09 Jul 15 @ 14:54

The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to MasterCard. The Statement of Objections outlines the Commission’s preliminary view that MasterCard’s rules prevent banks from offering lower interchange fees... read more

08 Jul 15 @ 16:06

Apple Pay is missing an essential feature that it needs to stop people using other mobile payments apps: P2P. But, according to media reports, it looks like Apple is planning to change... read more

07 Jul 15 @ 10:19

Barclays has signed a deal with the digital payments service Zapp, enabling customers to make online transactions through the “pay by bank” application on mobile devices. The tie-up comes a... read more

02 Jul 15 @ 18:00

Having trialled the Facebook Messenger payment service, Facebook announced that the payment feature is now available for Facebook Messenger users in the US. Now you can make person-to-person payments by adding your... read more

30 Jun 15 @ 10:25

European payments regulation, such as the original Payment Services Directive (PSD) of 2007 and Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA), have already caused significant change within the banking and payment industry.... read more

30 Jun 15 @ 10:24

With more Americans using credit, debit and prepaid goods to pay for goods and services, the merchant card processing fees to process those cards continues to rise. General purpose and private... 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

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 @ 16:01

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

29 May 15 @ 10:21

BBVA has added a new feature to its mobile wallet app that enables users to remotely control their debit and credit cards from their smartphone. The latest version of BBVA... read more

21 May 15 @ 15:10

Figures published today show that the total number of cash payments made by consumers, businesses and financial organisations in the UK fell to 48% last year (from 52% in 2013).... read more

19 May 15 @ 13:53

mPOS specialist iZettle has launched a new hardware dongle that includes both chip and PIN and contactless payment functionality, along with support for Apple Pay. The Card Reader Pro Contactless... read more

13 May 15 @ 17:04

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

06 May 15 @ 13:57

In August 2014, approximately 1 out of every 5 banked consumers in the U.S. said they would be comfortable using their smartphone to initiate all of their payments transactions, according... read more

05 May 15 @ 14:13

Personal Financial Management (PFM) tools offering consumers budgeting tools and enhanced visibility into their spending behavior are becoming more widely available. And while not all customers are interested in these... read more

01 May 15 @ 12:34

Apple, Starbucks and Disney are all strong brands with loyal followings, but they also have something else in common: They’re early leaders in the ever-evolving mobile payments market. Some analysts... read more

01 May 15 @ 12:19

Finally, some good news for CurrentC! As the new CEO, Brian Mooney, formerly CEO of Bank of America Merchant Services, one of the largest US merchant payment acquirers, Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a... read more

02 Apr 15 @ 11:39

Some of New Zealand’s biggest banks and telcos have joined forces to launch Semble, a SIM-based NFC mobile payments service. Telcos Vodafone, 2degrees, Telecom teamed up with bank-owned payments network... read more

31 Mar 15 @ 10:43

According to research from the Federal Reserve Board, nearly 40% of banked Americans now use their mobile phone to access their accounts. A survey of 2,900 people on behalf of... read more