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PayPal has continued its assault on the bricks-and-mortar world, signing 15 major US retailers to its in-store payment system.
25 May 2012
Google has launched an NFC-enabled pre-paid card for transit payments in Kenya.
PayPal has inked a licensing, marketing and implementation agreement with terminal manufacturers VeriFone and Equinox in a bid to bring its alternative payment methods to America's biggest retailers.
24 May 2012
An EU court has dismissed MasterCard's challenge against a European Commission ruling that the firm's cross-border interchange fees violated competition law.
Transport for London (TfL) has delayed the roll out of a system enabling travellers to pay for their journeys using contactless bank cards.
23 May 2012
An old-style scam that sees victims conned into handing over their bank cards and PINs to couriers is on the rise, netting British fraudsters £750,000 so far this year, the Payments Council is warning.
American Express has partnered with social gaming giant Zynga to launch a co-branded pre-paid card linked to its Serve digital wallet.
22 May 2012
Some UK HSBC customers were left unable to make card payments or withdraw cash from ATMs yesterday thanks to an IT hardware failure.
21 May 2012
South Africa's Standard Bank has issued a multifunction payments card, offering pre-paid transit ticketing alongside contactless debit card functionality.
17 May 2012
Music lovers attending the three-day Wireless Music Festival in London's Hyde Park this year will be able to leave their wallets at home and experience a cashless event by signing up for Barclaycard-issued contactless wristbands.
16 May 2012
Swedish mobile card swipe start-up iZettle - billed as the European equivalent to Square - is set to begin a beta-test of its technology in the UK.
American Express has launched a 'mobile offer engine' that recommends and ranks relevant merchant offers in real time for US cardmembers based on their spending history and location.
15 May 2012
More than 40 people have been arrested by Canadian police, accused of being part of a massive card fraud ring that has stolen up to C$100 million.
11 May 2012
American Express is adding its consumer, small business and Serve cards to the Isis mobile wallet, meaning users will be able to make contactless payments with their handsets.
10 May 2012
US start-up Flint has unveiled an app that lets merchants accept payments by snapping cards with their iPhone cameras and raised $3 million in series a funding.
HSBC is to join Barclays Bank by introducing contactless technology as a standard feature on all new debit cards in circulation.
09 May 2012
Canadian anti-trust chiefs have fired the opening salvos in a Competition Tribunal hearing into the fees imposed on retailers by Visa and MasterCard.
PayPal has formed a joint venture with Japan's leading Internet company Softbank as it bids to finally crack the country's digital payments market, kicking off with the launch of PayPal Here.
VeriFone has unveiled a revamped and rebranded version of its dongle and app-based system that turns mobile phones into payment card readers as it bids to stand out in an increasingly crowded market currently dominated by Square.
08 May 2012
MasterCard has unveiled a digital wallet enabling users to make purchases in-store, online and through their mobile phones.
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