13 Sep 16 @ 13:49

The US Court of Appeals overturned the landmark antitrust interchange settlement between retailers and Visa and Mastercard on June 30, 2016, reigniting more than 10 years of legal battles over... read more

13 Sep 16 @ 09:11

As the one year anniversary of the US EMV migration shift to chip approaches new data has been released confirming the positive impact the technology is having on issuing banks... read more

13 Sep 16 @ 09:00

FIS announced that it has recieved accreditation by Discover, MasterCard and Visa and is working with other international and national payment brands to simplify the certification process for EMV payment... read more

07 Sep 16 @ 13:00

As the share of digital payments in Europe keeps on growing to reach 38% of payments by 2020, the continued transformation of Mastercard is driven by the rapid growth and... read more

02 Sep 16 @ 09:32

For the first time on the Russian market, MDM Bank, one of the largest private banks in Russia, has launched single-tap Mastercard Contactless mobile payments with no additional passwords. Using... read more

01 Sep 16 @ 09:31

Chargebacks have been part of card scheme dispute resolution rules for decades and reflect consumer protection regulations in many countries. However they are also the ultimate un-virtuous circle where almost... read more

04 Aug 16 @ 10:06

Unicredit Business Integrated Solutions (UBIS)  and SIA have signed an agreement for the sale to the latter – for the sum of €500 million – of the processing activities of... read more

02 Aug 16 @ 16:25

Early Warning, a real-time payments provider, has signed an agreement with Visa to enable person-to-person (P2P) payments on its clearXchange network using US-issued debit cards through the Visa Direct platform, it will... read more

01 Aug 16 @ 14:47

ČSOB, one of the largest commercial banks in the Czech Republic and part of the Belgian KBC Group have developed and launched the first mobile wallet for NFC payments in... read more

05 Jul 16 @ 10:57

British voters’ decision to Brexit and leave the European Union on June 23 shocked markets around the world. It might also have significant implications on the development of the payments... read more

01 Jul 16 @ 16:37

A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement among Visa,MasterCard  and millions of retailers over credit card fees. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals... read more

29 Jun 16 @ 10:03

New standards on how much businesses can surcharge their customers for credit and debit card purchases start in September. However, it’s not clear how the rules will be policed and whether... read more

24 Jun 16 @ 10:57

Following Britain’s momentous decision to leave the European Union our thoughts must inevitably turn to the potential impact on UK consumer payments. In this blog we provide some early thoughts... read more

21 Jun 16 @ 09:16

A FinTech based UK could become a cashless society within 20 years according to research published by London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s promotional company, to coincide with London Technology Week... read more

14 Jun 16 @ 10:55

Travelex has announced the launch of Supercard, a new MasterCard card and app combo for UK travellers to avoid overseas debit and credit card roaming fees and charges when spending abroad.... read more

13 Jun 16 @ 10:19

Walmart Canada says it will no longer accept Visa cards after it failed to agree a deal with the card company. Fees applied to Visa card purchases “remain unacceptably high,”... read more

27 May 16 @ 15:49

Several themes from 2015 will continue trending this year. Mobile payments will keep being one of them. Large players like Apple and Samsung have expanded their geographical presence with their... read more

26 May 16 @ 11:41

O2 in Germany is launching a mobile banking service in Germany in late summer 2016, as the number of disruptors to the financial services market continues to grow. The service will... read more

12 May 16 @ 14:25

Global general purpose cards generated 227.08 billion purchase transactions at merchant locations in 2015, an increase of 16.1% on 2014 figures, according to the Nilson Report. Purchase transactions included consumer... read more

11 May 16 @ 16:29

In order to identify issuers’ reactions to the interchange regulation decreases effective December 2015, First Annapolis has been closely monitoring the product offerings of the top 5 issuers in 13... read more