30 Jan 15 @ 14:37

Square has announced that Square Cash, a service which enables users to make fund transfers, has incorporated the Touch ID feature in later versions of the iPhone so that users... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:35

Will mobile replace wallets and PCs in 2015? No, it won’t. Eventually? Probably, but it won’t be “soon”. Even as 2015 is poised to be the year of mobile, mobile... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:30

The noise surrounding omnichannel commerce and the role of the point of sale is deafening. PCM met with June Felix, Verifone’s new European president to understand how the company is... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:27

In a sign that enthusiasm for contactless is beginning to take hold, at least in parts of Europe, a new service that lets NFC phone users enter their PIN on... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:26

A survey from payments and loyalty specialists Logic Group has found that UK consumers are embracing new technologies such as contactless and mobile payments. The survey estimates that Christmas 2015 will... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:24

The GSMA has predicted that global smartphones will hit 1.75 billion units by the end of 2014. As smartphone adoption rates grow and broadband penetration becomes a norm in daily... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:22

Samsung is said to be discussing a deal with a payments start-up that would help the smartphone maker introduce a mobile payments system in 2015 to rival Apple Pay according... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:19

The list of companies eager to work with Apple Pay continues to grow as more and more banks, retailers and start-ups adopt Apple’s new e-commerce product that allows customers to... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:16

Nine Polish banks have confirmed plans to commercially launch Visa cloud-based mobile contactless payment services from early next year, cementing Poland’s reputation as a hotbed for innovation in digital payment... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:11

A year ago we wrote about mobile payments; a few words about wallets and a few about NFC. In 2015 though, mobile payments have far outreached the “payments” limit to... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:06

The European Union and ECB are once again trying to grapple with the seemingly intractable question of payment system interoperability after nearly 10 years of trying to resolve the issue.... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:05

Interchange fees to process debit and credit card transactions are to be capped under an EU law in a bid to wrap-up the long-standing battle with payment groups including Visa... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:59

The debate around the potential of contactless cards continues to rage in some markets while in others it seems the argument has already been settled. The extent of this apparently... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:37

In 2013, cards and payments at the POS and on the internet continued to drive growth in many European countries. The rollout of contactless cards and mPOS terminals gains momentum... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:07

Bold steps like the implementation of EMV chip and PIN, 3-D Secure and other stronger forms of authentication have contained fraud in Europe’s payment card business. Good news, one would... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:06

In another recent development Discover Financial Services, through its US Pulse debit network, has started a civil action against Visa Inc. alleging anti-competitive practices in its debit card business. To... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:03

Google is suing Visa and MasterCard, accusing the payment processors of breaching US federal antitrust law by charging ‘supra-competitive’ interchange fees. Google was one of those merchants that had earlier... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 12:52

Wearable technology is firmly established and rapidly becoming a ‘must have’ accessory for consumers in the US where a third of smartphone users already own a wearable device. Results from... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 12:46

What a difference a day makes. Before 16 October last year many of us had written off much of the hype around mobile payments as just that. Especially after close... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 12:43

Generation Y is the most educated, tech-savvy generation in the US and at 80 million strong, the Millennials as they are otherwise known, already has an impressive spending power of... read more