01 Oct 15 @ 07:36

A US judge has rejected a proposed class-action settlement between American Express and merchants who sued the company over card fees, ruling that a lawyer acting for the merchants compromised... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:57

Contactless cards have been issued in Australia since 2006 but a major push on the acceptance side only started in the second-half of 2010. The technology is starting to gain... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 16:36

General purpose and private label credit, debit and prepaid cards generated $5,165 trillion in sales in the US last year. This was an 8 percent increase on the $4,768 trillion... read more

30 Jul 15 @ 15:11

MasterCard faces formal antitrust investigations in Europe after the European Commission accused the card giant of “artificially raising the costs of card payments.” The Commission issued its statement of objections... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:45

Vodafone customers will soon be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at contactless terminals. Following new agreements with... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:43

Mobile operator Orange has announced that its mobile payment service, Orange Cash, is to be rolled out in Spain. Wirecard will provide the e-money and scheme license as well as... read more

31 May 15 @ 09:05

PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more

31 May 15 @ 08:55

The cityscape of modern Arabia displays its optimism and advancement with impressive sky-piercing towers. Similarly the payment and commerce landscape is visibly transforming and, if the range of innovations and... read more

28 May 15 @ 00:01

PCM examines the extent to which European regulation will continue to drive major industry change by Robert Courtneidge and Joyrene Thomas European regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive... read more

28 May 15 @ 00:01

The cityscape of modern Arabia displays its optimism and advancement with impressive sky-piercing towers. Similarly the payment and commerce landscape is visibly transforming and, if the range of innovations and... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 17:24

The creation of a relevant and coherent digital strategy has become the most pressing concern for retail banks worldwide, overtaking their worries over regulation, according to a survey carried out... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 17:20

NFC POS terminals are expected to grow by 28.4% from 21.4 million in 2014 to 74.9 million in 2019 according to a recent survey by Berg Insight. In 2014 NFC... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 17:11

In March the number of contactless taps made on a single day reached one million. Over 14 per cent of all pay as you go journeys across Transport for London... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:39

Whilst the EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) bashing in the US continues to gather pace, US banks, credit card companies and retailers continue to invest heavily in the technology widely... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:26

Apple Pay has breathed new life into tokenisation and the use of tokenisation has seen a revival due to new technology approaches that remove associated operational risks and complexities and... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:03

Such is the fervour around virtual currencies, that barely a day goes by without some form of news or announcement about the growth and threat of digital currencies but what... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 15:46

The Advanced Payments Report 2015 provides views and perspectives on the state of payments and is based on phone interviews and a survey among industry executives, observers, and analysts.  ... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 15:30

The chief executive of American Express, Kenneth Chenault, refused for years to settle an antitrust case with the US government, vowing to fight even as the company’s top rivals cut... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 15:03

Compass Plus, has now been fully certified to support Futurex’s Excrypt SSP9000 hardware security modules (HSMs). This new partnership with Futurex, a provider of secure, data encryption security solutions, has... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 14:27

In a sign that enthusiasm for contactless is beginning to take hold, at least in parts of Europe, a new service that lets NFC phone users enter their PIN on... read more