31 Aug 17 @ 13:48

Mastercard unveiled a pilot project in Poland, turning smartphones into payment terminals for accepting contactless payments. The solution is aimed at small and micro merchants that have traditionally taken cash payments,... read more

15 Aug 17 @ 13:31

Digital transaction volumes in India hit a new record in July growing almost 2% from the previous month to 859.2 million, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of... read more

03 Jul 17 @ 14:32

The Global Payments Innovation Jury report for 2017 exists because 70 senior industry executives were prepared to give their time to thinking through and setting out their views on many... read more

26 Jun 17 @ 11:39

Recent payments conferences have highlighted some pressing issues which, when addressed, have the power to transform the world of card payment acceptance, both across Europe and globally. How can merchants’... read more

02 Jun 17 @ 12:23

FIME has completed its EMV Level 1 testing portfolio with the launch of EMVeriPOS. The new tool ensures that the communication between payment terminals and contact EMV chip cards is in... read more

08 May 17 @ 14:00

In a new omni-channel retailing report – it is noted that online technologies, mobile devices and new consumer demands are rapidly transforming the retail sector and the payments industry. They offer... read more

05 May 17 @ 12:56

Actinic has unveiled the m-commerce results of the tenth annual ‘e-Merchant profile’, a study carried out between November and December 2016 comprising data from 2,100 European companies. The study confirms that... read more

04 May 17 @ 15:51

Monitise FINkit has announced the key findings from its research into senior banking executives’ priorities, challenges, and future plans surrounding open banking. The study, carried out by independent researchers LM Research,... read more

19 Apr 17 @ 13:38

According to a new report, the FinTech (financial technology) sector is rising globally, and has already arrived in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In fact, the number of... read more

20 Mar 17 @ 14:43

Trend Micro has warned of a new POS malware dubbed MagikPOS, that is being used to attack POS systems belonging to businesses in the US and Canada. The MagikPOS malware... read more

27 Feb 17 @ 12:43

It has been almost 20 years since the internet made a paradigm leap in transaction transport, and made simple payment gateways integration available to an exploding community of web developers.... read more

24 Feb 17 @ 10:45

A recent Gartner survey estimated that by 2020, the number of connected objects will increase by 30 times current levels, making IoT (Internet of Things) a huge untapped opportunity for retailers... read more

20 Feb 17 @ 16:45

National Payments Corporation of India which owns Rupay and Visa and Mastercard have launched the BharatQR – an app-based ‘scan and pay’ solution for small shops. This is the first time in the... read more

20 Feb 17 @ 12:03

IBM Watson IoT and Visa announced the industry’s first collaboration that brings the POS to everywhere Visa is accepted, by allowing businesses to quickly introduce secure payment experiences for any device... read more

17 Feb 17 @ 11:09

Before any payment terminal gets out there, it needs to adhere to the rules set by the payment systems (or payment brands), like the latest EMV Level 3. That means... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 10:41

The merchant acquiring market in Europe is operating on solid grounds of continuous transaction growth, however the cost pressures in the industry increases are very high primarily due to new... read more

31 Jan 17 @ 13:19

In a couple of weeks, Payments Cards & Mobile will be heading out to Berlin to take part in the Merchant Payments Ecosystem conference, otherwise known as MPE. If you would... read more

19 Jan 17 @ 10:53

PCM would like to announce the publication of the updated Payment Card Statistical Yearbooks 2016-17 (Statistics for Europe and Eurasia) – and its corresponding website paymentyearbooks.com. In this business, we know you need to... read more

12 Jan 17 @ 10:31

With the goal to increase the value and usability of loyalty points, Verifone and FIS are collaborating to enable consumers to pay with loyalty points linked to their credit or debit cards... read more

05 Jan 17 @ 13:04

Nigerian payments digitisation has continued to gather momentum as the value of transactions through POS channels across the country increased significantly by 65% to N651.37 billion ($2.07 billion) between January and... read more