19 Nov 13 @ 09:58

Gemalto is providing TSM Nordic, a company owned by Telenor and DNB, with mobile contactless technology for Norway’s first mobile NFC payment service. Telenor is Norway’s leading mobile operator with... read more

12 Nov 13 @ 07:37

First Data Merchant Solutions, First Data’s direct-to-market merchant acquiring business, and Diners Club International have announced the go-live of their merchant acquiring agreement in the UK. The deal will allow First Data... read more

07 Nov 13 @ 16:13

First Data Merchant Solutions, First Data’s direct-to-market payment acceptance business, today announced that it has become a UK Payment Institution after successfully achieving independent membership of the UK Financial Conduct... read more

07 Nov 13 @ 15:53

Canada’s first open mobile wallet, “Ugo” has been introduced by PC Financial and TD. The companies plan to combine multiple payment and loyalty programs into a secure mobile solution. Canada’s largest... read more

01 Nov 13 @ 16:10

Regional powerhouse Citibank Hong Kong and local mobile network operator 3 Hong Kong have launched the 3 Citi Wallet, an NFC mobile wallet for customers of the carrier who also have... read more

01 Nov 13 @ 12:30

New research from the University of Surrey warns about the security of ‘contactless’ payment cards following a study in which they proved the technology was susceptible to fraud. The technology... read more

01 Nov 13 @ 12:14

Boots UK, Visa Europe and WorldPay say that customers are able to pay with their contactless cards at all Boots UK stores, following the successful completion of the roll out... read more

15 Oct 13 @ 18:23

The Dexter malware has struck again. This time, South African banks have suffered an estimated tens of millions of rand in losses due to a major breach of customer card... read more

01 Oct 13 @ 11:37

Mobile commerce provider CorFire has announced a collaboration with payments innovators Wirecard to allow near field communications service (NFC) to enable mobile payments across Europe. Under the agreement, Wirecard’s products... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 09:18

In an aggressive move, in the increasingly noisy mobile POS market, SumUp, has announced a significant reduction of its transaction fee. In the UK, SumUp will cut its fee to... read more

20 Sep 13 @ 17:44

Mobile Wallet Initiative Austria has been launched by a group of financial, technology and telecoms companies. The new organisation aims to create an open nationwide standard for NFC mobile wallets.... read more

11 Sep 13 @ 12:14

Making purchases with a smartphone is gaining a foothold in Hong Kong, and it has changed the habits of Sunny Cheung Yiu-tong, a die-hard fan of smart cards. Octopus Cards,... read more

10 Sep 13 @ 09:00

Datacard Group has announced that Ecobank Transnational Inc., a financial services provider with operations in over 30 African countries, is enhancing their customer service levels by implementing Datacard financial instant... read more

05 Sep 13 @ 11:30

Vodafone has announced that all its customers will be able to use Vodafone SmartPass to make mobile payments from a Visa prepaid card account at over 250,000 stores across Spain by... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 14:53

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) offers a new SIM platform that allows several different NFC applications to be executed securely and simultaneously on a single SIM card. The SkySIM CX SIM-card... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:35

Telefonica Czech Republic is set to launch a trial of mobile point-of-sale devices aimed at small firms and entrepreneurs who previously were unable to accept credit cards. The new device... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 12:00

Kalixa Group has been selected by Invapay, a procurement and electronic payment solution provider, as its global acquiring partner. Invapay will use Kalixa Accept’s acquiring and payment gateway services to... read more

03 Sep 13 @ 10:18

Zenius Solutions has introduced Zenius ONE a mobile commerce solution which the company says can be deployed in under 90 days, features a mobile wallet with payment, loyalty and couponing,... read more

23 Aug 13 @ 18:43

The acquiring business, already fraught with rivalry, became even more competitive with an announcement from daily-deals giant Groupon that it will supply traditional POS terminals to merchants as part of... read more

20 Aug 13 @ 17:35

American payments start-up Stripe has officially launched in the UK and is now setting its sights on mainland Europe. Stripe provides merchants with an API that they can embed into... read more