17 Apr 14 @ 12:22

Despite media hype around the future of Bitcoin and high-profile mobile payments providers such as Square and Stripe preparing to accept the virtual currency this year, new research from digital... read more

17 Apr 14 @ 12:06

Visa expects a safer Chip&PIN card will soon make its US debut, said Visa executive Bill Sheedy in his keynote address at ETA’s Transact 14 conference. He says the added... read more

16 Apr 14 @ 12:37

Researcher from Security Research Labs have managed to bypass Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint authentication, less than a week after the device’s official release, the ethical hackers also hacked the PayPal app. The... read more

16 Apr 14 @ 09:19

The founder of MtGox has refused a US court’s demand that he testify this week about the collapse of what was the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange. Mark Karpeles had been asked... read more

15 Apr 14 @ 12:21

The new BZWBK24 mobile banking app enables its users in Poland to shop at a variety of merchants embedded in the application. Users can make daily shopping with home delivery,... read more

15 Apr 14 @ 11:49

Reports have surfaced in multiple media outlets this morning that Facebook is seeking regulatory approval from the Irish central bank for providing financial services in the form of remittances and e-money –... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 11:38

Apple’s 2014 roadmap was laid out in pretty considerable detail by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last week in an investor note, and while ordinarily analyst predictions aren’t worth the paper... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 10:34

Carl Icahn has backed off from his demands for eBay to spin out its fast-growing PayPal payments unit on Thursday, after the billionaire investor failed to drum up support from... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 09:47

As the rise and fall of virtual currencies continue, the US Attorney General has raised the prospect of applying money-laundering and know-your-customer controls to virtual currency transactions as a means... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 09:40

WorldPay and ZNAP, the mobile business platform, have agreed a global partnership for global mobile payments  which will enable multi-channel commerce for new and existing businesses. The joint offering has... read more

11 Apr 14 @ 09:27

SIX Payment Services and MasterCard will jointly provide the wallet payment platform MasterPass for card issuing banks. The digital wallet simplifies payments on the internet and offers financial institutions in... read more

10 Apr 14 @ 09:21

In 2013, ACH volume grew to almost 22 billion electronic payments[1], an increase of 4% over 2012 volume, according to new statistics released by NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association.... read more

09 Apr 14 @ 11:33

According to a report from IHS, contactless payments could be about to receive a significant boost, with global Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled handset shipments set to soar four-fold in the... read more

09 Apr 14 @ 06:24

Barclaycard has announced that its customers are spending £6.6 million per month on their contactless cards. The latest figures from Barclaycard show that contactless payments have increased threefold since 2012,... read more

08 Apr 14 @ 19:06

New research from RBR reveals that the banking industry has migrated very few ATMs away from Windows XP, despite the long‑publicised end of support from Microsoft on 8th April 2014.... read more

08 Apr 14 @ 11:22

Equifax has announced its partnership with Jumio, an industry leader in the mobile commerce space that specializes in payments and ID scanning and validation products for mobile and web transactions.... read more

07 Apr 14 @ 11:41

Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) devices can be easily hacked, leaving banks, retailers and millions of customers exposed to serious fraud around the world, global information security firm MWR InfoSecurity... read more

04 Apr 14 @ 11:11

Despite a slight decrease in corporate payments fraud and a heightened interest in security risks, 2013 saw an increase in fraud specific to credit and debit cards as criminals and... read more

04 Apr 14 @ 10:41

First Data announced that thinkmoney, part of the Think Money Group, has deployed its PIN NOW SMS solution which provides a digital alternative to the traditional paper PIN mailer. A customer... read more

04 Apr 14 @ 10:30

US regulators have warned its banks to protect their ATM’s and card authorisation systems from a fresh wave of cyber-attacks that seek to ATM hack a control weaknesses to spew... read more