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Midcounties Co-operative upgrades to contactless with TNSPay

13 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The UK’s largest independent Co-operative, The Midcounties Co-operative, is upgrading its payment systems with faster processing, enhanced security and new contactless functionality from Transaction Network Services (TNS). Midcounties Co-operative, which... read more

Adoption of mobile will secure the future of UK Retail

11 Mar 13 @ 00:00

At Mobile World Congress, MasterCard and VimpelCom announced a strategic partnership combining MasterCard’s mobile payments technology with VimpelCom’s  globally integrated telecommunications services. The partnership will provide innovative payment solutions to... read more

WorldPay acquires card payments service provider YESpay

06 Mar 13 @ 00:00

WorldPay, has today announced the acquisition of the YESpay group of companies, a leading payments services provider. Leveraging YESpay’s technology, WorldPay will offer its UK clients a complete payment service,... read more

PayOne files mobile payment patent infringement lawsuit against Home Depot

06 Mar 13 @ 00:00

PayOne has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against The Home Depot in the Northern District of California.  In its complaint, PayOne asserts that The Home Depot retail store deployment and... read more

SIA uses Gemalto’s TSM platform to speed up Italian NFC rollout

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Gemalto and SIA, a major international payments processor, are joining forces to support rapid deployment of NFC services throughout Italy. Gemalto and SIA team up for the first national TSM infrastructure in... read more

Bankinter develops NFC service eliminating secure elements

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Bankinter has developed an NFC payments solution that works without a secure element, potentially cutting out both mobile network operators and players like Google from the NFC payments business. Bankinter’s technology... read more

Global Payments in the UK launches Global PAY

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Global Payments today announces the UK launch of Global PAY Now, a new terminal for restaurants and pubs which will allow diners to settle their bill in under a minute.... read more

UniCredit roll out biometric payment system

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Fujitsu Technology Solutions has entered into an agreement with UniCredit, the Italy-based European banking group, to make UniCredit the first customer for its PalmSecure authentication system. As part of the... read more

NFC Forum validates latest Clear2Pay Test Solution

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Clear2Pay announced that the NFC Forum, the non-profit industry association that advances NFC technology, validated the latest release of its NFC Forum conformance test suite. The test solution enables chip... read more

AIS pilot NFC payments and transit in Bangkok

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, has been selected by Advanced Info Service Plc. (AIS), the... read more

Spire Payments acquires Thyron

04 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Spire Payments is delighted to announce the acquisition of Thyron Payments Systems, a recognised leader in the mobile payments market.  The purchase, which concluded today, sees Spire Payments solidifying its... read more

Equens processes billionth SEPA transaction

28 Feb 13 @ 00:00

Equens processed its billionth SEPA transaction last week. Since the launch of the SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) scheme in January 2008 and the introduction of SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) in... read more

Growth in ATM withdrawal volumes suggests bright future for cash

27 Feb 13 @ 00:00

The global ATM market is set to continue to grow, largely as a result of huge projected growth in demand for cash withdrawal services in the coming years, particularly from... read more

eBay sets sights on $20 billion mobile sales in 2013

27 Feb 13 @ 00:00

New research from VocaLink into UK consumer appetite for alternative ways to pay on mobile devices reveals that 81% of those interested in new digital payment methods say they are... read more

MasterCard partner with VimpelCom and Orange to offer mobile money globally

27 Feb 13 @ 00:00

As the mobile industry is in the midst of the buzzing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the future of m-commerce and smartphone payments are high on the agenda. eBay has... read more

GlobalPlatform specification supports service provider integration into the NFC Ecosystem

27 Feb 13 @ 00:00

GlobalPlatform, the organization that standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology, has advanced its specification for the Management of Mobile NFC Services to specifically address how service providers can connect... read more

China Unicom selects Gemalto in China’s first NFC payment service

27 Feb 13 @ 00:00

Gemalto announced that its UpTeq NFC SIM card has been selected by China Unicom to secure its mobile wallet program. China Unicom is the nation’s second-largest wireless operator, with more than 220... read more

SIX Payment Services and Diners Club Italy sign a long-term merchant acquisition agreement

27 Feb 13 @ 00:00

SIX Payment Services (Europe) S.A., the international provider of card-based payment solutions, and Diners Club Italia S.r.l., which belongs to Discover Network and Diners Club International, today announced the signing... read more

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Wero expands merchant payments in France with Orange

06 Sep 26 @ 19:31

Wero is moving further beyond its origins as a peer-to-peer payment service, with Orange becoming the first merchant in France to offer subscription bill paymen... more

ECB and Brazil explore cross-border link between TIPS and Pix

06 Sep 26 @ 19:32

The European Central Bank and Banco Central do Brasil are examining whether Europe’s TIPS instant-payment infrastructure could be connected with Brazil’s hu... more

US Bank tests its own Stablecoin for Cross-Border Payments

10 Sep 26 @ 15:44

US Bank has completed a live cross-border transaction using its own dollar-backed stablecoin, becoming one of the latest major lenders to test whether blockchai... more