03 Feb 14 @ 16:56

US payments industry deployment of EMV technology accelerated in 2013 to help combat rising card fraud, but widespread industry adoption of US EMV still faces multiple obstacles. Merchants remain suspect... read more

03 Feb 14 @ 16:26

The three companies at the centre of the South Korean data breach which saw personal information stolen from millions of South Koreans have been forced to suspend operations for three months... read more

31 Jan 14 @ 16:10

In a recent investigation, RSA researchers uncovered the server infrastructure used in a global Point-of-Sale (PoS) malware operation responsible for the electronic theft of payment card and personal data from... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 15:43

Adyen has delivered findings from its third Mobile Payments Index covering the period September to December 2013. The Index shows mobile payments accounted for 19.5% of all transactions worldwide in December,... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 14:01

Bank boardroom focus on money laundering is at an all time high, according to data released by KPMG. Nine out of ten of senior financial executives (88%) questioned for KPMG’s... read more

29 Jan 14 @ 17:07

Canada has become a leader in the adoption of mobile payments by merchants and consumers. PCM looks at the factors driving the country’s m-payments success story and how a collaborative... read more

29 Jan 14 @ 16:30

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has shown that it will adopt a more robust approach to regulating Financial Services firms. Last year saw the FCA hand out a total of £472,262,738 worth of fines, a significant increase to the £311,569,256 handed by its predecessor the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2012.

28 Jan 14 @ 16:29

El Corte Inglés has received Visa Europe’s certification to implement contactless payments in all its shopping centres. From now on, and for all contactless payments, cardholders won’t have to hand... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 15:28

DeviceFidelity,  a provider of plug and play mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) and security solutions, says that its Isis Ready NFC iPhone cases are available online, and will be available in AT&T... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 14:28

South African headquartered Payment Gateway, Setcom, has announced a new four year agreement with ReD, a leading global fraud prevention provider. The agreement will make ReD’s industry leading ReD Shield... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 12:40

Neiman Marcus has been forced to admit that up to 1.1 million customer payment cards were compromised in the recent data breach that hit its instore POS terminals over a... read more

27 Jan 14 @ 11:58

Apple is laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its growing base of iPhone and iPad users and the hundreds of millions of credit and debit cards on file through its... read more

27 Jan 14 @ 11:05

The rapid growth of the mPOS sector worldwide is making a profound impact on the wider industry, with banks, vendors and non-bank players all fighting for a piece of the... read more

24 Jan 14 @ 12:48

US bank IT spending is rising at a solid clip and is expected to be 4.5% higher in 2014. Growth will be consistent and climb slightly in 2015, as IT... read more

23 Jan 14 @ 12:36

UK consumers’ preference for electronic payments and contactless transactions continued to increase in 2013 as Visa Europe announces that spending with UK Visa credit, debit, commercial and prepaid cards increased... read more

23 Jan 14 @ 11:55

iZettle has released its first software development kit (iZettle SDK) for iOS, providing developers with the ability to easily add payment services to their mobile applications. The free SDK, available at developer.izettle.com,... read more

23 Jan 14 @ 10:23

Mobile phone instead of bank card: the first banks are planning pilot installations of automated teller machines that allow customers to withdraw cash using a smart phone – scheduled for... read more

22 Jan 14 @ 14:50

Given the outspoken nature of T-Mobile CEO John Legere you will have heard all about their Uncarrier initiatives. Its latest, Called Mobile Money, the personal finance product combines a smartphone app (iOS or Android)... read more

21 Jan 14 @ 13:51

The recent Target security breach is set to generate a boom in demand for higher security, dual-interface cards, with US EMV adoption and shipments forecast to surge twentyfold from 2013... read more

20 Jan 14 @ 12:46

After several years of initiatives such as its Passbook wallet, this year will finally see Apple grasp the mettle and launch a fully-fledged mobile payments service, according to a forecast... read more