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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

An Infographic showing who owns what IP in Credit Cards An Infographic showing who owns what IP in Credit Cards

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

NACHA issues final guidelines for use of QR codes for bill payment

25 Jan 13 @ 00:00

NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association’s Council for Electronic Billing and Payment (CEBP) issued final guidelines for the use of Quick Response (QR) codes in consumer bill payment.  The guidelines,... read more

Santander wins banking award for SIM swapping fraud solution

25 Jan 13 @ 00:00

FICO announced that Santander has received a 2012 Banking Technology Award for Best Security Initiative for its SIM swapping solution, developed with Adeptra and rolled out in Santander’s UK operations. FICO... read more

Ogone Payment Services processes

25 Jan 13 @ 00:00

Despite the economic crisis, Ogone has enjoyed a 35.4% increase in turnover processed on its platforms in 2012 and expects similar growth figures for 2013. This significant evolution opens up... read more

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Thunes links stablecoin payouts to the Swift banking network

26 Mar 26 @ 19:08

Thunes is attempting to narrow one of the most persistent divides in modern payments: the gap between traditional banking infrastructure and the digital asset e... more

Visa backs Stripe and Tempo

24 Mar 26 @ 17:44

Visa is moving to embed itself in what could become the next important layer of digital commerce: payments initiated not by people, but by software agents actin... more

Visa targets dispute costs with new AI tools for merchants and banks

02 Apr 26 @ 18:44

Visa is stepping up its effort to modernise one of the most cumbersome parts of the payments chain, launching a suite of artificial intelligence-powered dispute... more