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The US Justice Department has charged 13 alleged members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous for their part in a series of cyberattacks against major banks and credit card companies.
04 October 2013
Software giant Adobe says hackers have hit its network, stealing the personal information, including encrypted payment card details, of 2.9 million customers.
MasterCard is to dispense hyper-local shopping coupons to motorists through the Parkeon network of car parking payment terminals.
03 October 2013
Russian mobile banking start-up Rocketbank has raised $2 million in funding from tech-focused venture capital firm Runa Capital.
02 October 2013
Aussie debit card system eftpos has called in US firm FIS to build a new centralised payments hub to help usher in new contactless and mobile technologies.
Bank of America is opening five technology-packed mini-branches as it seeks to bridge the gap between real-world and digital services.
Leaf, a Boston-based mPOS start-up with its own purpose-built tablet, has scored $20 million in funding from processing giant Heartland Payment Systems.
01 October 2013
An offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement is planning to take banks on at their own game with the launch of a pre-paid debit card.
Despite prophecies about the imminent death of cash, the number of ATMs installed around the world is set to grow by more than 40% between 2012 and 2018, claims consulting firm RBR.
30 September 2013
Mobile payments start-up Clinkle has secured fresh investment from Virgin mogul Richard Branson, and announced that it has signed up 100,000 prospective users ahead of its roll-out to US college campuses later this year.
26 September 2013
PayPal parent eBay has confirmed that it has agreed an $800 million cash deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree.
Santander UK has launched a new Student Smart Card which combines a University undergraduate ID with Visa debit functionality.
Nearly a quarter of all UK online sales are now carried out on mobile phones and tablets, research from IMRG and Capgemini shows.
25 September 2013
Intuit has moved to make it easier for small businesses to import their transactions from Square point-of-sale products into its QuickBooks accounting software.
The wholesale transaction banking business continues to play a starring role in improving return on equity in the global banking industry, with revenue from fees and accounts forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of ten percent over the next ten years.
Facebook has embarked on a limited roll out of a new feature that enables users to automatically enter their payment details for mobile shopping by simply using their social network log-in credentials.
24 September 2013
Point-of-sale terminal manufacturer VeriFone has appointed Citi payments executive Paul Galant chief executive officer.
Visa and MasterCard have agreed a deal with the French competition authority to slash their card interchange fees in the country by nearly half.
23 September 2013
PayPal is close to securing a deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree as it seeks to crack the growing mobile commerce market, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Swiss payments processor SIX has acquired Austrian bank-backed PayLife for an undisclosed amount.
20 September 2013
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