18 Aug 20 @ 11:35

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa have announced they are each beginning technical preparations for global expansion of the Click to Pay online checkout – based on the EMV Secure... read more

17 Aug 20 @ 15:30

Planet has agreed to acquire 3C Payment. 3C Payment’s gateway, integration and terminal capabilities, when combined with Planet’s value added payment services, will create a new platform in the payments... read more

13 Feb 20 @ 07:03

New research shows Discover remained the most widely accepted card scheme worldwide at the end of 2018. A new report from RBR research, Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:45

On the face of it, all’s well in payments. Big firms are posting huge profits and experts forecast growth aplenty in the next decade. But growing numbers of companies complain... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:37

This year’s Money2020 USA in Las Vegas revealed an industry in transformation, with the digital revolution in full flight. Although new products and services were launched to support online transformation,... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:23

The world’s biggest card networks — including Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover Financial Services — have joined forces to create a new one-click payments button, using the EMVCo’s EMV... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 12:17

The rise of digital payments is one reason why some analysts predict heavy weather for the major card networks. Others include tighter regulation, possible disintermediation through open banking innovations, creaking... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:35

The German e-commerce market is predicted to increase by 9 percent this year, meaning the online retail industry could be worth €57.8 billion at the end of 2019. The latest... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:39

The major card networks dominate the modern payments landscape, and have been a driver of global commerce over the last fifty years. The last few years’ statistics confirm this dominance... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:30

Born around the turn of the millennium, a new generation of consumers has entered adulthood in 2018. They have never known a world without mobile phones and tablet computers, have... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:21

Mastercard, WorldPay and AmEx were among the payment processors who took part in a ‘cyber war game’, in a bid to test their systems amid rising IT security threats. The... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:39

Amex has won an eight-year antitrust lawsuit over interchange fees. The Supreme Court ruling at the end of June found that the card company’s ‘anti-steering’ rules did not violate federal... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 09:58

The major payment networks Visa, Mastercard and American Express say they are preparing for a better online payments experience by backing the EMVCo Secure Remote Commerce specification (SRC). The specification,... read more

09 Apr 18 @ 12:58

A group of Canadian retailers are pushing for lower credit card fees from major payment networks amid a long-standing battle over what they claim are inflated rates. The two largest... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 09:52

Nearly two-thirds of card transactions undertaken in the face-to-face environment globally between July 2016 and June 2017 used EMV chip technology, according to official figures released by technical body EMVCo.... read more

01 Feb 18 @ 09:50

Mastercard, Discover and American Express have all announced plans to drop signature at the point-of-sale signature in North America from April 2018. The Mastercard rule change will apply in Canada... read more

11 Oct 17 @ 14:47

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