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Octopus to offer mobile NFC

11 Sep 13 @ 12:14

Making purchases with a smartphone is gaining a foothold in Hong Kong, and it has changed the habits of Sunny Cheung Yiu-tong, a die-hard fan of smart cards. Octopus Cards,... read more

BancTec France awarded payment contracts

11 Sep 13 @ 11:54

The Tribunal de Bobigny has awarded BancTec, a global leader in document management solutions and outsourcing services, the payment contracts and associated assets of Safig, a leading French document processing... read more

Federal Reserve Banks move to improve U.S. payment system

11 Sep 13 @ 10:52

The Federal Reserve Banks today announced the publication of their “Payment System Improvement – Public Consultation Paper” and an opportunity to provide input on the information, ideas and concepts in the... read more

Rotten Core – The Future of Banking

11 Sep 13 @ 10:40

Deutsche Bank has released its Retail Bank Strategy report entitled “The Future of Banking”. In the report, its states that the acceleration of change will lead to a big increase in bank... read more

Apple add fingerprint reader to iPhone 5s

11 Sep 13 @ 09:30

Apple has built a fingerprint reader into its new flagship smartphone, the iPhone 5s, calling the technology Touch ID. There are a few different fingerprint-sensor technologies out there, with optical and capacitance readers... read more

Datacard instant issuance implementation with Ecobank in Africa

10 Sep 13 @ 09:00

Datacard Group has announced that Ecobank Transnational Inc., a financial services provider with operations in over 30 African countries, is enhancing their customer service levels by implementing Datacard financial instant... read more

JCB extends international issuing capabilities

10 Sep 13 @ 08:50

JCB International (JCBI) and Caixa Economica Federal (CAIXA), the largest public sector bank in Latin America, announce the signing of an agreement for the issuing of JCB cards in Brazil... read more

PayPal launch new app

06 Sep 13 @ 12:41

After discussing its vision of a digital payments future over the past few years, PayPal is finally making it a reality today with the launch of its new iPhone and Android apps. The apps (free... read more

U.S. Credit Card Issuers performance snapshot: Q2

06 Sep 13 @ 12:10

The trends for the second quarter of 2013 are consistent with the first quarter of the year.  The nation’s largest credit card issuers reported strong profits despite relatively stagnant quarter-over-quarter... read more

UK consumers have more credit available on cards than in past two years

05 Sep 13 @ 12:18

FICO released its quarterly UK cards data showing that average credit card limits are at their highest point in over two years. Consumer spending has also increased, while delinquency rates are... read more

Vodafone launch smartpass NFC in Spain

05 Sep 13 @ 11:30

Vodafone has announced that all its customers will be able to use Vodafone SmartPass to make mobile payments from a Visa prepaid card account at over 250,000 stores across Spain by... read more

Security fears and ‘hassle factor’ holds back mobile payments

05 Sep 13 @ 11:24

Consumers are being put off making mobile payments through existing providers by security fears, lengthy sign-up processes and problems making payments outside of individual schemes, according to new research published... read more

BRAC Bank to start accepting JCB cards in Bangladesh

05 Sep 13 @ 11:18

JCB International (JCBI), the international subsidiary of JCB, announced that BRAC Bank (BRAC Bank), a leading commercial bank in Bangladesh, starts JCB merchant acquiring operations in Bangladesh based on a... read more

Realex Payments announce Managed Gateway agreement with Elavon

04 Sep 13 @ 16:17

Realex Payments has announced today that it has been selected to partner and provide a managed gateway solution and services for the new Elavon Payment Gateway, increasing its presence in... read more

Visa Europe accelerate mobile commerce services in the cloud

04 Sep 13 @ 16:11

IBM announced an agreement that boosts Visa Europe’s ability to provide its member banks with new mobile banking, payment and commerce services in the cloud for its customers.  IBM will... read more

MPayMe signs agreement with Oxygen8

04 Sep 13 @ 15:52

MPayMe, the international business technology company behind the development of the mobile platform ZNAP, announced it has signed a new mobile payments agreement with Oxygen8. Under the terms of the... read more

ERN signs first client to big data platform

03 Sep 13 @ 16:36

Big data analytics startup ERN has signed the first client up to its “Looop” Big Data Analytics Platform, six months after unveiling it at the Finovate Europe 2013 conference. The... read more

Bluefin introduces iOS SDK for the QuickSwipe

03 Sep 13 @ 16:30

Bluefin Payment Systems has released the QuickSwipe mobile payments Software Development Kit (SDK) for Apple’s iOS for use with iPhones and iPads. The SDK enables third-party developers to use Bluefin’s... read more

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Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more

Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more