23 Feb 15 @ 11:49

There are lots of ongoing discussions around EMV payments in the US; PIN versus signature, contactless, mobile payments (firmly back on the table after the introduction of Apple Pay), tokenization,... read more

19 Feb 15 @ 10:42

Spending on contactless cards more than trebled over the last year to reach a record £2.32 billion in 2014, with the total spend last year more than double that of all the previous... read more

16 Feb 15 @ 15:14

Canadian NFC payments entrant Mobeewave has secured a $6.5 million funding round led by SBT Venture Capital. According to the company, the investment will be used to support market expansion... read more

04 Feb 15 @ 12:09

EMV implementation is under way in the US, but only about half of the 12 million merchant payment terminals will be converted to accept more secure EMV smart credit and... read more

12 Jan 15 @ 16:53

Amid rumours that owners AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless had decided to stop funding the NFC payments outfit little more than a year after its launch, Softcard, the... read more

07 Jan 15 @ 13:14

Bitcoin specialist Circle has added support for contactless mobile payments to its Android app, enabling crypto-currency enthusiasts to make instore purchases with a wave of their phone. The move follows... read more

11 Dec 14 @ 13:56

A new service that lets NFC phone users enter their PIN on their mobile device to confirm a high value transaction is making it possible for UK consumers to make... read more

09 Dec 14 @ 09:46

PaymentsCM (PCM) predicts that contactless card payments in the UK this Christmas will exceed £500 million with over 250,000 transactions in December. The increase in contactless users has had a... read more

08 Dec 14 @ 09:56

A new report from InfoScout suggests Apple Pay is yet to gain widespread adoption among iPhone 6 owners due to poor consumer awareness of which stores accept the NFC payments... read more

19 Nov 14 @ 11:00

Creating merchant loyalty – location–based offers, discounts and targeted messaging are helping to place merchants at the centre of consumer engagement. According to research by IDC, 1.5 billion smartphones will... read more

19 Nov 14 @ 10:49

Global bank-led industry association, Mobey Forum, has published a white paper detailing the results of a survey that outlines the attitudes of its international membership toward the adoption of host... read more

14 Oct 14 @ 09:00

On September 9, 2014, Apple announced Apple Pay along with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch. Apple Pay is first available in the US, with international launch expected later. The... read more

16 Sep 14 @ 13:49

E-security solutions provider, Cryptomathic, has published its latest white paper, which offers advice to banks and payment service providers on how to protect mobile banking, payment and (Host Card Emulation)... read more

12 Aug 14 @ 16:19

SPECTRA Technologies has achieved the approval of the highest level of security requirement, PCI PIN Transaction Security (PTS) 4.0., in its payment terminal CREON. SPECTRA has become the world’s second vendor (first... read more

17 Jul 14 @ 13:25

This spring, Apple CEO Tim Cook offered a vision of the company’s future – to anyone reading between the lines. “We have almost 800 million iTunes accounts and the majority... read more

25 Jun 14 @ 11:46

The rapid convergence of prepaid and mobile commerce is creating significant opportunities for merchants and other stakeholder groups to push banks and other day-to-day money management service providers down the... read more

23 Jun 14 @ 09:55

Following the recent publication of the Consult Hyperion/GSMA discussion paper ‘HCE and SIM Secure Element: It’s Not Black and White’, SIMalliance has highlighted that future growth of the NFC ecosystem... read more

13 Jun 14 @ 12:12

BlackBerry announced it has reached a three-year deal with Canadian mobile payment technology firm EnStream to provide a secure platform for mobile-payment transactions between several big Canadian banks and their customers.... read more

10 Jun 14 @ 09:15

Russian bank Sberbank, Europe’s third largest bank with 100 million customers, has begun piloting NFC payments in Moscow using embedded secure elements. It will follow the trial with a service using host... read more

09 Jun 14 @ 11:35

Equity Bank is set to launch its Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services in July 2014 after a successful foray in the local and regional banking sector – a key... read more