 11:51

NCR Corporation has taken the next step in the transformation of its Financial Services business, announcing that it had entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Digital Insight Corporation, a leader... read more

02 Dec 13 @ 12:27

The European Union says it has received written assurances from the US government that NSA spies did not tap into financial messaging data transmitted over the interbank Swift network and... read more

02 Dec 13 @ 11:50

A recent pan-European survey(1) on e-commerce companies to find out what measures they take to combat online payment fraud and what their expectations are in terms of fraud management has... read more

29 Nov 13 @ 12:34

A US start-up, SimplyTapp, which has created the ‘Host Card Emulation’ (HCE) approach to mobile HCE-based NFC payments recently embraced by Google, has raised its series a funding round. Most of... read more

28 Nov 13 @ 10:14

A new market research report titled “Mobile Wallet Market”, published by Allied Market Research, indicates the global mobile wallet market is expected to reach $5,250 billion in 2020, growing at a CAGR of 127.5%... read more

28 Nov 13 @ 09:55

V.me by Visa, the first pan-European digital wallet service to be offered by banks and financial institutions, is now live in the UK, France, Spain and Poland. The UK’s Nationwide... read more

27 Nov 13 @ 15:22

As the global leader in NFC payments, it comes as no surprise that The Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) has issued Best Practice for NFC Mobile Payment in Hong Kong,... read more

27 Nov 13 @ 12:31

Prodec Networks has released a new infographic to highlight how vulnerable business are to internal data breach threats. In addition, it shows the financial impact this can have on a business. After employees,... read more

27 Nov 13 @ 09:59

Nationwide Building Society, in partnership with Visa Europe, is announcing the launch of V.me, a digital wallet that will offer the Society’s over 6 ½  million credit and debit card... read more

27 Nov 13 @ 09:38

Bips, the Danish bitcoin exchange, has been forced to shut down its consumer wallet initiative after suffering a major cyber-attack that saw £1 million in bitcoins stolen. Copenhagen-based Bips is... read more