27 Mar 14 @ 23:22

Private equity firms Advent International and Bain Capital have entered exclusive talks to buy Danish card payment services company Nets Holding for more than €2 billion ($2.8 billion), two people... read more

30 Jan 14 @ 00:36

Five major UK financial institutions have joined the Zapp mobile payments scheme, enabling customers to make in-store and online purchases from within their banking apps. HSBC, first direct, Nationwide, Santander... read more

14 Nov 13 @ 11:03

There has been much made of Europe securing a third scheme for processing card transactions and creating a viable competitor to break the duopoly of Visa and MasterCard. However, despite... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:24

The annual World Payments Report from RBS and Capgemini is a major benchmark for the payments industry in tracking and analysing trends in non-cash payments worldwide. by Victoria Conroy The... read more

26 Sep 13 @ 10:16

The UK Payments Council is predicting that UK consumers will turn their backs on cash over the next 10 years as cards and mobile payments continue their ascendancy. The number... read more

31 Jul 13 @ 13:59

The inaugural mPOS World event, staged in Frankfurt on June 24-25 by the Empiria Group, brought together 220 delegates from 40 countries and is the first major event dedicated to the fast-moving mPOS space, which is becoming increasingly crowded with new entrants looking to capitalise on the ubiquity of smartphones and tablet devices worldwide.