31 Jan 18 @ 14:25

Security experts are warning companies that the only way to fully protect themselves against hackers is to completely replace their computer systems. The newly revealed, pervasive flaw in chip design, dubbed... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 14:23

Visa and Dynamics have unveiled the Dynamics Wallet Card, an Internet of Things (IoT) device that holds multiple payment cards and includes a digital display allowing for greater security, instant... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 14:21

Google has finished revamping its mobile payment offerings, bringing together Android Pay and Google Wallet in one product and creating a new brand called Google Pay. The new product merges... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 14:20

Thales has had its offer to buy struggling Gemalto accepted in a deal worth close to €4.8 billion. The agreement comes just days after Gemalto had rejected a €4.3 billion takeover... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 14:19

TSYS says it will buy payment processing firm Cayan for $1.05 billion in cash to expand its offerings to small and mid-sized US businesses. The deal is expected to modestly... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 14:18

Ant Financial, the digital payments arm of Alibaba, has been forced to abandon a merger with MoneyGram, having failed to satisfy the US government that the deal posed no risk... read more

31 Jan 18 @ 14:17

A facial recognition surveillance test at a Berlin train station has been extended by six months. The experiment at Berlin Südkreuz train station has been ongoing since summer 2017. It... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 15:06

Robots have long been in our factories. Now they are on our roads, in our skies, homes and mobile devices in the form of self-driving vehicles, drones and virtual assistants.... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 15:06

Around $2 trillion is laundered every year and everyone is paying the price. Banks have huge regulatory overheads. Businesses and consumers encounter friction to open a bank account, transfer funds... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 15:03

The long tail of small and medium-sized businesses wags a long way down. Small merchants often make up the biggest group in an acquirer portfolio. They generate the most profit... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:35

The global payments industry accounted for 34 percent of overall banking revenues in 2016, up from 27 percent five years ago. Annual growth will average seven percent over the next... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:34

It all started with Amazon one-click in 1995. Now different buy buttons are widespread across the web. PayPal remains the most pervasive buy button online, with 67 percent of top... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:32

Cybercrime continues to grow and evolve, taking new forms and directions. It is also beginning to converge with serious and organised crime, supported by a professional underground economy of skills... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:32

Apple, Google and Microsoft have been named the three most valuable brands in the Interbrand 2017 Best Global Brands ranking. Apple’s brand value grew by three percent to $184 billion,... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:30

In mid-September, the Bank of England issued a new polymer £10 note featuring the author Jane Austen. The notes include raised dots in the upper corner to help blind and... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:20

As open banking in Europe continues to gather momentum, Canada’s banking industry has issued a warning to government about giving Canadians more control of their own banking data: proceed with caution.... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:19

The race against time has already begun: the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), defined in 2015 to strengthen consumer protection at European level, will come into effect in May... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:17

Digital payments are growing rapidly in Asia, fuelled by increasing smartphone ownership and growing access to the internet. An increasing array of solutions such as digital wallets, mobile payment apps... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:16

Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’s minister of communications, has revealed that President Vladimir Putin has given the go-ahead for a new cryptocurrency dubbed the crypto-rouble, reports CoinTelegraph, claiming local news sources. The Russian form of cryptocurrency... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:15

Visa has announced the European launch of Visa Direct, a real-time payments platform that allows companies to leverage Visa’s global reach and scale to transform domestic and cross-border payments for... read more