04 Sep 14 @ 12:20

Global payment acquirer EVO Payments International (EVO) has entered into a long-term, exclusive relationship with Bank of Ireland to provide merchant acquiring services in the Republic of Ireland and Northern... read more

03 Sep 14 @ 13:28

US DIY and home improvement merchant Home Depot has become the latest US retailer to be hit by a credit and debit card data breach, according to security blogger Brian... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:10

Package delivery giant UPS has become the latest company to admit that customer payment card details may be at risk after it discovered malware at 51 of its US stores.... read more

15 Aug 14 @ 13:34

Barclaycard, which recently laumched ‘bPay’ contactless wristbands, is offering businesses customer behavioural data mined from the wearable devices. Barclaycard will begin a full roll-out of bPay bands next year, allowing... read more

13 Aug 14 @ 14:57

In a widely anticipated move, Amazon.com has unveiled a $10 mobile point of sale device (mPOS) and mobile app for brick-and-mortar businesses, marking the latest step by the US online... read more

12 Aug 14 @ 12:41

When the Payments Card Industry Data Security Program (PCI-DSS) was first introduced in 2004, the move was in response to a series of breaches that demonstrated how exposed credit and... read more

11 Aug 14 @ 12:04

At 93% of total US retail dollar volume, the point of sale (POS) retail market towers above the online market and will continue to do so for years to come.... read more

23 Jul 14 @ 10:20

Amazon has quietly released a new Android and Fire Phone app, dubbed Amazon Wallet, which lets users scan cards with their phone and save them in the Amazon cloud, so... read more

07 Jul 14 @ 19:22

NXP Semiconductors announced that it has extended its leadership in the market for secure ICs in payment cards with 48% market share in million units for 2013, growing from 32%... read more

02 Jul 14 @ 12:48

On July 7, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Easter District of New York will begin hearing arguments in the case, which the Department of Justice... read more

26 Jun 14 @ 09:37

2014 Debit Issuer Study reveals increased usage, a renewed focus on fraud prevention and EMV issuance, and a resurgence of debit rewards linking merchant offers. Financial institutions weathered the Target... read more

25 Jun 14 @ 09:37

ZipZap has announced its expansion to the UK through a partnership with Payzone one of UK’s leading consumer payments and cash distribution networks. With this partnership, ZipZap now offers an... read more

24 Jun 14 @ 10:40

A report from Retail Banking Research (RBR) details how rising numbers of ATMs worldwide are having a direct impact on demand for cash. RBR found that the installed base of... read more

13 Jun 14 @ 10:59

While much of the debate around European card regulation and interchange focuses on Visa and MasterCard, how will three-party schemes fare under proposed legislation? The July 2013 publication of European... read more

12 Jun 14 @ 12:29

In the wake of high-profile retailer breaches, how is the payment industry responding? The year 2013 looks likely to be defined as the year of the data breach, as fraudsters... read more

11 Jun 14 @ 14:26

By the end of 2015, 70% of US credit cards and 41% of US debit cards will be EMV enabled, says Aite Group. In a new research report, EMV: Lessons... read more

04 Jun 14 @ 13:58

Annual domestic card spending by UK consumers passed £0.5 trillion for the first ever time in 2013 as shoppers increasingly choose cards over cash, according to a report published by... read more

02 Jun 14 @ 12:57

The roll-out of contactless cards, the growth of e-commerce and rising usage of self-service tills are all contributing to a fall in cash usage in the UK, according to the... read more

20 May 14 @ 12:13

Groupon has unveiled Gnome, an iPad POS system with deep integration into Groupon’s infrastructure that the company hopes will spur uptake among merchants that regularly run promotions through the service.... read more

05 May 14 @ 10:07

The Federal Reserve Banks has released a new report which shows that US consumers choose to use cash more frequently than any other payment instrument, including debit or credit cards.... read more