30 Jul 15 @ 16:45

Canada’s largest telcos are throwing their weight behind a new mobile payments app. The suretap app was first launched by Rogers Communications Inc in 2014 before being spun off into... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:44

Customers of the Barclays Pingit mobile payment app will be among the first to access a new UK bank account transfer service from October 2015. Barclays joins HSBC, first direct,... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:42

Apple Pay is missing the essential P2P feature that it needs to stop consumers using other mobile payments apps.  However, according to media reports, Apple may be about to change... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:39

GlobalPlatform, the organisation which standardises the management of applications on secure chip technology, has published a white paper, which introduces the trusted execution environment (TEE) and examines its role in... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:36

General purpose and private label credit, debit and prepaid cards generated $5,165 trillion in sales in the US last year. This was an 8 percent increase on the $4,768 trillion... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:32

The use of biometrics in financial services is on the rise, and more banks are examining the opportunity it offers. Although only around 1-in-5 respondents to a recent survey by... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:19

With the release of new mobile point of sale (mPOS) solutions occurring on a seemingly weekly basis, are there signs that the market is already over-heating? Or does the breadth... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:14

The payments industry is going through a rich period of innovation.  ‘FinTech’ has become the new buzz word. But where are the opportunities for innovation?  And are they attainable?  by... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:01

Metro Bank’s CEO Craig Donaldson spoke to us about results, differentiation and the next 10 years:  Results We have ambitious growth plans at Metro Bank but the response from both... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:49

Big used to be beautiful but small and nimble has become all the rage as digital challengers snap at the heels of their larger rivals. How much of a threat... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:38

Danish Bitcoin outfit CCEDK has announced its own Bitcoin debit card. In addition to strictly storing the funds as Bitcoin or USD, the user will have the option to store... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:26

On 15 June 2015, the Council of the European Union reached a general approach on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This regulation establishes new pan-European rules around data protection... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:23

Researchers from Purdue University have published a method to secure data by throwing off hackers with fake, substitute passwords. They propose using a hardware-dependent function when creating the hash values... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:20

The cyberthreat is real, present and evolving. Organisations are reporting that cyber attacks have increased in both frequency and impact over the last 12 months. 77 percent of respondents to... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:11

MasterCard faces formal antitrust investigations in Europe after the European Commission accused the card giant of “artificially raising the costs of card payments.” The Commission issued its statement of objections... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:09

The Post Office has announced it will accept American Express Cards in all of its 11,500 branches, making it the largest UK retail network to do so. The introduction of... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:07

BBVA is teaming up with the Dwolla digital currency platform to enable consumers to make real-time payments. BBVA Compass is bypassing the traditional routes and using Dwolla’s FiSync protocol, which... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:06

Ingenico Group and Intel Corporation have announced a collaboration to combine Intel technology and Ingenico Group secure payment acceptance for the Internet of Things. The companies will jointly develop a... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:05

O2 is rumoured to have acquired the Weve mobile commerce and advertising consortium saying the business will be run as a standalone subsidiary. In a statement, the former joint venture... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:04

Sentenial has launched a service called Nuapay that will offer businesses a non-bank alternative for payment processing. This follows legislation introduced by the European Commission making it possible for non-banks... read more