05 Sep 13 @ 11:24

Consumers are being put off making mobile payments through existing providers by security fears, lengthy sign-up processes and problems making payments outside of individual schemes, according to new research published... read more

05 Sep 13 @ 11:18

JCB International (JCBI), the international subsidiary of JCB, announced that BRAC Bank (BRAC Bank), a leading commercial bank in Bangladesh, starts JCB merchant acquiring operations in Bangladesh based on a... read more

04 Sep 13 @ 16:17

Realex Payments has announced today that it has been selected to partner and provide a managed gateway solution and services for the new Elavon Payment Gateway, increasing its presence in... read more

04 Sep 13 @ 16:11

IBM announced an agreement that boosts Visa Europe’s ability to provide its member banks with new mobile banking, payment and commerce services in the cloud for its customers.  IBM will... read more

04 Sep 13 @ 15:52

MPayMe, the international business technology company behind the development of the mobile platform ZNAP, announced it has signed a new mobile payments agreement with Oxygen8. Under the terms of the... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 16:36

Big data analytics startup ERN has signed the first client up to its “Looop” Big Data Analytics Platform, six months after unveiling it at the Finovate Europe 2013 conference. The... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 16:30

Bluefin Payment Systems has released the QuickSwipe mobile payments Software Development Kit (SDK) for Apple’s iOS for use with iPhones and iPads. The SDK enables third-party developers to use Bluefin’s... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 15:58

First National Bank (FNB) has registered a patent in South Africa for a method of transferring money using an instant messaging service and has included the functionality in its smartphone... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 15:50

Movistar Chile, a major mobile operator in Latin America and Banco Santander Chile, one of the largest retail and commercial banks in Latin America, have selected Oberthur to be their... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 14:53

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) offers a new SIM platform that allows several different NFC applications to be executed securely and simultaneously on a single SIM card. The SkySIM CX SIM-card... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 14:43

UL has announced the soft launch of mobile payments in Leiden, The Netherlands, and has been actively working with the Dutch banks for the past year to make this happen.... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:59

Alaric announced that North American Bancard, an industry leader in payment card processing, has selected Alaric’s Fractals fraud prevention and detection product, in a competitive pitch for the merchant acquirer’s fraud... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:44

MasterCard, C-SAM and DNP announced the coming launch of a white-label near-field communication (NFC) mobile wallet service in Japan that enterprises will use to offer their customers more rewarding experiences... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:35

Telefonica Czech Republic is set to launch a trial of mobile point-of-sale devices aimed at small firms and entrepreneurs who previously were unable to accept credit cards. The new device... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:00

Kalixa Group has been selected by Invapay, a procurement and electronic payment solution provider, as its global acquiring partner. Invapay will use Kalixa Accept’s acquiring and payment gateway services to... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 11:52

iZettle has launched its services in Brazil. The news comes as a result of the company’s global partnership with Banco Santander. Starting now, individuals and small businesses all around Brazil... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 10:18

Zenius Solutions has introduced Zenius ONE a mobile commerce solution which the company says can be deployed in under 90 days, features a mobile wallet with payment, loyalty and couponing,... read more

02 Sep 13 @ 18:09

The European Commission has given proposals by CaixaBank, Santander and Telefonica to set up a joint venture to offer digital financial services the green light.

02 Sep 13 @ 17:25

The estimated size of the global core banking market is $8.6 billion in 2013. Celent predicts it will grow at a 4.0% rate over the next four years, reaching $10.1... read more

02 Sep 13 @ 16:55

Providers have been updating the ATM channel with new features and services including innovations in deposit making such as envelope-free deposits. This activity has resulted in an increase in deposit... read more