01 Feb 16 @ 16:02

09 December 2015 marked a significant date for interchange rates across Europe as all EU countries had to align their domestic rates, in accordance with the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR).... read more

02 Oct 15 @ 07:57

Everything changed on 6 August 1991 when the first webpage was launched. Nearly 25 years on, we look at the state of the cyber nation, the battle between cyber attackers... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:50

SIA and JCB International have signed a 5-year agreement for the processing of payment transactions of JCB merchants in Italy through the SIA technology platform. The agreement reached with SIA... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:30

Google finally rolled out Android Pay, its one-touch payment app on Android devices, in more than 1 million contactless-enabled merchants in the US on 10 September. Android Pay supports credit... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:23

Following a string of revenue warnings, mobile group Monitise reported an increase in losses for the financial year to June 2015 and the departure of its chief executive. Pre-tax losses... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:02

There will always be a place for charity collection boxes at check-out and tin-shakers in the street. But how is card payment technology helping to change charitable giving? And what... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 07:38

New research by RBR shows that the number of payment cards in circulation worldwide increased by 11 percent in 2014 to reach 12 billion, largely driven by strong growth in... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 07:36

A US judge has rejected a proposed class-action settlement between American Express and merchants who sued the company over card fees, ruling that a lawyer acting for the merchants compromised... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:57

Contactless cards have been issued in Australia since 2006 but a major push on the acceptance side only started in the second-half of 2010. The technology is starting to gain... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:36

General purpose and private label credit, debit and prepaid cards generated $5,165 trillion in sales in the US last year. This was an 8 percent increase on the $4,768 trillion... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:11

MasterCard faces formal antitrust investigations in Europe after the European Commission accused the card giant of “artificially raising the costs of card payments.” The Commission issued its statement of objections... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:49

Best Buy customers can now use Apple Pay when shopping online, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on an Apple earnings call. This is a blow for CurrentC, the mobile payment... read more

31 May 15 @ 09:05

PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more

31 May 15 @ 07:55

Two UK card issuers are cutting the reward schemes offered on credit products in response to the card interchange fee cap announced by the European Parliament. In a move that... read more

28 May 15 @ 00:01

PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more

28 May 15 @ 00:00

Two UK card issuers are cutting the reward schemes offered on credit products in response to the card interchange fee cap announced by the European Parliament. In a move that... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 15:30

The chief executive of American Express, Kenneth Chenault, refused for years to settle an antitrust case with the US government, vowing to fight even as the company’s top rivals cut... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:05

Interchange fees to process debit and credit card transactions are to be capped under an EU law in a bid to wrap-up the long-standing battle with payment groups including Visa... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:37

In 2013, cards and payments at the POS and on the internet continued to drive growth in many European countries. The rollout of contactless cards and mPOS terminals gains momentum... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:03

Google is suing Visa and MasterCard, accusing the payment processors of breaching US federal antitrust law by charging ‘supra-competitive’ interchange fees. Google was one of those merchants that had earlier... read more