29 Jun 15 @ 13:05

Barclaycard is to roll out a range of wearable payment devices that can be used to make contactless payments across the UK, following a successful launch of its bPay band... read more

22 Jun 15 @ 15:40

After years of prohibiting merchants who accept its cards from steering customers to other brands, American Express is being forced to lift those restrictions. The change comes after a federal judge... read more

18 Jun 15 @ 15:44

Last year UK holidaymakers spent £26.4 billion using their cards overseas, making almost 14 transactions every second, according to figures from the UK Cards Association. For the first time annual... read more

17 Jun 15 @ 16:48

The landscape of domestic card schemes in Europe has changed dramatically following the implementation of the European Economic Area, the Payment Services Directive and the SEPA Cards Framework. The domestic card... read more

12 Jun 15 @ 13:20

China UnionPay aims to become a global bank card company, Ge Huayong, chairman of China UnionPay and UnionPay International, said on Wednesday. Ge made the remarks after a speech at... read more

10 Jun 15 @ 12:11

At the risk of sounding like the new Weather Channel website, can we learn anything about EMV migration from Canada? After all, they have already upgraded or replaced more than 60,000... read more

10 Jun 15 @ 08:56

The  Bancorp  and  MeaWallet  have  agreed  to  a  strategic partnership  to  deliver  open  loop  mobile  prepaid  cards  to  The  Bancorp  card  issuers  in Europe, with  the goal  of  launching  the  first ... read more

09 Jun 15 @ 14:17

Apple Pay is coming to the UK in July, enabling millions of Apple device owners to use the tech giant’s mobile payments service. So far, MasterCard, Visa, eight UK banks... read more

08 Jun 15 @ 16:45

Electronic person-to-person (P2P) payments have been on a roller coaster of interest over the last decade.  PayPal launched the first successful, widespread service in the late 1990s and has enjoyed... read more

08 Jun 15 @ 16:01

Availability of the iPhone 7 and Apple Pay have leaked online just hours ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote. Reports emerged about Apple Pay’s UK launch date, and Apple... read more

08 Jun 15 @ 13:40

Google says it won’t earn any transaction fees from credit-card issuers for its coming Android Pay service because of evolving ground rules for the services. Credit-card issuers hope the changes will pressure Apple... read more

05 Jun 15 @ 12:21

According to Bloomberg, Samsung delayed the start of its mobile payment service until September, further hindering its ability to gain ground against competing services from Apple and Google. Samsung Pay... read more

03 Jun 15 @ 17:19

Visa Europe announced that some of the UK’s largest high street banks intend to launch the V.me digital wallet services in 2015, offering their customers a convenient and secure way... read more

03 Jun 15 @ 16:45

The French finance minister has announced plans to abolish the fixed rate commission that banks charge one another to process card payments – currently in place regardless of the customer’s... read more

02 Jun 15 @ 17:35

“The fact that we didn’t go to PIN is such a joke,” says Mike Cook, Walmart’s assistant treasurer and a senior vice president, in reference to the USA’s current EMV... read more

02 Jun 15 @ 09:15

TAG Systems, a European smart card-based solutions provider, has acquired Seglan a Spanish IT company developing software and solutions for mobile payment and ticketing. International card payment schemes forecast that mobile... read more

01 Jun 15 @ 12:00

Google has Android Pay. The internet giant outlined a set of APIs that will allow developers to add an Android Pay button to their app and banks to enable payments... read more

29 May 15 @ 10:14

Google has unveiled its second crack at the payments market in the form of Android Pay, which will enable credit, debit, prepaid and small business cardholders to use their Android phones... read more

27 May 15 @ 13:56

The proposed $19 million settlement between MasterCard and Target over the retailer’s 2013 data breach has fallen through after not enough banks accepted the deal, according to MasterCard. The agreement, announced... read more

22 May 15 @ 16:50

Mint Payments has announced that its partnership with Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has resulted in the successful deployment and enhancement of BNZ’s PayClip mPOS payments product. PayClip enables business... read more