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Combining credit card and debit card rewards a hit with consumers

31 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Consumers respond positively to a combined rewards program for credit and debit cards.  According to a recent survey by  SYNERGISTICS Research entitled, Re-Engineering Credit Card Programs, three-quarters (75%) of Internet... read more

Russia’s universal electronic card goes live

31 Jan 13 @ 00:00

BPC Banking Technologies announces the completion of the processing center implementation for Russia’s Universal Electronic Card (UEC) – one of the key components of the e-government project. As per the... read more

Mobile Commerce – essential for retailers as consumer confidence soars

31 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Mobile commerce is driving more and more sales for British e-businesses, according to an industry-leading survey by payment processor, Sage Pay. The third annual Sage Pay e-Business Benchmark Report of... read more

Barclaycard and American Express to expand their global relationships

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Barclaycard and American Express have announced that they have agreed to expand the scope of their current global relationships with Barclaycard becoming an American Express card issuing partner in the... read more

There is only Plan A: get ready for SEPA in the next twelve months

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Are you excited yet? After more than a decade of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) in the making, this most ambitious European Union (EU) integration project in the area... read more

Consumer confidence in mobile commerce at all time high

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group a management and technology consulting firm serving the financial services industry, has released its mobile wallet review. CG assessed a representative group of 20 mobile... read more

Neomobile bring one-click payments to Opera Mini

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

BuzzCity has issues its latest quarterly report on the current trends dominating the global mobile advertising industry. The report reveals the appetite for mobile commerce is at an all-time high,... read more

Mobile commerce breathes life into UK business growth

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Opera Software and Neomobile will work together to bring mobile payments to users of Neomobile services and the Opera Mini mobile browser. As part of the agreement with Opera Commerce,... read more

Retail industry believes Google most likely to win mobile wallet war

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

A recent survey released by ACI Worldwide reveals that the retail industry is bracing for transition as mobile payments, EMV migration deadlines and questions over PCI data security standards dominate... read more

Mobile Banking trends in China

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

The number of mobile banking users in China reached 150 million in 2012, accounting for more than 40% of mobile banking users worldwide. Major commercial banks saw more than 100%... read more

WorldPay and Vindicia partnership targets international payment acceptance for digital merchants

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Vindicia and WorldPay announced a partnership to deliver enhanced payment acceptance capability to Vindicia’s digital eCommerce merchants. The alliance integrates WorldPay’s payment processing capabilities into Vindicia’s billing platform, CashBox, which is specifically... read more

Stopping fraud with a mobile phone

30 Jan 13 @ 00:00

iovation announced the immediate availability of iovation Phone Verification. The two-factor phone authentication solution provides an additional fraud-fighting layer.  “With today’s always-evolving cybercrime schemes, it is essential to provide a layered... read more

Banks believe Dodd-Frank 1073 will have negative impact

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Fundtech, a market leader in global transaction banking solutions, today revealed the results of a recent survey on banks’ sentiments towards Dodd-Frank section 1073, which mandates transparency around costs, timing... read more

Ingenico announces acquisition of Ogone

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Ingenico  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 million.  This... read more

Credit Cards & IP

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

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Walmart Vs Banks

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

1 in 3 Americans would buy financial services from retailers 1 in 3 Americans would buy financial services from retailers

Social Media poised to improve engagement with UK credit cardholders

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Credit card issuers have been seeking new ways to drive cardholder loyalty and engagement, as their market share has been under threat from both debit cards and emerging payment types... read more

LevelUp, PayPal and Square take early lead in mobile wallet marathon

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

US mobile payments will reach $90 billion by 2017, a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from the $12.8 billion spent in 2012. This is according to Forrester’s latest five-year... 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