08 Jul 13 @ 02:35

TSYS announced that it has signed a multi-year payments agreement with KBC Bank Ireland (KBC) to launch its debit card portfolio in Ireland. The KBC portfolio will be processed on... read more

08 Jul 13 @ 00:00

EE – currently the UK’s only 4G carrier, unveiled that it will be bringing NFC payment capability to its pay monthly customers with a service it’s calling ‘Cash on Tap’.... read more

03 Jul 13 @ 02:43

Alaric has been positioned by Gartner in the “Niche” quadrant of the Web Fraud Detection report.(1) The Web Fraud Detection Magic Quadrant is composed of vendors that provide software products or... read more

03 Jul 13 @ 02:41

Three quarters of Brits (75%) want to deposit cheques by photographing them on their smartphones but are being denied by out of touch regulation, according to research by Intelligent Environments. ... read more

03 Jul 13 @ 02:40

Barclays Bank of Kenya has launched a mobile banking App (BarclaysKenya) with similar functionality to its full online banking platform. The App is free to use and will be accessed... read more

02 Jul 13 @ 02:46

More than a third (37%) of almost 12,000 internet users surveyed in 12 European countries are already using mobile banking – and many credit the technology with providing more control... read more

02 Jul 13 @ 02:45

As part of the world’s ‘first ever interoperable’ Arabic mobile money programme, MasterCard, the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and telecoms provider Etisalat have launched a mobile payment wallet in... read more

01 Jul 13 @ 02:49

The Clearing House (TCH) announced that it is working with the US’s leading financial institutions to develop an industry wide dynamic credentialing solution to improve the safety and soundness of... read more

28 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Should we prepare ourselves for a cashless future? Not according to De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). True, debit card use has been steadily increasing while fewer and fewer counter payments are... read more

28 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Amazon.com and 7-Eleven sued Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. over card fees after rejecting a multibillion-dollar settlement in an antitrust case. The retailers and about 30 others filed a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has developed a suite of mobile card acceptance solutions for micro-merchants, start-ups and small business owners. The solution will offer a suite of mobile payments products... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

WorldPay announced the launch of its mobile Chip & PIN payment service, that enables card payments for small businesses and mobile workers; WorldPay Zinc.   The new service is quick and... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Gemalto will supply prepaid EMV payment cards to Mobile Financial Services (MFS), the joint venture formed by Telefónica and MasterCard Worldwide.  The launch is part of “Zuum”, a new payment... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Kuwait International Bank and McDonald’s are initiating a partnership with Seamless concerning the pilot launch of the SEQR mobile payment solution in the State of Kuwait in the Middle East.... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Retail banks in Sub-Saharan Africa have expanded their activities on the continents as never before over the past six years, with the crisis barely slowing them down. Whilst this mass... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Croatia’s accession to the EU will stabilise and help investment in the country’s economy. It will create a healthy climate for the cards and payments industry. Croatia will join the... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

The European Union (EU) is set to revise the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) governance arrangements by replacing the informal SEPA Council with the European Retail Payments Board (ERPB) and... read more

21 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Ixaris has launched Ixaris Payments Server, a cloud-based platform that enables banks to quickly and cost-effectively develop their own corporate prepaid programmes. The comprehensive, out-of-the-box package allows banks to take a share... read more

21 Jun 13 @ 00:00

New research from MasterCard shows that Europeans want to enjoy cashfree holidays. The survey shows how people across Europe prefer having their cards on hand on holiday, more than the... read more

19 Jun 13 @ 00:00

paySmart an EMV provider for independent issuers in Latin America and member of the MULTOS consortium, has launched the world’s first EMV solution in the Cloud using MULTOS enabling independent... read more