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Marks & Spencer become Visa’s number one contactless retailer

07 May 13 @ 00:00

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has now completed the roll out of contactless payment to 644 of its UK stores, including its railway and airport franchise stores. The move cements M&S’... read more

Chase enhances Jot mobile application

07 May 13 @ 00:00

Today, Ink from Chase, the business card portfolio from Chase Card Services, announced a new receipt capture capability exclusively for Jot, a free mobile application and online tool designed to... read more

eMerchantPay extends its Fraud capabilities with IRIS

07 May 13 @ 00:00

eMerchantPay, the trusted global leader in international payment processing for e-commerce, recurring payments, virtual terminals and more announced today its partnership with IRIS Analytics, a provider of fraud prevention solutions... read more

Q1 2013: U.S. Credit Card Issuer Performance Snapshot

07 May 13 @ 00:00

The nation’s largest credit card issuers reported strong profits in the first quarter of 2013, but the lack of asset and revenue growth is a common, recurring theme while purchase... read more

Authorize.Net now available in the United Kingdom

03 May 13 @ 00:00

Authorize.Net, the small business solution from CyberSource, announced that small business merchants based in the UK can now use Authorize.Net’s popular payment platform to accept and manage bank card transactions,... read more

Amazon launches ‘Amazon Coins’

02 May 13 @ 00:00

Amazon has just announced the Amazon Coin, a new virtual currency for Kindle Fire owners to use on in-app purchases, app purchases, etc. in the Amazon App store. The service will... read more

Norway introduces visa cards to children

30 Apr 13 @ 00:00

A group of Norwegian banks have discovered new opportunities in the card and payments industry. Driven by a large young generation and high online usage, tapping into the younger generation... read more

ExaDigm announce NX1200 and NX4000 POS devices.

30 Apr 13 @ 00:00

ExaDigm a provider of Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal solutions, announced the release of its NX1200 Countertop and NX4000 PINPad devices, expanding its NX Series of payment solutions, all certified to PCI... read more

Mobile POS set For strong growth

30 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Mobile payment systems are catching on massively, with MPOS devices having grown significantly over the last year. According to a recent report available through ReportsNReports, the global MPOS industry ballooned between... read more

42% of Irish firms yet to begin preparations for SEPA

29 Apr 13 @ 00:00

IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, today published the results of a new survey on Irish firms’ preparedness for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Four in ten (42%)... read more

Major retail chains angry at EMV switch

29 Apr 13 @ 00:00

The card networks are reporting progress among issuers and acquirers in the U.S. transition to EMV-chip cards, but some big retailers are still lashing out against the expectation that they... read more

Smart card market getting ready for a major battle

26 Apr 13 @ 00:00

The undisputed number one player in the smart card industry, Gemalto, recently confirmed its status higher than expected first-quarter sales. This positive trend is noticeable in all of the company’s... read more

UK shopkeepers lose 120 million transactions a year by not taking card payments

26 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Over 120 million transactions are lost each year in the UK through people leaving shops because they can’t pay by card, according to new research from Judo, the UK’s first... read more

Consumers ‘scared’ of contactless payments

26 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Large numbers of Brits are still wary of new ways to pay for goods such as contactless pay, with a quarter stating they find the idea of it ‘scary’. According... read more

Visa makes instant P2P payments possible in Europe

25 Apr 13 @ 00:00

As it moves closer to bringing its much-anticipated  versatile, secure and widely accepted mobile commerce solution to the marketplace, Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) has announced the selection of Gemalto to... read more

Direct operator billing via Near Field Communication

24 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Mobile billing and messaging aggregator txtNation and Europe’s largest supplier of NFC tags and products, RapidNFC have partnered to become the first to offer direct operator billing via NFC technology.  Using NFC... read more

Nationwide Building Society hit by IT glitch

24 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Nationwide Building Society has been hit by an IT glitch affecting online banking, mobile banking and online payments. In a statement, a Nationwide spokesperson said: "We are currently experiencing an IT issue... read more

World Retail Banking Report 2013

23 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Within the next six months, 10% of retail banking customers surveyed globally will likely leave their bank and an additional 41% of customers say they are unsure if they will... read more

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Why tokenised deposits are stealing stablecoins buzz

12 Jan 26 @ 22:32

The centre of gravity in on-chain money is shifting, after two years in which stablecoins dominated discussion, volumes and investor attention. [caption id... more

Copilot Checkout signals Microsoft’s push into agentic commerce

12 Jan 26 @ 17:59

Microsoft has taken a decisive step towards embedding agentic commerce directly into generative AI, partnering with PayPal, Stripe and Shopify to launch Copilot... more

Trump proposes credit card rate cap

12 Jan 26 @ 22:01

President Donald Trump’s renewed push to impose a one-year cap of 10 per cent on US credit card interest rates has jolted financial markets and reopened a lon... more