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FI’s should prepare for fragmented multi-wallet future

30 May 13 @ 00:00

MasterCard Mobile, based on Cellum’s technology, has reached the milestone of 100,000 downloads in May. The service was launched in 2011, making payments via mobile available at nearly 200 merchants... read more

Telefonica, Santander, CaixaBank to form digital commerce JV

30 May 13 @ 00:00

Banks and financial institutions launching mobile wallets in the immediate future should expect to enter a hotly contested market, crowded with own-brand solutions that are limited to the delivery of... read more

Portuguese contactless payment project MobiPag

30 May 13 @ 00:00

Morpho (Safran) announced its participation in the Portuguese MobiPag project, the first results of which were publically demonstrated on April 10. The project aims to develop the dematerialization of payments... read more

payleven and Apple launch Chip & PIN card reader

30 May 13 @ 00:00

payleven says it is making its Chip & PIN card reader available for anyone to buy off the shelf in Apple retail stores and on the Apple online store across... read more

Trust: barrier to mobile retail and payment services

29 May 13 @ 00:00

MPayMe a Hong Kong-based mobile specialist and First Data announced a strategic alliance to offer mobile payment solutions in key markets in Asia Pacific. MPayMe and First Data will work... read more

100 thousand users – largest Hungarian mobile payment system

29 May 13 @ 00:00

As retailers endeavour to adopt multichannel customer interaction strategies, new research into British consumer behaviour and attitudes towards mobile interactions reveals that “trust” is the biggest barrier to the adoption... read more

MTS Russia deploys NFC SIM for mobile transport

29 May 13 @ 00:00

 Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia’s largest network operator with over 70 million subscribers is to deploy Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC high-end SIM cards for a mobile phone-based public transport ticketing solution in the... read more

Visa, MasterCard take gloves off in Interchange-Fee settlement quarrel

28 May 13 @ 00:00

Visa Inc and MasterCard  sued trade groups and retailers that rejected a $7.25 billion settlement in a price-fixing suit and asked a court to rule that the card companies’ fee practices weren’t... read more

Cautious UK spenders reach two-year low in overlimit cards

28 May 13 @ 00:00

FICO today released its quarterly UK cards data showing that the percentage of cards that are overlimit hit a two-year low. The latest data from the FICO Benchmark Reporting Service showed that... read more

Samport rolls out Ingenico payment solutions to the Nordics

28 May 13 @ 00:00

Ingenico announces that Samport, one of the fastest growing Payment Systems Providers (PSP) in the Nordic region has certified Ingenico’s full range of NFC-enabled mobile and countertop payment devices and... read more

DataCash and Redecard partner for e-commerce in Brazil

28 May 13 @ 00:00

Global payments provider, DataCash has announced that it is partnering with Redecard to provide the most complete e-commerce solution in Brazil, E-commerce Redecard. The partnership will result in a state of... read more

MasterCard select Kalixa for acquirer test cards globally

28 May 13 @ 00:00

Kalixa Group announced that it has been selected by MasterCard to issue a version of its award winning Kalixa Pay prepaid card to every newly accredited acquirer for testing. The card... read more

Société Générale Bank & Trust moves core banking systems to Cloud

24 May 13 @ 00:00

Luxembourg private bank Société Générale Bank & Trust (SGBT), subsidiary of Société Générale Group, has completed the migration of its mission-critical banking systems to a cloud computing architecture. The migration... read more

Top 10 Checks’ Guide to choosing the ideal Payment Service Provider

23 May 13 @ 00:00

According to Anderson Zaks organisations should actively take time out to review their approach to handling the growing number of consumer credit and debit card payments.  In a guide published today,... read more

MPayMe and First Data form strategic alliance

23 May 13 @ 00:00

Visa Europe announced two significant additions to its Visa Personal Payments mobile service: Multi-Currency and Immediate Payments. The new functions will enable consumers to make instant transactions from their mobile... read more

Square expands into Asia with Japan launch

23 May 13 @ 00:00

Square, the digital payments company, is launching in Japan, the company announced on Thursday. Japanese merchants can get a Square Reader for free and start accepting payments with it for 3.25%... read more

MPOS not just for micro merchants

23 May 13 @ 00:00

Handpoint launched its new Chip and PIN mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) system for small, medium and enterprise merchants. “Mobile Point-Of-Sale is not just for micro merchants,” says David Gudjonsson, CEO and... read more

WorldPay launches Bankout

23 May 13 @ 00:00

WorldPay has launched Bankout, a service that gives merchants the ability to make cost-effective, low-value cross-border payments with guaranteed amounts delivered to recipients and no receiving bank charges. Matched with WorldPay’s... read more

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Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more

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

UK Banks complete first live transactions using Tokenised Deposits

27 Sep 26 @ 18:52

Seven major UK financial institutions have completed the first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits, marking an important step in Britai... more