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

28 May 13 @ 00:00

Visa Inc and MasterCard  sued trade groups and retailers that rejected a $7.25 billion settlement in a price-fixing suit and asked a court to rule that the card companies’ fee practices weren’t... 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

23 May 13 @ 00:00

Visa Europe announced two significant additions to its Visa Personal Payments mobile service: Multi-Currency and Immediate Payments. The new functions will enable consumers to make instant transactions from their mobile... read more

07 May 13 @ 00:00

Europe’s economic crisis has been a powerful driver for many European governments to take measures against the shadow economy as they look to consolidate budgets and foster recovery, according to... read more

07 May 13 @ 00:00

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has now completed the roll out of contactless payment to 644 of its UK stores, including its railway and airport franchise stores. The move cements M&S’... read more

30 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Mobile payment systems are catching on massively, with MPOS devices having grown significantly over the last year. According to a recent report available through ReportsNReports, the global MPOS industry ballooned between... 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

26 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Over 120 million transactions are lost each year in the UK through people leaving shops because they can’t pay by card, according to new research from Judo, the UK’s first... 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

09 Apr 13 @ 00:00

CyberSource has announced the opening of a French subsidiary in Paris, tasked with bringing its fraud management solutions to French online retailers. This will be CyberSource’s second expansion into Europe... 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

04 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Visa Europe today confirms that Global Payments will be the second card payments processor to support the launch of the V.me by Visa digital wallet service in the UK. Global... read more

22 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Spanish financial services provider Banco Sabadell, in partnership with Telefonica and BlackBerry, have launched a pilot project for contactless payments with NFC-enabled mobile phones. Trial participants, which are also Banco... read more

22 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Driven by the runaway success of Square in the US, the mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) has recently experienced a surge in popularity, with a throng of new players looking to carve... read more

21 Mar 13 @ 00:00

RBS has unveiled a new banking app which will allow customers to transfer money to contacts on their smartphone. The bank said it was confident that the app was secure,... read more

20 Mar 13 @ 00:00

eBay Inc  shares hit a new low for 2013 on Monday as concern mounted about the impact of a new "digital wallet" fee on the company’s PayPal business. MasterCard, one... read more

20 Mar 13 @ 00:00

BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, today announces the launch of Visa payWave products in Credit Dnepr Bank, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.... 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

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Gemalto and SIA, a major international payments processor, are joining forces to support rapid deployment of NFC services throughout Italy. Gemalto and SIA team up for the first national TSM infrastructure in... read more