09 May 14 @ 15:00

Singapore is set to go live with its G3 Immediate Payments system, putting it in an elite club – alongside the UK, Sweden and Poland – of countries with a... read more

06 May 14 @ 18:20

The global market for trusted service management (TSM) has not quite lived up to expectations with the low level of mobile payments solutions and near field communication (NFC) commercial deployments... read more

02 May 14 @ 13:10

With record levels of investment from venture capital groups being ploughed into payment start-ups, is there a risk of another dotcom-style boom and bust? by Victoria Conroy The halcyon days... read more

01 May 14 @ 16:05

Apple is working on a mobile payments solution, as per numerous reports from PCM, but also mainstream news like The Wall Street Journal. Exactly how the company plans to implement such a... read more

29 Apr 14 @ 13:06

Following the near completion of the migration of the first two payment instruments, credit transfers (CTs) and direct debits (DDs), to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), the Eurosystem is... read more

29 Apr 14 @ 10:51

The UK Payments Council backed mobile payments system Paym (pronounced Pay’ em) has gone live today amidst security fears and low registration numbers. Only 400,000 people have registered for the... read more

29 Apr 14 @ 09:59

The average cost of cash handling for UK SMBs has reached more than £17.8 billion a year, or £3,638.57 per retailer, according to new research by payment service provider Sage... read more

24 Apr 14 @ 11:01

Card Payments in Europe – Cards and payments at the POS and on the internet continued to drive significant growth in many European countries. The roll-out of contactless cards has started... read more

22 Apr 14 @ 17:10

Facebook is on the verge of winning approval from Ireland’s central bank to allow its users to store and exchange money. The company’s plans are not yet clear, but regulators are rightly... read more

17 Apr 14 @ 12:22

Despite media hype around the future of Bitcoin and high-profile mobile payments providers such as Square and Stripe preparing to accept the virtual currency this year, new research from digital... read more

16 Apr 14 @ 12:37

Researcher from Security Research Labs have managed to bypass Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint authentication, less than a week after the device’s official release, the ethical hackers also hacked the PayPal app. The... read more

09 Apr 14 @ 11:33

According to a report from IHS, contactless payments could be about to receive a significant boost, with global Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled handset shipments set to soar four-fold in the... read more

08 Apr 14 @ 19:06

New research from RBR reveals that the banking industry has migrated very few ATMs away from Windows XP, despite the long‑publicised end of support from Microsoft on 8th April 2014.... read more

02 Apr 14 @ 09:35

Experian has revealed a significant rise in detected and prevented fraud attempts in H2 2013 as financial services providers push forward in the fight against credit application fraud. According to... read more

01 Apr 14 @ 12:35

M-pesa has arrived in Europe as Vodafone seeks to spread the popular digital currency outside emerging markets. Vodafone has acquired an e-money licence to operate financial services in Europe, with... read more

31 Mar 14 @ 12:02

Increasing customer strength is requiring banks to focus on the front office once more, as they seek to generate revenue and grow market share, according to new research from Ovum*. The... read more

26 Mar 14 @ 13:00

Airlines will increase their focus on airline payments and new distribution channels such as mobile and social media over the next two years, according to WorldPay’s Alternative Payment and Distribution... read more

25 Mar 14 @ 14:37

As the popularity of contactless card and smartphone payments increases, new research from CommBank reveals mobile wallets are expected to replace physical wallets in Australia by 2021. According to the... read more

18 Mar 14 @ 09:52

The Target, Neiman Marcus, Michael’s Stores breach trifecta may have finally galvanized the US card payment industry to consider strongly EMV in the US. Too bad consumers are poised to change... read more

17 Mar 14 @ 12:37

According to a Smart Insights Report, mPOS shipments are expected to keep growing in the next years at a CAGR of 40% between 2013 and 2018, leading to 52.1 million... read more