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UK card spending has more than doubled over the last decade, topping half a trillion pounds last year, according to industry figures.
05 June 2014
Barclaycard has teamed up with London-based tech startup Flubit to create a digital marketplace where smaller retailers can hawk their wares to cardholders.
22 May 2014
Bitcoin startup Xapo has unveiled plans for a debit card that lets users pay with the crypto-currency wherever plastic is accepted.
25 April 2014
Peckish Americans now have a new tool at the disposal in the quest for pizza after Domino's integrated Google Wallet into its Android ordering app.
22 April 2014
French computer hardware firm LaCie is warning customers who have used its Web site over the last year that hackers may have stolen their card data.
16 April 2014
CaixaBank, Banco Santander and Telefónica have partnered to create 'Yaap', a digital services joint venture company.
11 April 2014
The eBay board has written to shareholders calling on them to vote against activist investor Carl Icahn's proposal to spin off PayPal.
25 March 2014
UK mobile commerce outfit Zapp says it is hopeful of bringing more major banks onboard ahead of its launch later this year but has still not gone public with any retail partners.
20 March 2014
In the wake of the Target data breach, rivals MasterCard and Visa have joined forces to create a cross-industry group that will push for greater payment security, beginning with the introduction of EMV chip technology in the US.
07 March 2014
Powa Technologies has signed up 240 brands for the launch of a digital commerce tool it promises will transform the retail landscape "forever".
04 March 2014
Owners of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 will be able to use the handset's fingerprint authentication system to make payments at online and in-store merchants that accept PayPal.
25 February 2014
Card fraud in the Single euro payments area (Sepa) increased in 2012 for the first time in four years, hitting EUR1.33 billion, European Central Bank figures show.
MasterCard has added in-app payments to its MasterPass digital wallet as it bids to grab a slice of a fast-growing multi-billion dollar industry.
24 February 2014
Mobile network operator Orange has teamed up with MasterCard to launch a rechargeable pre-paid card and mobile app product in Spain.
19 February 2014
Mobile point-of-sale outfit SetPay is one of five firms to win a spot in Banco Sabadell's startup programme for technology companies.
17 February 2014
Pan-Asian restaurant chain wagamama is to begin taking online payments in the UK using the V.me by Visa digital wallet service.
12 February 2014
PayNearMe, a start-up that lets Americans make purchases online and then pay with cash in real-world stores, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by GSV Capital.
06 February 2014
Amazon is preparing to break out of the confines of its e-commerce site by building a person-to-person payments service and a point-of-sale system based on Kindle tablets for bricks-and mortar retailers.
30 January 2014
Stripe has raised $80 million in a series c funding round which values the San Francisco-based payments start-up at $1.75 billion.
23 January 2014
EBay chief John Donahoe has rebuffed proposals from activist investor Carl Icahn that the company should spin-off PayPal to increase shareholder value.
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