13 Oct 14 @ 17:21

A total of 205 billion card payments were made worldwide in 2013, a rise of 13% on 2012, according “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts 2013-2019”, a new report from... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:48

The European Central Bank (ECB) has named four key payment systems – Target2, Euro1, Step2-T and Core(Fr) – as “systemically important”, and as a result they will be subject to... read more

28 May 14 @ 12:22

Austria Card (Lykos Group), an internationally leading card manufacturer, increased its share in the Turkish personalization specialist Provus Kart Hizmetleri A.Ş. to 100%. Former Provus thereby started to operate under... read more

19 Nov 13 @ 19:00

The European Payment Users Alliance is a group of European payment users who have come together to call for more transparency and competition in the payment market. We welcome the... read more

11 Nov 13 @ 17:47

EVO Payments International and PKO Bank Polski have entered into an agreement to form a long-term strategic alliance in the payment processing and acquiring business. Under the proposed transaction, EVO... read more

10 Sep 13 @ 08:50

JCB International (JCBI) and Caixa Economica Federal (CAIXA), the largest public sector bank in Latin America, announce the signing of an agreement for the issuing of JCB cards in Brazil... 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

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

31 May 13 @ 00:00

The development of digital payment advisor (DPA) applications residing on customer smartphones and mobile devices has the potential to fundamentally change the way many customers approach their choice of payment... read more