26 Nov 13 @ 16:33

Bank of East Asia says it will launch a mobile NFC payment service for its credit card customers in Hong Kong early next year. BEA’s i-Pay system will utilize Near... read more

26 Nov 13 @ 14:00

The nation’s ongoing love affair with online shopping will deepen on Monday 2nd December 2013 when it is predicted that online transactions will top 7.7 million, up 16% on 2012,... read more

26 Nov 13 @ 13:52

HP says it will further expand its activity in the mobile banking and payments industry, through the signing of a global agreement with Accumulate. Following a successful implementation of the... read more

25 Nov 13 @ 16:03

Vodafone has selected Gemalto to provide and operate its global Trusted Service Management (TSM) platform and deploy NFC mobile payments and other services. This multi-year global contract will provide the foundation... read more

22 Nov 13 @ 16:53

The UK’s Payments Council has released findings that suggest that around 12 pence in every £1 of consumers’ Christmas shopping this year will be spent online via e-commerce and m-commerce.... read more

22 Nov 13 @ 16:39

Safaricom has offered to negotiate a settlement with rival Airtel in an abuse of dominance dispute filed before the competition regulator. Correspondence between the two firms shows that Safaricom agreed to... read more

22 Nov 13 @ 16:22

Not surprisingly, malware is still the most dangerous threat to enterprises, end users and financial institutions. Its success has spawned improved detection and prevention technologies which continue to threaten malware’s... read more

22 Nov 13 @ 16:06

In an unsurprising piece of news, Google has decided to follow companies such as PayPal who have developed a physical extensions of their mobile payment solutions. The news that Google was likely... read more

22 Nov 13 @ 10:06

First Data Corporation and Oberthur Technologies announced a strategic partnership to manage and promote EMV in the US. First Data is a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing.... read more

21 Nov 13 @ 11:05

Banks, credit card companies and other payment service providers (PSPs) should put multiple “security measures” in place to ensure that they can repel attempts to breach the integrity of internet... read more

21 Nov 13 @ 10:52

MasterCard and Worldline, Atos subsidiary for e-payment services, announced their extended partnership on the integration and deployment of MasterPass. Worldline will develop a digital wallet platform with open interfaces available... read more

21 Nov 13 @ 10:40

Worldline, Atos subsidiary in e-payment services, presents its two latest payment terminals at Cartes 2013. YOMANI touch enhances the user experience with a large touchscreen, while YOMOVA brings the full... read more

21 Nov 13 @ 10:11

Realex Payments is advising merchants across all sectors that they must continue to respond to the burgeoning mobile payments world and not be left behind their competitors. Realex Payments has experienced a... read more

21 Nov 13 @ 09:43

Gemalto has been selected to supply its Optelio contactless payment stickers to UniCredit Bank in Russia. UniCredit Bank is a member of a leading European financial group in banking services with... read more

21 Nov 13 @ 09:35

Rogers Communications, Canada’s largest provider of wireless voice and data services, has chosen Sequent’s open Wallet Management Platform to power its suretap wallet, the first mobile wallet from a carrier... read more

21 Nov 13 @ 09:25

AnywhereCommerce announced the general availability of Nomad 2.0, its newest mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) appliance for chip-card and magnetic stripe card acceptance. A more compact and lighter version of AnywhereCommerce’s original... read more

20 Nov 13 @ 09:03

Datacard Group has announced that allpay Card Services, an established and fast-growing independent card bureau and manufacturer based in the U.K., has selected the Datacard MX Series Platform for its next-generation... read more

20 Nov 13 @ 08:04

Eurosmart, the voice of the Smart Security Industry, has released its forecasts for the worldwide shipments of microcontroller-based Smart Secure Devices and contactless smartcards in 2013 and 2014. With an estimate... read more