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Retailers to benefit as banks open networks in compliance with new payments regulations
Retail companies could become the new face of everyday financial transactions once the Revised Payments Services Directive, known as PSD2, goes into effect in the European Union in January. PSD2 requires banks to grant third-party providers – such as retail merchants – access to a consumer’s online account/payment services in a regulated and secure way, [...]
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Global card payments set to rise by more than half to 500bn by 2022
The total number of card payments worldwide increased by 14% to 310 billion in 2016, notably higher than the 8% increase in card numbers, according to RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2022. In all regions, consumers are increasingly choosing cards to make purchases. The report found that while growth in the number of [...]
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American Express eliminates signature requirements worldwide
American Express announced it is eliminating the requirement for merchants to collect Card Members’ signatures for all purchase transactions at the point of sale beginning in April 2018. The move, which applies globally to all American Express-accepting merchants, will help provide a more consistent and simplified checkout experience for merchants and Card Members in regions [...]
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Visa sensory branding elements – sound, animation and haptic – for completed transactions
Visa has announced a suite of sensory branding that will support the Visa brand in an expanded universe of connected, payment-enabled devices. These new sound, animation and haptic (vibration) cues will help signify completed transactions in digital and physical retail environments when you pay with Visa. “For 60 years, the Visa brand has been a global symbol of innovation, speed, [...]
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PIN-on-Mobile is coming
PIN-on-Mobile is coming: Imagine taking a regular smartphone and turning it into a payment acceptance device with a simple app download. That’s the utopian dream many companies are chasing today... more
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