08 Jun 17 @ 10:33

One-in-four European internet users shops online weekly, according to research from Mastercard. Although uptake of e-commerce across Europe is high, there are interesting differences country to country around how often... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 10:32

Security scans performed on 60,000 Magento websites, the most popular e-commerce platform, show that 78 percent are missing critical security patches, while are confirmed to have malware harvesting their customers’... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 10:23

Apple is once again rumoured to be building its own money transfer service to take on the likes of Venmo. The company has recently held discussions with payments industry partners about... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 10:22

STS has launched PayOp, its next generation payments operational management system. PayOp will support traditional terminal management functions alongside new smart features such as analytics and operational insight. Critically, PayOp... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 10:21

Android Pay has linked its mobile wallet service to a handful of mobile banking apps, giving consumers the ability add their cards more quickly to the mobile wallet. Customers of... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 10:16

Hong Kong’s central bank, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, is reported to be developing a prototype digital currency. The disclosure came in a Hong Kong legislative document published by the... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 16:14

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, we examine payments in the world’s largest country. How do Russians pay today? And given the state bank dynamic, a new domestic card... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 15:18

Economic inequality, societal polarisation and growing environmental threats are the top three trends that will shape global development over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum. Respondents to... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 15:15

Verifone is reportedly investigating a breach of its internal computer networks that appears to have impacted a number of companies running its point-of-sale solutions. Verifone confirmed to security blogger Brian Krebs that the... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 15:14

More than half of UK consumers are concerned about the ability of businesses and financial institutions to protect financial and payments data, with 19 percent of respondents saying they do... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 15:14

Ten years ago the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a common vision for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which they described as an “integrated market... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 15:01

The development of new payment services and the evolution of technology are currently the top priorities for most domestic payment schemes. An overwhelming majority of schemes are in favour of cross-border... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 14:54

Now in its tenth year, the Merchant Payments Ecosystem event in Berlin in February has become a firm fixture in the conference calendar. This year’s event saw an expanded exhibition... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 14:48

Although the mobile wallet ecosystem is maturing, in-store mobile payments have yet to take off. Consumer disinterest, coupled with delays in fully implementing the necessary infrastructure, are preventing mobile wallets... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 14:46

New research by Juniper, analysing the mobile wallet market, indicates that Europe is lagging behind almost every other region in its transaction value forecast. This is despite high levels of technology adoption and smartphone penetration.... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 12:11

A decade on from the launch of M-Pesa in Kenya, mobile money has become one of the primary tools for reaching the underserved and boosting financial inclusion. We look back... read more

06 Apr 17 @ 10:13

The global smartphone installed base will grow from four billion in 2016 to more than six billion smartphones in use by 2020, according to new analysis released by IHS Markit. Messaging and communications... read more

05 Apr 17 @ 12:53

No personal consumer device seems to have had the same impact as the smartphone. Unbelievably It is only ten years ago that Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at a Macworld... read more

05 Apr 17 @ 12:40

Issuing banks often ask about the merits of implementing mobile wallets from the ‘Pays’ (Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay) versus their own-brand wallets. To ‘Pay’ or not to... read more

05 Apr 17 @ 12:36

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published the final draft of its regulatory technical standard (RTS) on strong customer authentication at the end of February. It received 224 responses to the ... read more