07 Jun 16 @ 08:25

The Bank of England recently reported a 5% rise in the volume of cash circulation in the UK.  If the volume of cash continues to increase at even half of... read more

03 Jun 16 @ 09:57

Visa Inc. announced that the European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Visa Europe by Visa Inc. Visa has now received all regulatory approvals required for the acquisition.  The... read more

02 Jun 16 @ 11:15

Businesses operating in the sharing economy are being held back by consumer fears over trust in the identity of the other party in the transaction, according to a new report... read more

02 Jun 16 @ 09:02

The value of contactless payments made by consumers in Canada more than doubled over the past year, according to a new study published by Technology Strategies International. The report titled,... read more

02 Jun 16 @ 08:47

Mobile payment is on the march worldwide and will also bring lasting changes to the world of business. New digital payment solutions simplify and speed up existing processes, making them... read more

01 Jun 16 @ 11:57

According to Forrester Research US e-commerce is expected to reach $373 billion in 2016. That figure will grow to more than $500 billion by 2020. The study explores the drivers of online retail... read more

01 Jun 16 @ 11:35

There has been significant growth in the acceptance of credit cards and contactless card payments by small and medium enterprises (SMEs), new research from East & Partners Europe shows. Since... read more

01 Jun 16 @ 11:24

It is not so long ago that a mobile phone was used to make phone calls. These days, it is used for everything from navigating our way through the streets... read more

31 May 16 @ 15:27

PayPal has been forced to shut down its services in Turkey because the company could not get the necessary license from the local authorities. The news about PayPal no longer being... read more

27 May 16 @ 15:49

Several themes from 2015 will continue trending this year. Mobile payments will keep being one of them. Large players like Apple and Samsung have expanded their geographical presence with their... read more

27 May 16 @ 13:26

Investigators are examining possible computer breaches at as many as 12 banks linked to Swift’s global payments network that have irregularities similar to those in the theft of $81 million... read more

27 May 16 @ 13:01

PayPal says it is discontinuing its mobile app for Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Amazon Fire OS devices to focus its efforts on Android and Apple and further condemning the brands to... read more

27 May 16 @ 12:17

The annual cost of fraud in the UK could be as high as £193bn per year according to a new report. This dwarfs previous estimates produced by the UK Government... read more

26 May 16 @ 15:15

Wells Fargo has announced a relaunch of its Android portal that will add support for contactless, NFC payments, ATM transactions, and more. Wells Fargo Wallet’s headlining feature is NFC. In an upgrade due... read more

26 May 16 @ 12:23

MasterCard has unveiled the first commerce application for SoftBank Robotics’ humanoid robot Pepper. The application will be powered by MasterPass, that connects consumers with merchants, enabling them to make fast digital... read more

26 May 16 @ 11:41

O2 in Germany is launching a mobile banking service in Germany in late summer 2016, as the number of disruptors to the financial services market continues to grow. The service will... read more

25 May 16 @ 15:38

By 2025 leading banks will be operating as digital financial superstores that blur the line between technology companies and banks, according to a new report from Greenwich Associates. The Future... read more

25 May 16 @ 15:30

Industry experts predict that debit cards are on track to become king in 2021 when they will take over from cash to become the UK’s most frequently used payment method,... read more

25 May 16 @ 09:40

Nets, the household name in Scandinavian payment processing, is on-boarding Nordic issuer portfolio’s in credit cards and sales finance onto WAY4, the e-payment processing framework developed by OpenWay. Card portfolios... read more

23 May 16 @ 13:10

Half of the US adult population now uses mobile banking on smartphones and tablets, which is 29 million more than last year. This dramatic shift in consumers’ channel preferences puts pressure... read more