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Should Japan regulate the virtual currency PokeCoins from Pokémon Go?
The Financial Services Agency of Japan is set to decide on what will be a landmark decision on the status...
EMVCo launches EMV 3-D secure 2.0 specification
EMVCo has published EMV 3-D Secure Protocol and Core Functions Specification v2.0.0 (EMV 3DS 2.0 Specification). The new specification provides...
Strong Customer Authentication – The End of Frictionless Card Payments?
It seems that European payments regulation may be forcing the end of frictionless card payments, by making the cards market take...
Payments Systems Regulator recieves financial services Super Complaint
Which? has made the first Super Complaint to the Payments Systems Regulator (PSR ) calling on them to ensure banks...
Global digital payments reach 10% growth: World Payments Report 2016
According to the World Payments Report 2016, global digital payment volumes continue to increase, with annual growth projected to top...
Post Brexit EU Financial Institute passport confusion as both sides flex muscles
There are growing fears in the industry that post Brexit, the UK will lose the passporting rights that allow financial...
Overturned interchange settlement will increases uncertainty
The US Court of Appeals overturned the landmark antitrust interchange settlement between retailers and Visa and Mastercard on June 30,...
Six months after interchange regulation: have card products changed?
First Annapolis has been closely monitoring the product offerings of the top issuers in several European markets in order to...