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European police have dismantled an international criminal network of payment card fraudsters, arresting 31 suspects accused of stealing EUR500,000 from approximately 3000 citizens.
15 June 2017
The man who invented an early form of text messaging for fixed line networks while working at BT believes that in the future people will use words and gestures to pay for transactions, ditching payment cards altogether.
Apple is to challenge Venmo and bank-backed network Zelle by introducing peer-to-peer payments as part of a forthcoming update to its mobile operating system.
06 June 2017
Finextra and the Euro Banking Association have selected 15 of Europe's most promising startups to present their ideas to banking delegates attending EBAday 2017, the continent's leading payments and transaction banking event.
02 June 2017
For the second time in three years, hackers have installed malware on POS systems at US discount chain Kmart and stolen customer credit card data.
01 June 2017
Commuters passing through Oxford Circus tube station will be able to tap and pay for their journeys through the London Underground using a contactless chip embedded in the base of a bottle of Luzozade in a promotional initiative between Transport for London and the energy drinks brand.
Android Pay has arrived in Canada, with several of the country's biggest banks making the mobile payments service available to Mastercard and Visa credit cardholders as well as Interac debit card users.
31 May 2017
ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank are investigating the creation of a joint ATM network as they seek to adjust to a world where cash use is declining but customer still demand easy access to paper money.
Contactless donation points have been set up in Bristol, where members of the public can donate £2 by a tap of their debit card to help fund night shelters for homeless people in the UK city.
Square has launched its Virtual Terminal service in the UK, enabling sellers to take payments directly on their computers.
Staffers in Barclaycard's works canteen are trying out a new mobile app to scan and pay for their shopping using their smartphone, without the need to visit a physical checkout.
30 May 2017
First Data is to acquire payment processor CardConnect for $750 million in cash.
Burrito slinger Chipotle says that "most" of its US restaurants were affected by a card data-stealing POS malware attack earlier this year.
29 May 2017
NatWest has teamed up with Silicon Valley startup SpendLabs to trial an app that helps businesses track and control commercial card spending.
Worldpay is experimenting with the use of virtual reality to provide genuine card transactions for users immersed in a computer-generated environment.
25 May 2017
The soaring popularity of contactless cards is changing the dynamics of the UK payments industry with new forecasts predicting that paying by plastic debit will overtake cash in 2018, three years earlier than expected.
Small and medium sized enterprises are missing out on an estimated £1.6 billion by not accepting next generation payments technology such as one-click ordering and 'conversational' transactions, according to research from Barclaycard.
19 May 2017
A new mobile app is promising to help users avoid drunken late night impulse spending by linking credit and debit cards to a breathalyser and, if too much has been imbibed, barring certain purchases.
17 May 2017
Banks across Switzerland are developing a standard operating system for all ATMs in the country, providing consumers with a common user interface and new capabilities for cardless transactions.
16 May 2017
American Express cardholders can now use Amazon's Alexa to check their account balance, review recent charges, make a payment and find out about new offers from the card scheme.
12 May 2017
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