27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Kuwait International Bank and McDonald’s are initiating a partnership with Seamless concerning the pilot launch of the SEQR mobile payment solution in the State of Kuwait in the Middle East.... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Gemalto will supply prepaid EMV payment cards to Mobile Financial Services (MFS), the joint venture formed by Telefónica and MasterCard Worldwide.  The launch is part of “Zuum”, a new payment... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

WorldPay announced the launch of its mobile Chip & PIN payment service, that enables card payments for small businesses and mobile workers; WorldPay Zinc.   The new service is quick and... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has developed a suite of mobile card acceptance solutions for micro-merchants, start-ups and small business owners. The solution will offer a suite of mobile payments products... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

The source code for the notorious Carberp banking malware toolkit, which used to change hands for tens of thousands of dollars, has been leaked, security researchers are warning. Earlier this... read more

21 Jun 13 @ 00:00

New research from MasterCard shows that Europeans want to enjoy cashfree holidays. The survey shows how people across Europe prefer having their cards on hand on holiday, more than the... read more

21 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Ixaris has launched Ixaris Payments Server, a cloud-based platform that enables banks to quickly and cost-effectively develop their own corporate prepaid programmes. The comprehensive, out-of-the-box package allows banks to take a share... read more

19 Jun 13 @ 00:00

ACI Worldwide has released the results of a new survey of banks, retailers and payment processors that sheds new light on industry trends related to EMV, mobile payments and banking,... read more

19 Jun 13 @ 00:00

BPC Banking Technologies and Alfa-Bank – the largest private bank in Russia – announced the launch of a contactless payment service based on NFC technology for Russian telecom operator Beeline.... read more

19 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Citi Commercial Cards has rolled-out “CitiManager Mobile”, a mobile-optimized version of the CitiManager desktop portal, Citi’s state-of-the- art account management tool. With the CitiManager Mobile site, Citi corporate cardholders can view their accounts,... read more

19 Jun 13 @ 00:00

paySmart an EMV provider for independent issuers in Latin America and member of the MULTOS consortium, has launched the world’s first EMV solution in the Cloud using MULTOS enabling independent... read more

17 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Visa Inc. sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a bid to stop the world’s largest retailer from bringing price-fixing claims over merchant swipe fees. Wal-Mart is among more than 7,000 retailers that dropped out... read more

17 Jun 13 @ 00:00

The publication of the first ever Payments Roadmap – An Initial Report today (17 June 2013), spells out the Payments Council’s revolutionary approach towards assessing the options for building on the world... read more

17 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Adyen announced findings from its inaugural Global Mobile Payments Index – taken from over 10 months of payments analysis – showing that worldwide mobile payments transactions on its platform have increased by 75%,... read more

17 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Starbucks, Barclaycard Global Payment Acceptance and Visa Europe have confirm that over 550 company owned  Starbucks stores in the UK accept contactless payments, making it even faster and easier for... read more

17 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Ogone has upgraded its on-line fraud protection package with the latest detection technology tools and launched a new product, Ogone Fraud Expert . Merchants are being offered improved protection against online fraudsters... read more

12 Jun 13 @ 00:00

SoftBank Mobile has announced its selection for the commercial launch of mobile NFC services in Japan. This launch further expands Japan’s NFC ecosystem, with two major mobile operators having launched NFC services,... read more

12 Jun 13 @ 00:00

MasterCard has brought its near field communications (NFC)-based mobile payment service to Taiwan, in collaboration with mobile operator Chunghwa Telecom and four local banks, and is expected to be operational... read more