31 May 15 @ 15:03

American Express is experimenting with facial recognition and wearable technology aimed at customers traditionally underserved by financial services companies, according to a Wall Street Journal blog. To boost business growth,... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:02

NCR launched its SelfServ 23 and SelfServ 27 interior and exterior cash dispensers featuring the latest security, software and dispensing technologies. These ATMs include the S2 Media Dispense Module which... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:01

New figures published by the UK Cards Association show that 30 percent of the value of card spending in January was online, with £15.4 billion of the £46.5 billion total... read more

31 May 15 @ 15:00

Deutsche Bank has announced plans to shut 200 branches and invest an additional €1 billion over the next three-to-five years to create “a more digital bank”. As part of a... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:59

Visa Europe has secured commitment from 55 percent of the UK’s issuance base, which totals more than 60 million card holders and thousands of the UK’s retailers, large and small,... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:58

Business to business (B2B) is often thought of as the sluggish older brother of business to consumer (B2C). The prospect of paying a card interchange fee of 2–5 percent on... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:52

The US payments industry will have only partially converted to the EMV chip card standard by the crucial deadline at the end of 2015. Javelin Strategy & Research predicts that... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:51

In conjunction with a US Secret Service investigation, Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers have unearthed a new family of POS malware. POS malware is a sinister and often difficult-to-detect threat that preys... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:50

NCR says it has introduced the biggest change to the way an ATM operates since the self-service banking channel was invented nearly 50 years ago, launching Kalpana software, an enterprise... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:49

Best Buy customers can now use Apple Pay when shopping online, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on an Apple earnings call. This is a blow for CurrentC, the mobile payment... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:45

Vodafone customers will soon be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at contactless terminals. Following new agreements with... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:43

Mobile operator Orange has announced that its mobile payment service, Orange Cash, is to be rolled out in Spain. Wirecard will provide the e-money and scheme license as well as... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:41

As part of a pre-election package of economic measures, Denmark is proposing to scrap the obligation for retailers in certain sectors to accept payment in cash. It is hoped that... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:38

Eurosmart has released the 2014 figures for the worldwide secure elements shipments and the smart secure contactless markets as well as the corresponding 2015 forecast. The data provided by Eurosmart... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:37

The number of Europeans who will use a mobile payment application in 2015 will rise 51 percent to around 185 million, according to an ING survey. 59 percent of consumers... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:29

PayPal says it has launched one touch payments in a move to simplify and accelerate their payment service and deal with the large number of incomplete transactions. The payment service,... read more

31 May 15 @ 09:05

PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more

31 May 15 @ 08:55

The cityscape of modern Arabia displays its optimism and advancement with impressive sky-piercing towers. Similarly the payment and commerce landscape is visibly transforming and, if the range of innovations and... read more

31 May 15 @ 08:20

The digital decade has re-shaped industries as far afield as healthcare and retail. By contrast, the financial services industry has remained relatively unaffected, until now. With a generation of ‘digital... read more

31 May 15 @ 08:18

Between 2011 and 2014, 700 million people worldwide became account holders at banks, financial institutions or mobile money providers, and the number of unbanked individuals dropped 20 percent to 2... read more