11 Jun 13 @ 00:00
China’s central bank has ordered online payment platform EPayLinks to stop issuing renminbi-settled credit cards in partnership with MasterCard. “No payment institution is allowed to cooperate with foreign card companies... read more
23 May 13 @ 00:00
WorldPay has launched Bankout, a service that gives merchants the ability to make cost-effective, low-value cross-border payments with guaranteed amounts delivered to recipients and no receiving bank charges. Matched with WorldPay’s... read more
22 May 13 @ 00:00
EBA Clearing reveals seven German banks will use the Step2 payments system to process and clear their domestic payments, converting in the second half of 2013. A group of seven... read more
14 May 13 @ 00:00
Visa Europe has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at 0.3% of transaction value for four years, the same level as the rival MasterCard network, to end a... read more
16 Apr 13 @ 00:00
WorldPay and Intershop, a leading provider of state-of-the-art eCommerce solutions have announced an agreement which will see WorldPay services integrated with the Intershop 7 platform. The integration will provide retail merchants... read more
09 Apr 13 @ 00:00
Already investigating credit-card giant Visa, the European Commission launched Tuesday a fresh anti-trust probe into its rival MasterCard over payment of inter-bank fees. The Commission said it had concerns that... read more
14 Mar 13 @ 00:00
B+S Card Service, one of Germany’s largest acquirers and a one source solution for electronic payment processing, today officially launched in the UK. Founded in 1989 B+S is part of... read more
29 Jan 13 @ 00:00
Fundtech, a market leader in global transaction banking solutions, today revealed the results of a recent survey on banks’ sentiments towards Dodd-Frank section 1073, which mandates transparency around costs, timing... read more
02 Mar 26 @ 11:25
Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more
24 Feb 26 @ 12:45
After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more
18 Feb 26 @ 13:35
The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more
25 Feb 26 @ 17:55
Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the he... more