16 Jun 14 @ 16:21

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

13 Jun 14 @ 10:59

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

12 Jun 14 @ 12:29

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

02 Jun 14 @ 12:57

The roll-out of contactless cards, the growth of e-commerce and rising usage of self-service tills are all contributing to a fall in cash usage in the UK, according to the... read more

20 May 14 @ 11:52

Tech companies have invested millions in trying to persuade people to make mobile payments, but the closure of a high-profile app launched by Twitter’s co-founder suggests too few are willing... read more

07 May 14 @ 09:09

Just days after FirstBank, a US regional bank from Boulder openly mocked Google Glass in a new video ad for its own mobile banking app, Google is working on a... read more

29 Apr 14 @ 13:06

Following the near completion of the migration of the first two payment instruments, credit transfers (CTs) and direct debits (DDs), to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), the Eurosystem is... read more

28 Apr 14 @ 10:41

After a number of anonymous sources wagging tongues, the clock is ticking for Square. Jack Dorsey’s payment start-up is burning through massive amounts of cash as it tries to scale its payments... read more

22 Apr 14 @ 17:10

Facebook is on the verge of winning approval from Ireland’s central bank to allow its users to store and exchange money. The company’s plans are not yet clear, but regulators are rightly... read more

01 Apr 14 @ 12:35

M-pesa has arrived in Europe as Vodafone seeks to spread the popular digital currency outside emerging markets. Vodafone has acquired an e-money licence to operate financial services in Europe, with... read more

25 Mar 14 @ 10:21

Metaps has released the closed beta version of SPIKE, a no commission online payment service that does not require any installation and can be set up in under a minute (the... read more

13 Mar 14 @ 11:22

New global research by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by mobile interaction service provider tyntec, has revealed that on average almost 50% of one-time passwords (OTPs) fail to arrive due to invalid... read more

06 Mar 14 @ 15:15

Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous. And annoyed. He’s wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks, without shoes, like he... read more

03 Mar 14 @ 10:41

Safaricom’s push to take its mobile money transfer business global has received another boost with the signing of a deal that will see users of MoneyGram send cash directly to... read more

28 Feb 14 @ 09:44

Mobile banking, as has been explored many times before, has a huge potential to open up banking services to people across the developing world. This time, however, the focus is... read more

21 Feb 14 @ 15:25

ACI Worldwide  an international provider of electronic payment and banking systems,  has announced strengthened support for UnionPay, the largest card network in the world. ACI’s clearing solution, ACI Interchange, opens... read more

19 Feb 14 @ 14:22

US banks could follow JP Morgan’s lead and get out of the US pre-paid market if proposed new regulatory oversight materialises, leaving the way open for the likes of American... read more

18 Feb 14 @ 14:13

Through a sequence of product launches in the last years, the payment industry has stepped further into the focus of general public. Especially mobile acceptance initiatives are mushrooming around the... read more

12 Feb 14 @ 11:23

Last year, PCM delved into the world of virtual currencies, looking at how emerging (and unregulated) methods like Bitcoin could impact the payments industry. In less than a year, the pace of... read more

11 Feb 14 @ 16:24

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 the... read more