23 Apr 14 @ 12:40

Orange Money has seen exponential growth since it was launched. The service is now available in 13 countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt (under the name Mobicash), Guinea, Jordan, Kenya,... read more

09 Apr 14 @ 11:33

According to a report from IHS, contactless payments could be about to receive a significant boost, with global Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled handset shipments set to soar four-fold in the... read more

04 Apr 14 @ 10:41

First Data announced that thinkmoney, part of the Think Money Group, has deployed its PIN NOW SMS solution which provides a digital alternative to the traditional paper PIN mailer. A customer... read more

24 Mar 14 @ 16:56

Visa Europe has announced new partnerships with fifteen European Internet Payment Service Providers (IPSPs), giving the V.me digital wallet service access to their extensive e-commerce merchant portfolios, and supporting the... read more

18 Mar 14 @ 09:52

The Target, Neiman Marcus, Michael’s Stores breach trifecta may have finally galvanized the US card payment industry to consider strongly EMV in the US. Too bad consumers are poised to change... read more

14 Mar 14 @ 12:37

New figures released on UK fraud by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) show that levels of card and online banking fraud rose during 2013. Improved fraud detection and prevention... read more

13 Mar 14 @ 12:53

The latest figures from Visa Europe show that throughout 2013 Visa cardholders used their contactless cards to make more than 94.3 million purchases in the UK compared to just under... read more

06 Mar 14 @ 15:33

Payment card fraud in the US is rampant, and it’s adding up to big losses. The US accounted for 51% of global payment card fraud costs in 2013, according to BI... read more

28 Feb 14 @ 09:44

Mobile banking, as has been explored many times before, has a huge potential to open up banking services to people across the developing world. This time, however, the focus is... read more

24 Feb 14 @ 12:27

Working with its partners, Visa says it has doubled the availability of mobile payments services across Europe in the past 12 months.  Mobile payments are now available nationwide in several... read more

21 Feb 14 @ 15:47

The card payment fees that banks charge retailers for processing shoppers’ payments should be capped, Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs decided in a vote on Thursday. The cap would apply... read more

14 Feb 14 @ 10:45

Orange and Visa Europe announced the commercial launch of Orange Cash in Caen and Strasbourg, two of the cities with the highest use of contactless payments in France. With the... read more

13 Feb 14 @ 11:49

Restaurant chain joins 4,000 merchants now using V.me by Visa to give customers a fast and safe online shopping experience. Visa Europe and WorldPay announced that wagamama customers will soon... read more

04 Feb 14 @ 12:41

With over R$690 billion (approximately US$300 billion) in card sales volume in 2012, the Brazilian market is the largest acquiring market in Latin America, and Brazil’s card volume grew at... read more

03 Feb 14 @ 16:56

US payments industry deployment of EMV technology accelerated in 2013 to help combat rising card fraud, but widespread industry adoption of US EMV still faces multiple obstacles. Merchants remain suspect... read more

29 Jan 14 @ 17:07

Canada has become a leader in the adoption of mobile payments by merchants and consumers. PCM looks at the factors driving the country’s m-payments success story and how a collaborative... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 16:29

El Corte Inglés has received Visa Europe’s certification to implement contactless payments in all its shopping centres. From now on, and for all contactless payments, cardholders won’t have to hand... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 15:28

DeviceFidelity,  a provider of plug and play mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) and security solutions, says that its Isis Ready NFC iPhone cases are available online, and will be available in AT&T... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 12:40

Neiman Marcus has been forced to admit that up to 1.1 million customer payment cards were compromised in the recent data breach that hit its instore POS terminals over a... read more

28 Jan 14 @ 11:07

Recent payment regulation, interchange proposals in Europe and the revision of the Payment Services Directive will have a significant impact on business strategies for all stakeholders going forward – reports... read more