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First Annapolis highlights US EMV push
US consultancy First Annapolis has highlighted how issuers are feeling heightened pressure to migrate card portfolios to EMV as the...
mPOS player SumUp closes funding round
European mPOS specialist SumUp has closed a double-digit million dollar Series C funding round led by Russian fintech venture capital...
eBay’s Braintree could accept bitcoin
Online auction site eBay is planning to integrate bitcoin into its Braintree payments service. The move comes after executives from...
Barclaycard bpay contactless wristbands offer data mining
Barclaycard, which recently laumched ‘bPay’ contactless wristbands, is offering businesses customer behavioural data mined from the wearable devices. Barclaycard will...
Heartland acquires mPOS firm Leaf
Payment processor Heartland Payment Systems has acquired Leaf, a US-based mPOS start-up. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed....
US store chain Supervalu hit by network breach
US supermarket chain Supervalu has become the latest large-scale merchant to suffer a breach of its network, compromising customer card...
Russia backs down on Visa and MasterCard deadline
Russia’s Central Bank is preparing to abandon its deadline for Visa and MasterCard to pay transaction security deposits because neither has yet...
US EMV cards to top 575 million by 2015
More than 575 million US EMV payment cards will be in issue by the end of next year, according to a...