27 Mar 14 @ 22:58

PayPal and Samsung have followed Apple’s lead by extending their collaboration with a new biometric feature that will allow users of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone to use fingerprint... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 22:57

While the mobile channel grows in importance and revenue for merchants, so does their fear of fraudulent attacks and the realisation that combating that risk requires specialised tools. Those are... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:42

New figures released on UK fraud by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) show that levels of card and online banking fraud rose during 2013. Improved fraud detection and prevention... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:37

The December 2013 data breach at US retailer Target has not only had widespread ramifications for the retailer and its customers, it has also had unintended consequences for the fraudsters... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:34

Cyber-criminals unhappy with the level of anonymity afforded by bitcoin are developing their own private currencies for use within online forums, according to researchers at security firm RSA. bitcoin is... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:31

The European Banking Authority (EBA) is assembling a task force to determine whether virtual currencies should be regulated, following on from its December 2013 warning to consumers of the risks... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:22

Up to 95% of the world’s ATMs could be open to hackers from April 2014 when Microsoft ends tech support for the Windows XP operating system, the PCI Security Standards... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:21

Visa and MasterCard have been in court to fight the EMV patent litigation they face from SmartMetric, Inc. SmartMetric is the owner of an issued United States Patent & Trademark... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:20

Fiserv has an impressive track record. 14,500 customers in over 80 countries, $4.4 billion revenue, 20 billion digital transactions managed in 2012, $1 trillion moved annually. Big numbers, big company.... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:18

The UK person-to-person mobile payments service being prepared by UK banks for a launch later in 2014 has been named Paym. The service, which has been developed and built under... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 20:14

The European Union’s antitrust regulator has accepted Visa Europe’s offer to cap its credit card multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) for cross-border credit card payments at 0.3% for retailers, two people... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 16:35

Cards and payments at the POS and on the internet continued to drive significant growth in many European countries. The roll-out of contactless cards has started while there is again higher use... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 16:24

With record levels of investment from venture capital groups being ploughed into payment start-ups, is there a risk of another dotcom-style boom and bust? by Victoria Conroy The halcyon days... read more

27 Mar 14 @ 16:19

Advances in payment technology are enabling innovators to roll out wearable tech such as wearable payment devices and other futuristic form factors. by Victoria Conroy The power of the microchip... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 13:43

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has expressed its disappointment over the lower-than-expected spread of mobile banking,  adoption of which has been encouraging, but below expectation, due to key factors... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 13:29

UK telco O2 is to discontinue its mobile wallet just 18 months after it was officially launched. In a statement on its website, O2 cited changes in the marketplace as... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 13:24

Wells Fargo has become the latest US bank to join the Isis mobile wallet initiative in the US, allowing customers to load their credit cards on to the mobile wallet... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 13:23

MPayMe has announced the start of Italian operations, with the objective of making its ZNAP platform available to merchants and consumers in Italy in early 2013. The expansion into Italy... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 00:54

Jackie Barwell is head of product at fraud prevention specialist, ReD. In a fraud prevention career spanning almost 30 years, Jackie has worked for a variety of payments organisations, consistently... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 00:43

According to a survey from BAE Systems Detica, spend on financial crime counter measures remains a priority for businesses globally. The ‘Financial Crime Survey 2013’ reveals that investment by many... read more