01 Oct 15 @ 08:41

PayPal is increasing prices to thousands of small businesses in the US as it looks to maintain revenue growth and boost profit margins as a stand-alone business from eBay. In... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:38

Cross-channel retail sales in Europe (purchases that consumers begin using a digital channel but do not complete online) will reach €704 billion by 2020, up from €457 billion this year,... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:13

The next generation of financial services customers is more likely to use a prepaid card or mobile device, instead of a bank account, as their first financial account. A Prepaid... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 07:39

Nine of the largest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, are planning to develop common standards for blockchain technology in an effort to broaden its use across... read more

31 Jul 15 @ 15:35

Venture capital investment into Britain’s technology companies has hit a record high with nearly $1.5 billion raised in the 6 months to June 2015. According to figures from London &... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:41

The Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) has come out in favour of creating pan-European P2P mobile payments through greater interoperability. Following its latest meeting at the end of June 2015,... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:57

In 2000 mBank was formed as Poland’s first purely digital bank – a new, independent and separately financed organisation under the banner of the BRE Bank Group. In the first... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:48

Wirecard and Kairos Watches have announced a mobile wearables collaboration. Kairos will use Wirecard`s payment software development kit for its hybrid mechanical smart watches and T-Bands. This will enable Kairos... read more

31 May 15 @ 08:09

Nearly 80 percent of all businesses fail their interim PCI compliance assessment, leaving them vulnerable to cyber attacks, according the 2015 PCI Compliance Report by global security consultancy Verizon. With... read more

28 May 15 @ 00:01

Nearly 80 percent of all businesses fail their interim PCI compliance assessment, leaving them vulnerable to cyber attacks, according the 2015 PCI Compliance Report by global security consultancy Verizon. With... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 17:24

The creation of a relevant and coherent digital strategy has become the most pressing concern for retail banks worldwide, overtaking their worries over regulation, according to a survey carried out... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 17:19

According to the Retail Crime Survey, UK retailers have said that fraud increased by 12 per cent year-on-year in 2013-14 and accounted for 37 per cent of the total cost... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 17:04

Following a partnership between Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire and Airtel Money in Burkina Faso, customers of both competing services can now use their mobile phones to send money to... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:44

Four out of five global retailers and other merchants failed interim tests to determine whether they comply with payment card data security standards (PCI DSS), putting them at increased risk... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:41

Samsung, which is gearing up to launch its own mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, in Korea and the US this summer, has decided not to collect fees on Samsung Pay... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 15:46

The Advanced Payments Report 2015 provides views and perspectives on the state of payments and is based on phone interviews and a survey among industry executives, observers, and analysts.  ... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 08:02

Producers of SIM cards maintain the highest security procedures and processes. The companies are taking the targeted attacks by intelligence services which were reported towards the end of February this... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 12:39

France’s national interbank network, Cartes Bancaires, has introduced new technology in an effort to defeat payment card fraud. The introduction of EMV in 2003 saw card fraud fall to zero... read more

02 Oct 14 @ 15:44

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

02 Oct 14 @ 15:29

When the Payments Card Industry Data Security Programme (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