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DataCash and Redecard partner for e-commerce in Brazil

28 May 13 @ 00:00

Global payments provider, DataCash has announced that it is partnering with Redecard to provide the most complete e-commerce solution in Brazil, E-commerce Redecard. The partnership will result in a state of... read more

MasterCard select Kalixa for acquirer test cards globally

28 May 13 @ 00:00

Kalixa Group announced that it has been selected by MasterCard to issue a version of its award winning Kalixa Pay prepaid card to every newly accredited acquirer for testing. The card... read more

Société Générale Bank & Trust moves core banking systems to Cloud

24 May 13 @ 00:00

Luxembourg private bank Société Générale Bank & Trust (SGBT), subsidiary of Société Générale Group, has completed the migration of its mission-critical banking systems to a cloud computing architecture. The migration... read more

Top 10 Checks’ Guide to choosing the ideal Payment Service Provider

23 May 13 @ 00:00

According to Anderson Zaks organisations should actively take time out to review their approach to handling the growing number of consumer credit and debit card payments.  In a guide published today,... read more

MPayMe and First Data form strategic alliance

23 May 13 @ 00:00

Visa Europe announced two significant additions to its Visa Personal Payments mobile service: Multi-Currency and Immediate Payments. The new functions will enable consumers to make instant transactions from their mobile... read more

Square expands into Asia with Japan launch

23 May 13 @ 00:00

Square, the digital payments company, is launching in Japan, the company announced on Thursday. Japanese merchants can get a Square Reader for free and start accepting payments with it for 3.25%... read more

MPOS not just for micro merchants

23 May 13 @ 00:00

Handpoint launched its new Chip and PIN mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) system for small, medium and enterprise merchants. “Mobile Point-Of-Sale is not just for micro merchants,” says David Gudjonsson, CEO and... read more

WorldPay launches Bankout

23 May 13 @ 00:00

WorldPay has launched Bankout, a service that gives merchants the ability to make cost-effective, low-value cross-border payments with guaranteed amounts delivered to recipients and no receiving bank charges. Matched with WorldPay’s... read more

First Data Expands Relationship with SAV Credit

23 May 13 @ 00:00

First Data Corporation today announced that it has expanded its relationship with SAV Credit Limited, a leading specialist credit card provider in the United Kingdom. In addition to supporting all of... read more

German banks adopt Step2 for domestic payments

22 May 13 @ 00:00

EBA Clearing reveals seven German banks will use the Step2 payments system to process and clear their domestic payments, converting in the second half of 2013. A group of seven... read more

Telecom Italia and SIA testing mobile ticketing service via NFC

17 May 13 @ 00:00

Public transport companies TPER (Transport Passenger Emilia-Romagna), ANM Napoli, START Romagna, Telecom Italy and SIA Group have signed an agreement to develop and test a “mobile ticketing” platform enabling all... read more

BNP launches full-service mobile bank

17 May 13 @ 00:00

BNP Paribas is to tap rising demand for banking services by mobile phone users with the launch of a full-service dedicated mobile bank across four European countries. Hello Bank starts with zero customers... read more

Square reinvents the register with Square Stand

15 May 13 @ 00:00

Square has announced Square Stand, a beautiful new hardware for brick and mortar businesses that turns an iPad into a complete POS. With local businesses increasingly tearing out their old... read more

Eftpos announces contract to enable mobile payments

15 May 13 @ 00:00

Eftpos Australia says it will begin mobile payments trials with selected Australian retailers in the next few months. Eftpos – which is owned by 14 of country’s largest banks and retailers – accounts... read more

EU Commission says Visa Europe offers to cut inter-bank fees

14 May 13 @ 00:00

Visa Europe has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at 0.3% of transaction value for four years, the same level as the rival MasterCard  network, to end a... read more

Survey reveals industry expectations for contactless are overambitious

14 May 13 @ 00:00

A survey conducted by Compass Plus has revealed that the reality of the mass adoption of contactless payments is much further behind industry expectations. The survey, in which UK residents... read more

Monitise mPOS payment service

14 May 13 @ 00:00

Monitise has launched Monitise mPOS a white-labelled mobile payment service for banks, mobile operators and acquirers to offer their business customers the ability to accept card payments on a mobile... read more

30% of online shoppers prefer to pay with cash

14 May 13 @ 00:00

According to the latest research from Ukash, the online cash payment provider, a third of online shoppers would prefer to be able to use cash when buying from websites. Interestingly,... read more

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Visa launches Intelligence Commerce Connect tool

14 Apr 26 @ 20:03

Visa is stepping up its push into agentic commerce with the launch of Intelligent Commerce Connect, a new tool intended to help businesses plug into AI-driven s... more

Revolut eyes an IPO, but the valuation story is the real headline

21 Apr 26 @ 14:35

Revolut is beginning to sound more like a future public market heavyweight than a fast-growing European fintech. Chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the com... more

American Express launches agentic commerce developer kit

16 Apr 26 @ 11:46

American Express is positioning itself early for what could become one of the next major shifts in digital payments: AI agents that do more than recommend produ... more