01 Aug 13 @ 01:26

The Netherlands banking regulator has approved Amazon Web Services (AWS) for use by financial organizations, Amazon says This clears AWS cloud services for use across all areas of Dutch financial... read more

01 Aug 13 @ 01:25

The Bank of Thailand declared Bitcoins illegal on Monday, making it the first country to ban the virtual currency. According to an online statement by Bitcoin Co. Ltd., which facilitates the trading of the currency, the ruling came after months of meetings between the company and Thailand's central bank. Thailand's Foreign Exchange Administration and Policy Department ultimately decided on the ban "due to lack of existing applicable laws, capital controls and the fact that Bitcoin straddles multiple financial facets."

01 Aug 13 @ 01:22

The controversy surrounding virtual currencies is prompting enthusiasts to try to bolster their legitimacy and fight perceptions that they attract illicit behavior. A group of companies that are pushing virtual... read more

01 Aug 13 @ 01:16

MasterCard and Visa Inc. announced an agreement to license their respective common US debit solutions to each other to meet the industry need for a streamlined approach to route US chip debit... read more

30 Jul 13 @ 01:28

British consumers will be the first in Europe to experience MasterPass by MasterCard. Major high street and online brands, including, Argos, Boots, House of Fraser and The Hut Group, join thousands of... read more

26 Jul 13 @ 01:34

First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, has today announced the extension of its contract with Raiffeisen Polbank, one of its five largest customers in... read more

26 Jul 13 @ 01:32

SIA has acquired 51% of the share capital of Emmecom, an Italian company in the sector of fixed, mobile and satellite telecommunications networks, with the right to exercise the option for... read more

26 Jul 13 @ 01:30

Barclaycard announces that it has partnered with Sysnet Global Solutions to provide PCI DSS compliance validation services to its UK based merchant customers.  In the accompanying press release Internal Market... read more

26 Jul 13 @ 00:00

The European Commission (EC) published the long awaited proposal for a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), and a proposal for the regulation of Multilateral Interchange Fees (MIF), on 24 July... read more

24 Jul 13 @ 01:39

The European Union’s executive body proposed a strict cap on credit and debit card fees on Wednesday, in a move it said could save consumers billions of euros. The proposal,... read more

24 Jul 13 @ 01:38

The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing a Texas man for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme he promoted through a Bitcoin-denominated investment strategy and issued a warning to investors about falling for... read more

24 Jul 13 @ 01:36

Wind and BNL BNP Paribas Group, in collaboration with SIA and MasterCard, have started an NFC technology (Near Field Communication), which allows users to make purchases in contactless mode via... read more

23 Jul 13 @ 01:43

Kalixa Group, DeviceFidelity and MasterCard announced the UK launch of the moneto prepaid wallet. The wallet enables near field communications (NFC) functionality on an iPhone, allowing users to tap and pay for goods at thousands of... read more

23 Jul 13 @ 01:40

First Annapolis forecasts that U.S. open-loop prepaid revenue will reach $4.5 billion in 2013, up from $3.8 billion in 2012. Historically, growth rates on prepaid load volume, transactions, and revenue... read more

22 Jul 13 @ 02:18

Responding to increasing demand for mobile payments, Cryptomathic has upgraded its EMV flagship issuing solution, CardInk, to enable customers to issue payment applications to smartphones and other mobile devices. The... read more

22 Jul 13 @ 02:15

Movida, the mobile payments joint venture between Visa Inc. and Monitise announced a deal with ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, to utilize Movida’s mobile payments service for the... read more

22 Jul 13 @ 01:49

Sina, the Chinese tech giant behind microblogging platform Sina Weibo, announced that it will roll out an online banking platform in September. According to the Beijing News (h/t via Tech in Asia) the new... read more

22 Jul 13 @ 01:46

U.S. Bank announced that it has added Square to its digital wallet options available to customers via their iOS and Android smartphones. The announcement comes during a time when many in... read more