23 Oct 14 @ 11:19

US bank-backed ACH, The Clearing House, has moved to develop a faster payments system as it begins the long process of replacing its antiquated current payments system. The Clearing House, a payments company and trade... read more

17 Oct 14 @ 09:00

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) says it will begin a new initiative to integrate payments seamlessly into the Open Web Platform and help tackle fraud. W3C calls upon all industry stakeholders... read more

26 Sep 14 @ 13:34

According to news out of the US, the Federal Reserve Board says it will leave its debit card interchange cap for large issuers unchanged despite finding that some of their important... read more

26 Sep 14 @ 13:26

According to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, tokenization is set to form a major change in the battle against payment fraud. Payment tokenization, as described by the MPIW... read more

15 Sep 14 @ 12:26

The U.S. Federal Reserve has restated its commitment to push for development of a faster payments system, with the Fed’s financial services policy committee saying officials will prepare and share... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 10:52

The Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup of the Boston Federal Reserve has released the outcome of its May 2014 meeting on the state of the industry in the US and has... read more

04 Apr 14 @ 10:30

US regulators have warned its banks to protect their ATM’s and card authorisation systems from a fresh wave of cyber-attacks that seek to ATM hack a control weaknesses to spew... read more

11 Mar 14 @ 09:21

New fronts in the war on cash are being opened up worldwide through a range of innovative services and payments products. Is the dream of a cashless society far-fetched? While we... read more

06 Mar 14 @ 15:15

Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous. And annoyed. He’s wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks, without shoes, like he... read more

19 Feb 14 @ 14:22

US banks could follow JP Morgan’s lead and get out of the US pre-paid market if proposed new regulatory oversight materialises, leaving the way open for the likes of American... read more

06 Dec 13 @ 11:09

China’s central bank has taken the decision to bar financial institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions, moving to regulate the virtual currency after an 89-fold jump in its value sparked a... read more

08 Oct 13 @ 15:33

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta released the U.S. Mobile Payments Landscape – Two Years Later, which examines changes in the evolution of mobile POS retail payments... read more

06 Sep 13 @ 12:10

The trends for the second quarter of 2013 are consistent with the first quarter of the year.  The nation’s largest credit card issuers reported strong profits despite relatively stagnant quarter-over-quarter... read more

05 Aug 13 @ 10:43

A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve ignored the intent of Congress regarding a controversial cap on debit card “swipe fees” that are part of a dispute... read more

08 Apr 13 @ 00:00

The use of mobile phones to access a bank account, credit card, or other financial account became more prevalent in the Unites States last year, according to the Federal Reserve... read more