01 Aug 13 @ 18:08

Italian public transport companies TPER Transport Passenger Emilia-Romagna, ANM Napoli, START Romagna, telco Telecom Italy and payment services provider SIA Group have signed an agreement to develop and test a... read more

01 Aug 13 @ 18:07

UK payment solution specialist Savantor has announced its involvement in the successful launch of a new contactless payment method offered by Elisa, the Finnish mobile network operator. The new service... read more

01 Aug 13 @ 18:06

Starbucks, Barclaycard Global Payment Acceptance and Visa Europe have announced that over 550 Starbucks stores in the UK are now accepting contactless payments. Ian Cranna, vice-president of marketing for Starbucks... read more

01 Aug 13 @ 18:03

Intuit has agreed to sell its financial services division to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for around $1.025 billion in cash. The agreement will see Thoma Bravo create a stand-alone... read more

01 Aug 13 @ 18:02

DataCash has formed a partnership with mobile commerce specialists MoPowered. The collaboration with MoPowered will enable DataCash’s merchants to use MoPowered’s secure SaaS platform technology. MoPowered enables merchants to offer... read more

01 Aug 13 @ 18:02

Ingenico has partnered with Samport, a payment service provider in the Nordic region, with Samport certifying Ingenico’s full range of NFC-enabled mobile and countertop payment devices and rolling them out... read more

01 Aug 13 @ 18:00

Earthport, the cross-border payments service provider, is to receive a $10 million investment from the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. The funding will be used to expand... read more

31 Jul 13 @ 14:00

Empiria Group released in May 2013 the ‘’mPOS World Brief’’. Based on extensive research conducted by Empiria Group from January throughout April 2013, mPOS World Brief was created not only... read more

31 Jul 13 @ 13:59

The inaugural mPOS World event, staged in Frankfurt on June 24-25 by the Empiria Group, brought together 220 delegates from 40 countries and is the first major event dedicated to the fast-moving mPOS space, which is becoming increasingly crowded with new entrants looking to capitalise on the ubiquity of smartphones and tablet devices worldwide.

30 Jul 13 @ 15:42

Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) says it has selected FIS to provide a suite of services that will help bring its much-anticipated mobile commerce solution to the marketplace.

30 Jul 13 @ 15:42

Visa Europe has confirmed that contactless usage has reached a critical point of adoption across Europe. Monthly transaction numbers across Europe reached more than 19 million in March 2013. Over... read more

30 Jul 13 @ 15:41

EE – currently the UK’s only 4G carrier, unveiled that it will be bringing NFC payment capability to its pay-monthly customers with a service it’s calling ‘Cash on Tap’. 4GEE... read more

30 Jul 13 @ 15:40

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) announced its RBC Secure Cloud mobile payments service (patent-pending). This new technology, a first in Canada, will allow clients to more safely and securely pay... read more

30 Jul 13 @ 15:39

China UnionPay has announced plans to introduce a mobile payment service using an NFC-enabled Android phone from HTC. The phone, reported by Taiwan’s Central News Agency as the HTC Stunning,... read more

30 Jul 13 @ 15:13

Regulatory attention from the European Commission and national competition authorities is a major factor contributing to changes in the payments industry. Public authorities are convinced that the development of innovative... read more

29 Jul 13 @ 05:40

As financial institutions divert more resources into futuristic customer service innovations, does this spell the end of the bank branch as we know it? by Victoria Conroy Many science fiction... read more

29 Jul 13 @ 05:39

Card-not-present fraud levels are rising in many regions despite intense efforts to combat this pernicious threat. What is the industry doing to counter it? by Victoria Conroy It is a... read more

29 Jul 13 @ 05:31

The Clearing House (TCH) of the US has announced that it is working with the US’s leading financial institutions to develop an industry-wide dynamic credentialing solution to improve the safety... read more

29 Jul 13 @ 05:29

The number of smartphone shoppers who make purchases on a weekly basis has doubled since 2012, according to research from eDigitalResearch and Portaltech Reply. According to the two companies, 32%... read more

29 Jul 13 @ 05:25

How will the advent of interactive ATMs worldwide redefine these traditional touchpoints? by Victoria Conroy Amid the wave of technology innovation sweeping the payments industry, it is easy to forget... read more