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Government plans to open up banking sector take a step forward

27 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The Government today launched a consultation setting out proposals for introducing a new system of competition-focused regulation for payment systems. This forms part of the Government’s work to create a... read more

Field notes from the Isis Pilot

27 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Nearly three years since rumors began to swirl that the major mobile network operators (MNOs) sought to provide NFC payments, the Isis mobile wallet finally launched in late October 2012. ... read more

CreditCall extends EMV footprint in APAC

27 Mar 13 @ 00:00

CreditCall, the specialist payments services provider, today announces that Duncan Solutions has selected its contact and contactless EMV Level 2 Kernels to migrate its services to the EMV standard. Duncan... read more

Payleven becomes FSA authorised Chip & PIN mPOS

27 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Payleven announces it has become the first mPOSt provider to be fully authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a payment institution. This accreditation was issued due to the... read more

Outsourcing servicing sunctions to Credit Card Processors

27 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The prevailing operating model for the largest consumer credit card issuers in the U.S. is to deliver key portfolio servicing functions (e.g., customer service, collections, etc.) in-house or, in the... read more

G&D ensures security of O2 wallet payments in Germany

26 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) will ensure the security of applications in Telefónica Germany’s electronic wallet, the O2 Wallet. In February the telecommunications company became the first network operator in Germany... read more

Datacard Group Announces the ultimate platform for Intelligent Card Issuance

26 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, today announced the enhancement of its Datacard MX Series Platform  for central card issuance programs worldwide with the introduction... read more

Ingenico announces an agreement for the acquisition of Ogone

26 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Ingenico today announced it has reached an agreement in principle with Summit Partners to acquire Ogone, the leading pan-European online payment services provider for an enterprise value of € 360... read more

ECB publishes first SEPA Migration Report and warns against risks of late migration

22 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published its first Report on the Migration towards the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which describes the state of play of the migration... read more

Dazzling growth of contactless cards in Turkey

22 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Turkish banks are continuing to develop their products & services and offer practical solutions for facilitating the lives of card users thanks to the investments they make in parallel with... read more

Banco Sabadell NFC m-payments pilot

22 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Spanish financial services provider Banco Sabadell, in partnership with Telefonica and BlackBerry, have launched a pilot project for contactless payments with NFC-enabled mobile phones. Trial participants, which are also Banco... read more

Beyond Square: The Evolving Mobile POS

22 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Driven by the runaway success of Square in the US, the mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) has recently experienced a surge in popularity, with a throng of new players looking to carve... read more

Debit networks adopt common U.S. debit via Discover

21 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The Secure RemotePayment Council (SRPc) today announced that the ten debit network members of its Chip and PIN Workgroup have agreed to adopt a common U.S. debit application identifier (AID) and... read more

Visa CEO calls digital wallet fee on PayPal ‘appropriate’

21 Mar 13 @ 00:00

To continue PayPal’s pain, following on from the news that MasterCard will levy a Digital Wallet fee, Visa Inc. CEO, Charlie Scharf suggested on Wednesday that the payment network may... read more

BNP Paribas Fortis and Belgacom launch the Belgian mobile wallet

21 Mar 13 @ 00:00

RBS has unveiled a new banking app which will allow customers to transfer money to contacts on their smartphone. The bank said it was confident that the app was secure,... read more

Western Union launches new platform enabling stored value worldwide

21 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The first is the launch of the Western Union Global Share platform, which enables the company to introduce new stored-value solutions in markets around the world by joining forces with... read more

MasterCard threat sees eBay shares hit hard

20 Mar 13 @ 00:00

eBay Inc  shares hit a new low for 2013 on Monday as concern mounted about the impact of a new "digital wallet" fee on the company’s PayPal business. MasterCard, one... read more

BPC Banking technologies helps credit Dnepr bank launch payWave

20 Mar 13 @ 00:00

BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, today announces the launch of Visa payWave products in Credit Dnepr Bank, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.... 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