03 Dec 14 @ 11:54

Card payments continue to be central to much human activity. However, new technologies, the internet, new legal frameworks, card fraud, and other competing payment services have challenged and transformed the... read more

02 Oct 14 @ 15:21

Apple has finally embraced NFC with its inclusion in the iPhone 6 handset. While the rest of the payments industry is wondering what took Apple so long, the move will... read more

02 Oct 14 @ 15:08

UK retailers have welcomed the historic court ruling to cap interchange fees retailers pay banks to process card payments. The judgment by the European Court of Justice comprehensively and decisively... read more

02 Oct 14 @ 14:51

The global payments and transaction-banking businesses continue to represent vital elements of the banking industry and the global financial services landscape. The importance of these businesses both as critical sources... read more

02 Oct 14 @ 10:39

How is SEPA faring now that migration deadlines have passed, and could banks be doing more? by Victoria Conroy Finally, after a 15-year wait, and a delayed 1 August migration deadline,... read more

29 Jul 14 @ 22:27

Only 42% of UK SMEs currently offer customers the option of paying by card, despite card spending more than doubling in the last decade, according to research from Barclaycard.  SMEs... read more

29 Jul 14 @ 22:25

New research carried out on behalf of Kalixa Group shows only 2% of micro-businesses in the UK use mPOS to accept payments. It also identifies the number one barrier to... read more

29 Jul 14 @ 21:59

How will host card emulation technology drive usage of NFC and what are the implications for consumers, merchants and payment providers? Host card emulation (HCE) is the hot topic within... read more

29 Jul 14 @ 21:36

On 7 July, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the US District Court for the Easter District of New York began hearing arguments in a case against American Express (Amex), which the... read more

29 Jul 14 @ 21:30

Almost 59% of high-value merchants in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland will not pass on savings from the proposed EU cap on interbank fees on card payments... read more

30 May 14 @ 11:43

Google is working on a feature that would add its Wallet mobile payments system to Glass’ bag of voice-controlled tricks, allowing users to send money to friends simply by uttering... read more

30 May 14 @ 11:18

Now that SEPA direct debits and credit transfers are firmly established in Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) is aiming to speed up SEPA for cards. In a new report,... read more

30 May 14 @ 11:15

mPOS payment pioneer Square is facing increasing speculation that it may put itself up for sale amid rumours that it lost over $100 million in 2013 and is rapidly using... read more

30 May 14 @ 08:51

In the wake of high-profile retailer breaches, how is the payment industry responding? by Victoria Conroy The year 2013 looks likely to be defined as the year of the data... read more

30 May 14 @ 08:49

While much of the debate around European card regulation focuses on Visa and MasterCard, how will three-party schemes fare under proposed legislation? by Victoria Conroy The July 2013 publication of... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 23:29

UK consumers are concerned that draft legislation currently being discussed by the EU over interchange will make it more expensive to pay by card, impacting upon the growing trend for... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 23:21

Competition among banks to gain new customers, and campaigns to replace low-value cash transactions with card payments, have driven significant levels of card issuance and rising card usage in Europe,... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:17

Following the news earlier this year that JPMorgan Chase would be exiting its US prepaid business, other US banks could soon follow suit if proposed new regulations covering the sector... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:14

The European Union’s antitrust regulator has accepted Visa Europe’s offer to cap its credit card multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) for cross-border credit card payments at 0.3% for retailers, two people... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 00:42

A research paper written by Professor Steve Worthington, of the Department of Marketing at Monash University, has studied the impact of regulatory interventions in the Australian payment card market, over a... read more