03 Sep 13 @ 15:58

First National Bank (FNB) has registered a patent in South Africa for a method of transferring money using an instant messaging service and has included the functionality in its smartphone... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 15:50

Movistar Chile, a major mobile operator in Latin America and Banco Santander Chile, one of the largest retail and commercial banks in Latin America, have selected Oberthur to be their... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 14:53

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) offers a new SIM platform that allows several different NFC applications to be executed securely and simultaneously on a single SIM card. The SkySIM CX SIM-card... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 14:43

UL has announced the soft launch of mobile payments in Leiden, The Netherlands, and has been actively working with the Dutch banks for the past year to make this happen.... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:59

Alaric announced that North American Bancard, an industry leader in payment card processing, has selected Alaric’s Fractals fraud prevention and detection product, in a competitive pitch for the merchant acquirer’s fraud... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:44

MasterCard, C-SAM and DNP announced the coming launch of a white-label near-field communication (NFC) mobile wallet service in Japan that enterprises will use to offer their customers more rewarding experiences... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:35

Telefonica Czech Republic is set to launch a trial of mobile point-of-sale devices aimed at small firms and entrepreneurs who previously were unable to accept credit cards. The new device... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:00

Kalixa Group has been selected by Invapay, a procurement and electronic payment solution provider, as its global acquiring partner. Invapay will use Kalixa Accept’s acquiring and payment gateway services to... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 11:52

iZettle has launched its services in Brazil. The news comes as a result of the company’s global partnership with Banco Santander. Starting now, individuals and small businesses all around Brazil... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 10:18

Zenius Solutions has introduced Zenius ONE a mobile commerce solution which the company says can be deployed in under 90 days, features a mobile wallet with payment, loyalty and couponing,... read more

02 Sep 13 @ 18:09

The European Commission has given proposals by CaixaBank, Santander and Telefonica to set up a joint venture to offer digital financial services the green light.

02 Sep 13 @ 17:25

The estimated size of the global core banking market is $8.6 billion in 2013. Celent predicts it will grow at a 4.0% rate over the next four years, reaching $10.1... read more

02 Sep 13 @ 17:03

The eCommerce division of WorldPay has announced significant growth across all product groups with transaction volumes up 45% compared to the first half of 2012. In the first half of 2013,... read more

02 Sep 13 @ 16:55

Providers have been updating the ATM channel with new features and services including innovations in deposit making such as envelope-free deposits. This activity has resulted in an increase in deposit... read more

23 Aug 13 @ 18:47

Vodafone India along with ICICI bank launched its mobile money transfer and payment service ‘M-Pesa’ in Delhi, expanding the footprint in the Capital. The company plans to roll-out the service... read more

23 Aug 13 @ 18:45

Standard Bank says its mobile banking customers as at July 2013 have swelled to 3 million, representing a 58% increase from the same period last year. On 15 August the group reported a... read more

23 Aug 13 @ 18:44

Bank of America announced that it has surpassed 1 million small business mobile users.  “Today’s small business owners aren’t behind desks all day, and many don’t even have a desk,”... read more

23 Aug 13 @ 18:43

The acquiring business, already fraught with rivalry, became even more competitive with an announcement from daily-deals giant Groupon that it will supply traditional POS terminals to merchants as part of... read more