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Lloyds Bank launch MPOS

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

Carberp malware source code leaked

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

Europeans say No to cash this summer

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

Ixaris Payments Server

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

EMV will accelerate adoption of mobile technologies

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

BPC Banking Technologies and Alfa-Bank introduce mobile NFC-payments

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

Citi Launches the CitiManager

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

paySmart launches EMV solution in the Cloud

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

Visa Sues Wal-Mart to end retailer’s swipe fee claims

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

Payments Council posts blueprint for UK’s payments infrastructure

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

Kuwait International Bank launches mobile payment in Middle East

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

Starbucks goes contactless in the UK

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

Unveils its next generation online payment fraud protection tool

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

Google Wallet – nightmare continues

12 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Google Wallet has become a large money pit. The company has dedicated hundreds of developers to Wallet and spent about $300 million to acquire digital payment startups to help develop the app.... read more

Apple granted a key iWallet patent for Mobile Pay service

12 Jun 13 @ 00:00

On June 11, 2013, the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 37 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. In this report we cover a key iWallet... read more

China Mobile and UnionPay announce launch of NFC Payments service

12 Jun 13 @ 00:00

China Mobile and China UnionPay announced on Sunday the launch of an NFC service and mobile wallet, integrating China UnionPay’s contactless payment QuickPass with China Mobile’s mobile wallet services. So... read more

SoftBank Mobile further expands Japan’s mobile NFC ecosystem

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

MasterCard brings mobile payment to Taiwan

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

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Visa Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure as Credentials Reach 5.2 Billion

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more