03 May 16 @ 12:40

VocaLink has signed a five year deal to provide exclusive processing for the LINK ATM network.  The deal is the UK’s largest ever ATM processing deal and is expected to deliver over 16... read more

28 Apr 16 @ 13:33

FIS announced that its EMV Terminal Integration Test Solutions for Contact and Contactless have been accredited by four major payment brands. Before bringing a payment terminal in the field, it must... read more

20 Apr 16 @ 13:54

First Investment Bank AD (Fibank) of Bulgaria is the first bank in the region launch a mobile HCE payment card product, the mobile payment service is based on Host Card Emulation (HCE)... read more

20 Apr 16 @ 10:34

MEA is the fastest growing payment cards region worldwide, with the number of cards increasing by 18% to 540 million in 2014. The region also has the world’s lowest level... read more

13 Apr 16 @ 10:48

The US EMV adoption of chip cards, just six months after the latest milestone in the migration timeline is continuing to gather momentum. While consumers increasingly dip their cards to pay... read more

04 Apr 16 @ 12:46

Commercial cards represent just 4% of all payment cards in Europe according to Commercial Cards in Europe 2015. The sector has significant scope for expansion as many businesses do not currently... read more

23 Mar 16 @ 14:48

Major high street UK banks including HSBC, Bank of Scotland, First Direct, Halifax, Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank, MBNA and Nationwide Building Society say they are ready for the forthcoming launch... read more

22 Mar 16 @ 14:44

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110 million by the end of 2016 with 38.2% growth over the previous year. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)... read more

18 Mar 16 @ 10:07

Chase Bank Kenya, an innovative and fast-growing bank with an ambitious strategy across Africa, has successfully migrated its full card portfolio to the OpenWay WAY4 payment software platform from Electra... read more

16 Mar 16 @ 12:56

Mobile Maestro (called Bankomatkarte Mobil), an NFC mobile payment app enabled by Payment Services Austria (PSA) and supported by Austria Card, has launched. Following a successful field trial in Linz (Upper... read more

11 Mar 16 @ 11:14

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said that 2015 would be the year of Apple Pay. As it turned out, 2015 was the year of mobile payments initiatives generally as technology... read more

09 Mar 16 @ 22:15

Banks are starting to experiment with a new way of reducing credit-card fraud: tracking their customers’ mobile phones. The principle is straightforward enough. People are wedded to their phones, so if... read more

02 Mar 16 @ 15:09

According to payments networks Visa and MasterCard, consumers are getting much more comfortable with biometric payments. Research from the fourth annual MasterCard Mobile Payments Study finds cardholders increasingly are asking for... read more

02 Mar 16 @ 12:23

As reported earlier this year, Vodafone has become the first operator in the world to offer its customers the opportunity to make contactless PayPal payments using a smartphone. It is... read more

26 Feb 16 @ 13:24

The value of card payments in Asia-Pacific grew by 25% in 2014 to reach $9.0 trillion, accounting for just under half of the global total card expenditure. The level of... read more

17 Feb 16 @ 15:58

Curve, a London-based startup, allows people to combine an unlimited number of bank cards into one physical payment card, accepted everywhere MasterCard cards work. It is supported by a mobile... read more

11 Feb 16 @ 17:56

Vodafone has has announced a strategic partnership with PayPal to expand contactless payments across its mobile wallet.

10 Feb 16 @ 11:30

For the third year in a row, Apple and Google claimed the top positions in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands report. Technology brands represented more than a third of the table’s... read more

03 Feb 16 @ 11:23

What a difference twelve months can make. Industry conversations at 2014’s Mobey Day, (Mobey Forum’s annual open conference for all mobile money stakeholders) told of an industry undergoing major FinTech... read more

01 Feb 16 @ 12:02

Contactless card payments achieved a breakthrough in Europe in 2014, as the number of payments grew by 155% – a figure which is forecast to continue to soar over the... read more