15 Dec 14 @ 12:15

It has been revealed that for the last five years, hackers have been using a banking malware to siphon unencrypted credit/debit card information from the computer networks of Charge Anywhere, an... read more

12 Dec 14 @ 11:05

Apple Pay and ATMs are included on Woburn, Mass.-based data-security services provider Kaspersky Lab Inc.’s newly released list of nine security predictions for 2015. The top targets will be banks, which... read more

11 Dec 14 @ 12:31

As we head toward the close, 2014 seemed to be the year of the dinosaur— as in the outmoded creature whose days were ended in the flash of a mighty asteroid strike.... read more

10 Dec 14 @ 11:09

Vast numbers of hours, experts and resources have been devoted to the implementation of the EMV standard for credit and debit cards in the United States. As the smoke begins... read more

08 Dec 14 @ 09:56

A new report from InfoScout suggests Apple Pay is yet to gain widespread adoption among iPhone 6 owners due to poor consumer awareness of which stores accept the NFC payments... read more

03 Dec 14 @ 15:17

More than three-quarters of online merchants (79%) believe the growing proliferation of markets, purchasing channels and payment methods pose a significant challenge for effectively dealing with fraud, according to the... read more

03 Dec 14 @ 14:39

Online payments start-up Stripe on Monday closed a $70m fundraising round that has seen the company’s valuation double in less than a year to $3.5bn, as investors see promise in... read more

02 Dec 14 @ 11:24

Australia’s new payment system will be delayed by a year after five institutions stepped back from funding the $1 billion project. It was announced on Tuesday that the Reserve Bank of Australia-backed real... read more

27 Nov 14 @ 15:27

This weekend, online spending in the UK is set to approach £1.5 billion[1] as consumers hit the shops to do their Christmas shopping, taking full advantage of the upcoming sales.... read more

25 Nov 14 @ 15:24

By the end of 2015 eBay and PayPal will become independent, publicly-traded entities. A combination of shareholder pressure and competitive innovation is believed to be the source of eBay’s September... read more

25 Nov 14 @ 12:38

More than half of UK consumers (54%) now say they often or always use digital wallets to pay for goods online. This is according to a survey of 2,000 UK... read more

24 Nov 14 @ 12:18

Visa Inc. the world’s largest credit and debit card company, believes it might have to pay more than $10 billion to buy its London-based European licensee, Visa Europe Ltd, if its owners... read more

21 Nov 14 @ 12:26

Access to data and the ability to effectively manage data analytics will decide which financial institutions prosper and which will be supplanted during this wave of transformation – this was... read more

19 Nov 14 @ 11:00

Creating merchant loyalty – location–based offers, discounts and targeted messaging are helping to place merchants at the centre of consumer engagement. According to research by IDC, 1.5 billion smartphones will... read more

19 Nov 14 @ 10:00

How is SEPA faring now that migration deadlines have passed, and could banks be doing more? Finally, after a 15-year wait, and a delayed 1 August migration deadline, the Single Euro... read more

19 Nov 14 @ 09:00

As mobile money transfer services like Pingit and Paym gain traction, how will mobile remittances help drive mobile commerce? With all the focus on mobile payments and wallets, and the... read more

18 Nov 14 @ 11:08

Contactless has shaken off its novelty tag and is surging towards the mainstream according to Worldpay, which announced it processed over £1 billion payments using the technology in the last... read more

17 Nov 14 @ 12:42

FICO says that card-not-present (CNP) fraud accounted for three-quarters of card fraud cases and fraud losses in the UK from 2012-2014, based on the payment cards in the FICO Falcon Fraud Consortium for Europe.... read more

17 Nov 14 @ 09:55

Asia-Pacific contributed more to worldwide ATM growth in 2013 than any other region, accounting for 83% of new installations, according to RBR’s latest research Global ATM Market and Forecasts to... read more

17 Nov 14 @ 09:46

Despite the hype that has accompanied the launch of Apple Pay, less than a third of Americans would consider obtaining a mobile wallet app from Apple, while more than two... read more