30 Aug 17 @ 13:55

Samsung Pay has driven its home advantage and processed 10 trillion won ($8.8 billion) in accumulated transaction volume in South Korea, the company has announced. The service was launched in... read more

28 Jul 17 @ 13:57

A New EU directive coming will make it illegal to surcharge for Debit and Credit cards. In the UK the government has extended this to include American Express and PayPal. In 2010... read more

24 Jul 17 @ 11:35

The global payment cards market has grown to 14 billion cards, with UnionPay consolidating its position as the largest scheme – A billion new cards issued in just one year.... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 12:30

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a bid by retailers to revive a $7.25 billion anti-trust settlement reached with Visa and Mastercard over claims that the networks fixed card... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 11:50

There are a lot of moving parts in the US payments landscape with the ongoing EMV migration to chip technology, growth in mobile and contactless payments, and the increasing need... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 10:37

Trend Micro has warned of a new point-of-sale (POS) malware dubbed MagikPOS, that is being used to attack POS systems belonging to merchants in the US and Canada. The MagikPOS... read more

18 May 17 @ 10:24

Credit, debit, and prepaid general purpose and private label cards issued in the United States generated $5.936 trillion in payments for goods and services in 2016. Card fees, which include... read more

26 Apr 17 @ 11:53

Entrust Datacard announced that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organization to work on payment data security worldwide. Entrust Datacard will work with the Council to... read more

29 Mar 17 @ 10:10

The US Supreme Court has declined a bid by retailers to revive a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement they reached with Visa and Mastercard over claims the card networks improperly fixed payment... read more

20 Mar 17 @ 14:43

Trend Micro has warned of a new POS malware dubbed MagikPOS, that is being used to attack POS systems belonging to businesses in the US and Canada. The MagikPOS malware... read more

17 Mar 17 @ 12:35

There are a lot of moving parts in the US payments landscape with the ongoing EMV migration to chip technology, growth in mobile payments and contactless payments, and the increasing... read more

20 Feb 17 @ 16:45

National Payments Corporation of India which owns Rupay and Visa and Mastercard have launched the BharatQR – an app-based ‘scan and pay’ solution for small shops. This is the first time in the... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 13:05

The U.S. Payments Forum has released its winter 2017 market snapshot, providing updates on the status of the US EMV chip migration, 2017 priorities for accelerating merchant chip enablement and securing... read more

03 Feb 17 @ 12:00

American Express announced in early December 2016 that it had acquired the risk management and authentication vendor InAuth for an undisclosed sum. InAuth provides mobile device authentication and intelligence solutions... read more

29 Nov 16 @ 10:29

Apple has claimed first blood in its battle with Australia’s largest banks, which have been trying to force it to offer them access to Apple Pay. The decision could help... read more

23 Nov 16 @ 13:16

As e-commerce and e-commerce fraud continues to expand, online payment security is a top concern for merchants and consumers. The 2016 American Express Digital Payments Security Survey found that 70... read more

11 Nov 16 @ 11:32

Credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards issued in the US initiated 104.41 billion purchase transactions in 2015, up 8.0%, according to The Nilson Report, the top trade journal covering... read more

04 Nov 16 @ 13:35

A new Android malware Trojan has surfaced and is ripping through the entire banking sector in the US and Europe by appearing as a Flash Player App. The Android malware... read more

25 Oct 16 @ 08:38

Card fraud losses incurred by banks and merchants on all credit, debit, and prepaid general purpose and private label payment cards issued worldwide reached $21.84 billion last year when global... read more

21 Oct 16 @ 11:48

To encourage the continued growth of e-commerce, merchants and issuers around the globe need intelligent tools to distinguish between good and bad transactions, all while minimizing disruption to consumers at... read more