16 Oct 14 @ 10:52

Financial services association, BAI has released preliminary findings from a survey which suggests online and mobile platforms are the leading focus of technology investments for retail banks as they move... read more

10 Oct 14 @ 11:00

As mobile money transfer services like Pingit and Paym gain traction, how will mobile remittances help drive mobile commerce? With all the focus on mobile payments and wallets, and the... read more

09 Oct 14 @ 13:57

CaixaBank, Spain’s innovative financial services provider, is preparing for its commercial launch of contactless EMV payment wristbands. These wearable banking devices, certified by the international payment schemes, give CaixaBank customers... read more

08 Oct 14 @ 11:36

UK mobile payment provider Zapp has announced a wide range of retail partnerships across a range of sectors like Asda, Sainsbury’s, House of Fraser, Thomas Cook and Shop Direct (including... read more

07 Oct 14 @ 15:32

mPOS player Square has raised $150 million in a funding round, led by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. The funding round values Square at $6 billion. Existing investors Goldman... read more

02 Oct 14 @ 12:59

MasterCard has launched  SafetyNet, a global tool designed to reduce the risk of cyber hacking of banks and processors. SafetyNet is designed to use the power of MasterCard’s global network, to... read more

26 Sep 14 @ 13:34

According to news out of the US, the Federal Reserve Board says it will leave its debit card interchange cap for large issuers unchanged despite finding that some of their important... read more

17 Sep 14 @ 11:58

After hitting its £1 billion milestone and raising $25 million from Sir Richard Branson and others this year, TransferWise is now moving beyond the ‘early adopter phase’ to challenge the... read more

12 Sep 14 @ 11:16

Citigroup has claimed to be the first global bank to introduce its own branded digital wallet in the US. However, questions are being asked as to how many of Citi’s... read more

11 Sep 14 @ 10:36

UK retailers have today welcomed an historic court ruling to end card fees retailers pay banks to process card payments (known as interchange fees). Today’s judgement by the European Court... read more

10 Sep 14 @ 11:19

A nice, neat explanation of the salient points of Apple Pay: User: iTunes account with Visa or MasterCard or Amex card on file and issued by the most popular banks,... read more

10 Sep 14 @ 10:06

For the first time in three years, global Customer Experience has declined reflecting an inflection point in customer expectations finds the World Retail Banking Report 2014. Future customers, mainly Gen... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:05

Visa has announced that its Visa Checkout e-commerce service is now available at nearly 4 million US online retailers. The Visa Checkout service incorporates a ‘Checkout’ button into retailer websites,... read more

27 Aug 14 @ 11:57

Spain’s CaixaBank has signed an agreement with ATM manufacturer Fujitsu to manufacture 8,500 new terminals featuring cutting-edge technology and to innovate jointly on a global scale. The new ATMs are... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:15

VeriFone Mobile Money and Airtel Africa, part of the Bharti Airtel Group, are teaming up to offer VeriFone Mobile Money’s merchant enablement applications for mobile ‘Tap n Pay’ services across... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:04

UK prepaid solution provider Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) has announced the launch of the Airopay card, the first prepaid MasterCard in Finland. The card is denominated in euros and is... read more

19 Aug 14 @ 15:39

Digital security specialist Oberthur Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire display card manufacturer NagraID Security. Oberthur will acquire a 100% equity stake of NagraID Security from the Kudelski Group... read more

18 Aug 14 @ 15:31

Online auction site eBay is planning to integrate bitcoin into its Braintree payments service. The move comes after executives from eBay’s online payments unit PayPal held meetings with digital currency... read more

15 Aug 14 @ 13:19

US supermarket chain Supervalu has become the latest large-scale merchant to suffer a breach of its network, compromising customer card data. In a statement, the company says it suffered a... read more

12 Aug 14 @ 12:41

When the Payments Card Industry Data Security Program (PCI-DSS) was first introduced in 2004, the move was in response to a series of breaches that demonstrated how exposed credit and... read more