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Most Europeans think that they will pick up the tab if the EC forces card firms to reduce interchange fees, according to a survey commissioned by MasterCard.
12 October 2012
The number of ATMs in India will double over the next four years, to 200,000, as regulatory changes that open the market up to non-banks take effect, according to Celent.
Mobile taxi hailing outfit cab:app has teamed up with MasterCard unit DataCash to let drivers accept payments through their handsets.
11 October 2012
Forget mobile payments, the next wave of innovation to strike the payments industry could see a simple handshake emerge as a novel form factor in the transfer of cash, according to a new crystal ball-gazing report from the UK Payments Council.
10 October 2012
Half of Britain's financial services firms think that mobile banking is already important to their customers, while 71% predict it will be by 2015, according to a survey from Fujitsu.
Turkish telco Turkcell has overhauled its mobile wallet service, adding a feature that lets customers make payments at the point-of-sale by entering their phone number.
09 October 2012
National Australia Bank is to equip its 130,000-strong merchant network with technology from VeriFone capable of turning mobile phones and tablets into point-of-sale devices.
US retail giant Wal-Mart has teamed up with American Express to launch Bluebird, a mobile-heavy alternative to bank debit and current accounts.
08 October 2012
NatWest has suspended its GetCash mobile app, which lets users withdraw money from ATMs without a card, after it emerged that thieves had defrauded some customers.
Google has entered the credit market, launching a card in the UK that small businesses can use to buy its AdWords search advertising.
Large numbers of Brits have been unable to access their accounts online and withdraw cash from ATMs after separate systems problems at Lloyds Banking Group and the Co-operative Bank.
05 October 2012
ANZ has unveiled plans for a $1.5 billion tech investment programme to overhaul its branch-based and digital distribution channels, including the roll-out of in-branch videoconferencing and new mobile banking and payments services.
04 October 2012
Austria's Raiffeisen is to issue pre-paid cards made using renewable material derived from corn as part of the bank's 'Climate Protection Initiative'.
Payleven has become the latest Square-clone to launch in Europe, distinguishing itself from a plethora of rivals by claiming to be the first offering chip and PIN authentication.
03 October 2012
Capital One has become the latest financial institution to open up its APIs to developers, inviting outsiders to help deliver deals and rewards to customers.
Yet another start-up - this one called Emu - that lets merchants accept card payments through their mobile phone has launched in the UK, with the rest of Europe to follow.
02 October 2012
The social costs of making retail payments in the EU amounts to EUR45 billion, or nearly one percent of the combined GDP of the 13 member states surveyed by the European Central Bank.
01 October 2012
UK Square-clone mPowa says it has struck a multi-million pound deal with South Africa's First National Bank (FNB). Meanwhile, the firm has denied claims made by its own staff that it can no longer process Visa transactions.
Losses from UK card and online banking fraud both increased during the first half of the year as phishing attacks spiked and the criminal fraternity turned to old-school deception cons to trick people into handing over their cards and PINs.
27 September 2012
Discover Financial Services has been ordered by US authorities to refund around $200 million to more than 3.5 million cardholders that it mislead into buying unnecessary add-on products.
25 September 2012
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