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Japanese social media network Line moves into payments
Japanese social media messaging network Line has entered the payments market with a service for both online and in-store transactions....
New UK regulator will supervise Visa and MasterCard
The UK government is planning to put supervision of MasterCard and Visa alongside the UK’s main interbank payment systems under...
Is Apple Pay the answer to mobile payments?
On September 9, 2014, Apple announced Apple Pay along with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch. Apple Pay is first...
ASB and BNZ to launch New Zealand mobile wallet
New Zealand banks ASB and BNZ are to launch a live pilot of a domestic mobile wallet developed by NFS...
200 billion card payments worldwide in 2013
A total of 205 billion card payments were made worldwide in 2013, a rise of 13% on 2012, according “Global...
Cross Border Acquiring interchange concessions – new risks for acquiring?
The recent card scheme cross border acquiring (CBA) concessions have created a new model for cross-border acquiring. By default they...
Payments matter as e-commerce sites lose revenue through lack of choice
E-commerce merchants based outside of the UK could be losing out on vital global sales from Generation Y by failing...
Mobile money transfer gains momentum
As mobile money transfer services like Pingit and Paym gain traction, how will mobile remittances help drive mobile commerce? With...