26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

Global merchant acquirer Chase Paymentech has announced the launch of Chase Checkout, a range of solutions to help merchants accept payments across an array of channels, including in-store and online.... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

ElectraCard Services (ECS), an Indian provider of software and processing solutions for electronic payment systems, is powering e-Revenue Gateway (e-RG), a payment processing and electronic transaction switching company, to launch... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

According to data from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China could overtake the US in 2013 as the world’s largest online retail market, if the country’s e-retail... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

M asterCard has announced that 16 Australian payment service providers (PSPs) will introduce MasterCard’s MasterPass e-commerce proposition across their respective merchant customer bases, giving consumers the ability to shop online.... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

Payzone Group, a European payments and ATM terminals company, has agreed to sell its ATM business in the UK and Germany to global ATM services provider Cardtronics. Payzone Group is... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

Oberthur Technologies has been selected by Movistar Chile, a major mobile operator in Latin America, and Banco Santander Chile, one of the largest retail and commercial banks in Latin America,... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

IBM, Monitise and Visa Europe have teamed up to enable Visa Europe to provide its member banks with new mobile banking, payment and commerce services in the cloud for its... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

EMVCo has approved the latest version of FIME’s automated EMV contactless analogue test bench for EMV Contactless Specification Level 1. The tool is available for purchase as an off-the-shelf product... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

Canadian financial technology firm Davis and Henderson (D+H) has completed the $1.2 billion cash acquisition of US counterpart Harland Financial Solutions. Previously owned by Harland Clarke Holdings, Harland claims thousands... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

European payment technology provider Giesecke & Devrient Great Britain (GDGB), and UK cash-handling specialist Currency Tech have entered into a definitive agreement, under which GDGB will acquire all shares of... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 13:10

Last year, PCM delved into the world of virtual currencies, looking at how emerging (and unregulated) methods like bitcoin could impact the payments industry. In less than a year, the... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 12:25

Paul Asare-Archer is head of compliance at Telefonica Financial Services UK, and money laundering reporting officer at Telefonica UK. Paul Asare-Archer has an MBA and a law degree and 13... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 12:14

Proposed caps on debit and credit interchange across the EU have drawn strong responses from players on all sides of the industry. Has the Commission fully understood what it is... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:24

The annual World Payments Report from RBS and Capgemini is a major benchmark for the payments industry in tracking and analysing trends in non-cash payments worldwide. by Victoria Conroy The... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:17

A US judge has ruled that the Federal Reserve disregarded the intent of the US Congress by setting too high a cap on interchange fees for debit card transactions. The... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:16

The UK Payments Council is predicting that UK consumers will turn their backs on cash over the next 10 years as cards and mobile payments continue their ascendancy. The number... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:15

Following its successful adoption of contactless payment cards, UK transport body Transport for London (TfL) has opened a public consultation on proposals to remove the option to pay by cash... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:14

UK consumers are being put off making mobile payments through existing providers by security fears, lengthy sign-up processes and problems making payments outside of individual schemes, according to new research... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:13

The number of payment cards worldwide increased by 12% in 2012 to reach a landmark 10 billion, according to a new report from research and consulting firm Retail Banking Research... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:08

More than 40% of UK bank and building society branches have disappeared since 1989, although the rate of closures has declined since the turn of the century, according to research... read more