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US Treasury issues guidance on virtual currencies – regulatory details remain unclear

20 Mar 13 @ 00:00

FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Network of the US Treasury, has turned its attention to virtual currencies after releasing a new guidance note on the management and usage of virtual currencies like Bitcoin, Facebook... read more

Visa Europe in forced sale?

20 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The European banks that own Visa Europe may soon decide to sell the credit-card organization to US-based Visa Inc. (V) and set up a rival system in Europe, people familiar with the... 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

Pret sees growth in contactless

20 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Contactless payments at sandwich chain Pret A Manger have boomed over the past 12 months, according to the firm’s director of IT, delivery and support, Andy Chalklin. "Contactless payments in... read more

Visa announces strategic processing relationship with Planet Payment

15 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Visa recently announced the opening of the Myanmar market to ATM and POS acceptance through their licensing agreements with Co-operative Bank, Kanbawza Bank, and Myanmar Overseas Bank.  This represents significant... read more

80% of corporates yet to fully migrate to SEPA

14 Mar 13 @ 00:00

European corporates continue to underestimate the work involved in complying with new SEPA regulations, which become mandatory on 1st February 2014. With the SEPA deadline fast approaching, an interactive webinar &... read more

RBS unveils text-to-pay app

14 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Forrester Research, Principal Analyst in eCommerce and Channel Strategy, Martin Gill says that mobile will evolve as the main platform for retailers over the next three years.  39% of UK... read more

PayPal debuts iPad App

14 Mar 13 @ 00:00

PayPal on Wednesday served up its first iPad app, a version of its product intended to help small businesses process transactions. The app, which can accept PayPal and cash in... read more

PKO Bank Polski launches mobile payment service

14 Mar 13 @ 00:00

PKO Bank Polski has launched IKO, a mobile payment service that covers all payment situations. The roll-out includes all Bank’s ATMs and ultimately more than 6,5000 POS terminals of eService,... read more

ACI Worldwide completes acquisition of Online Resources Corporation

14 Mar 13 @ 00:00

ACI Worldwide announced it has completed the acquisition of Online Resources Corporation, a leading provider of online banking and full service bill pay solutions. The acquisition adds Electronic Bill Presentment and... read more

B+S Card Service launch European Payments in the UK

14 Mar 13 @ 00:00

B+S Card Service, one of Germany’s largest acquirers and a one source solution for electronic payment processing, today officially launched in the UK. Founded in 1989 B+S is part of... read more

Midcounties Co-operative upgrades to contactless with TNSPay

13 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The UK’s largest independent Co-operative, The Midcounties Co-operative, is upgrading its payment systems with faster processing, enhanced security and new contactless functionality from Transaction Network Services (TNS). Midcounties Co-operative, which... read more

Adoption of mobile will secure the future of UK Retail

11 Mar 13 @ 00:00

At Mobile World Congress, MasterCard and VimpelCom announced a strategic partnership combining MasterCard’s mobile payments technology with VimpelCom’s  globally integrated telecommunications services. The partnership will provide innovative payment solutions to... read more

WorldPay acquires card payments service provider YESpay

06 Mar 13 @ 00:00

WorldPay, has today announced the acquisition of the YESpay group of companies, a leading payments services provider. Leveraging YESpay’s technology, WorldPay will offer its UK clients a complete payment service,... read more

PayOne files mobile payment patent infringement lawsuit against Home Depot

06 Mar 13 @ 00:00

PayOne has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against The Home Depot in the Northern District of California.  In its complaint, PayOne asserts that The Home Depot retail store deployment and... read more

UniCredit roll out biometric payment system

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Fujitsu Technology Solutions has entered into an agreement with UniCredit, the Italy-based European banking group, to make UniCredit the first customer for its PalmSecure authentication system. As part of the... read more

NFC Forum validates latest Clear2Pay Test Solution

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Clear2Pay announced that the NFC Forum, the non-profit industry association that advances NFC technology, validated the latest release of its NFC Forum conformance test suite. The test solution enables chip... 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

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

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