27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Croatia’s accession to the EU will stabilise and help investment in the country’s economy. It will create a healthy climate for the cards and payments industry. Croatia will join the... read more

27 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Gemalto will supply prepaid EMV payment cards to Mobile Financial Services (MFS), the joint venture formed by Telefónica and MasterCard Worldwide.  The launch is part of “Zuum”, a new payment... read more

21 Jun 13 @ 00:00

New research from MasterCard shows that Europeans want to enjoy cashfree holidays. The survey shows how people across Europe prefer having their cards on hand on holiday, more than the... read more

21 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Ixaris has launched Ixaris Payments Server, a cloud-based platform that enables banks to quickly and cost-effectively develop their own corporate prepaid programmes. The comprehensive, out-of-the-box package allows banks to take a share... read more

19 Jun 13 @ 00:00

BPC Banking Technologies and Alfa-Bank – the largest private bank in Russia – announced the launch of a contactless payment service based on NFC technology for Russian telecom operator Beeline.... read more

17 Jun 13 @ 00:00

Visa Inc. sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a bid to stop the world’s largest retailer from bringing price-fixing claims over merchant swipe fees. Wal-Mart is among more than 7,000 retailers that dropped out... read more

12 Jun 13 @ 00:00

EVO Payments International, LLC (“EVO”), a leading payments service provider, announced today the completion of its acquisition of Deutsche Card Services, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank.  With... read more

30 May 13 @ 00:00

MasterCard Mobile, based on Cellum’s technology, has reached the milestone of 100,000 downloads in May. The service was launched in 2011, making payments via mobile available at nearly 200 merchants... read more

30 May 13 @ 00:00

payleven says it is making its Chip & PIN card reader available for anyone to buy off the shelf in Apple retail stores and on the Apple online store across... read more

23 May 13 @ 00:00

According to Anderson Zaks organisations should actively take time out to review their approach to handling the growing number of consumer credit and debit card payments.  In a guide published today,... 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

29 Apr 13 @ 00:00

The card networks are reporting progress among issuers and acquirers in the U.S. transition to EMV-chip cards, but some big retailers are still lashing out against the expectation that they... read more

16 Apr 13 @ 00:00

NXP Semiconductors today announced with ALIOTH, a leading Russian government and payment cards solutions provider, the launch of a contactless smart card solution product called SCOne. It combines banking, transport... read more

10 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Global payments services provider, DataCash – a MasterCard company, today announces the launch of GateKeeper:2.0. Aimed at online merchants and acquiring banks from a white label perspective, Gatekeeper:2.0 utilises advanced... read more

10 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Kalixa Group, a next generation payments company, today unveiled a range of disruptive products in issuing, acquiring and acceptance that are set to roll-out across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific... read more

08 Apr 13 @ 00:00

 A ban on "excessive" debit and credit card charges begins on Saturday 6 April. Consumers booking a range of items from cinema tickets to hotel rooms now have new protection from... read more

27 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The Government today launched a consultation setting out proposals for introducing a new system of competition-focused regulation for payment systems. This forms part of the Government’s work to create a... read more

27 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Payleven announces it has become the first mPOSt provider to be fully authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a payment institution. This accreditation was issued due to the... read more

26 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) will ensure the security of applications in Telefónica Germany’s electronic wallet, the O2 Wallet. In February the telecommunications company became the first network operator in Germany... read more

21 Mar 13 @ 00:00

The Secure RemotePayment Council (SRPc) today announced that the ten debit network members of its Chip and PIN Workgroup have agreed to adopt a common U.S. debit application identifier (AID) and... read more