07 May 19 @ 13:10

An article in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Bulletin of December 2018, accurately and comprehensively describes the history of the regulation of payment card surcharging in Australia. The RBA... read more

07 May 19 @ 11:34

IBM Security and Ponemon Institute have released the 2018 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Overview. This year it conducted interviews with more than 2,200 IT, data protection, and compliance... read more

03 May 19 @ 09:38

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is launching a merchant acquiring service, NatWest Tyl, for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), heading back into the payments business, putting it in direct competition... read more

03 May 19 @ 09:35

According to figures released by the chip card industry standards body, EMV Co, more that 8.2 billion chip cards have been issued globally for use in the payment card industry.... read more

30 Apr 19 @ 12:10

Trustwave has released the 2019 Trustwave Global Security Report, which reveals the top cybersecurity threats, breaches by industry and cybercrime trends from 2018. The report is based on the analysis... read more

30 Apr 19 @ 11:37

The German e-commerce market is predicted to increase by 9% this year, meaning the online retail industry could be worth €57.8 billion at the end of 2019. The latest figures... read more

30 Apr 19 @ 10:43

The UK’s competition regulator, which had been looking into the merger, has dropped its opposition to PayPal’s $2.2 billion takeover of iZettle, after finding that the enlarged payments group would... read more

29 Apr 19 @ 12:10

Last week it was reported that one of the major US retailers JCPenney stopped support for Apple Pay. Was it dues to low usage in-store? No was the repose, it... read more

29 Apr 19 @ 11:41

Visa and Mastercard have offered to cut interchange fees on payments made by tourists using cards issued outside the European Union to limit fines and end an EU antitrust investigation,... read more

29 Apr 19 @ 11:17

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), represented by Saudi Payments, has entered into agreement with Vocalink & IBM to develop the new faster payments system planned for launch at the... read more

29 Apr 19 @ 10:51

Businesses often find it difficult to get access to additional funds to help them fast-track expansion plans, whether for new branches, larger premises or adding staff and services. Even when... read more

26 Apr 19 @ 15:21

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, spoke perhaps one of the most memorable references to social media when he dubbed it the new “public square.”  It is true that social media has... read more

26 Apr 19 @ 11:04

The journey from unbundling to rebundling and back has been a formidable one. Open Banking and emerging technologies and the pace of innovation are driving changes throughout the banking industry... read more

25 Apr 19 @ 08:59

The combat against fraud was an important and recurring topic at the recent MPE, and not without reason. Card-not-present (CNP) fraud remains a focal point of attention for merchants and... read more

25 Apr 19 @ 08:00

Visa has introduced a new API platform called Visa Next. The platform with beta application programming interfaces (APIs) and development tools for issuers and processors was launched to help build... read more

24 Apr 19 @ 12:15

Car makers, Big Tech and suppliers are all jostling to own customer relationships and data in the era of the connected car. Sound familiar? Everything is miscellaneous but somehow connected.... read more

24 Apr 19 @ 10:29

E-commerce payments in the Gulf states, which have grown rapidly in recent years, are set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.1% from AED 31.5 billion... read more

18 Apr 19 @ 11:34

The late Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs famously believed that, when it came to product design, less was more, and of course his creations delighted consumers all over... read more

18 Apr 19 @ 10:26

So, Facebook is creating its own cryptocurrency. The move is partly to counter the threat from up and coming messaging rivals Telegram and Signal, with the effort to build its... read more

16 Apr 19 @ 16:15

The UK Court of Appeals has overturned a formerly favourable Mastercard interchange fee ruling. The £14 billion lawsuit against Mastercard for imposing charges on UK consumers looks set to proceed... read more