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Visa Europe says contactless payments uptake is exceeding expectations, with the chip card technology now available in twice as many countries as this time last year, while transactions have nearly tripled and terminals almost doubled.
22 January 2014
The card scheme-owned EMVCo standards body is beginning work on specifications for the use of digital tokens - rather than account numbers - for online and mobile transactions.
17 January 2014
Five major UK financial services firms have committed to rolling out mobile payments technology from Zapp, enabling customers to make in-store and online purchases from within their banking apps.
15 January 2014
Nordea, SEB and Swedbank are to launch digital wallets for consumer online shopping using the MasterPass platform from MasterCard.
20 December 2013
Swedish online payments firm Klarna is preparing to take on the likes of PayPal after acquiring German rival Sofort for around $150 million.
18 December 2013
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has moved to address security concerns by introducing a physical one-time password (OTP) generating card for users.
29 November 2013
Nationwide has become the first UK financial institution to roll out Visa's V.me digital wallet for online shopping.
26 November 2013
Intel is embedding computers with NXP NFC technology so that online shoppers can pay with a tap of their MasterCard contactless card or mobile phone.
20 November 2013
30 years after the launch of Homelink, the UK's first online banking system, software house Intelligent Environments is setting its sights on the future of digital financial services by developing a smartwatch app.
18 November 2013
Swedish mobile payments outfit Seamless is arriving in Belgium after striking deals with local bank bpost and fast food giant McDonald's.
14 November 2013
UK mobile commerce outfit Zapp is targeting 20 million users by 2017, promising to rival traditional payments giants such as Visa and MasterCard by the end of the decade.
04 November 2013
Australia's Commonwealth Bank has launched an online payment service for mobile phones utilising MasterCard's PayPass technology.
01 November 2013
PayPal is bidding to tap into the fast growing African market through a partnership with Kenya's Equity Bank which will let the country's merchants sell to customers around the world.
25 October 2013
Digital payments start-up Dwolla is stepping up its attack on the card networks with the beta launch of a credit product for online purchases.
22 October 2013
Payday loan outfit Wonga is moving into the online payments market with the acquisition of BillPay, dubbed the PayPal of Germany.
18 October 2013
Amazon is taking on PayPal with a new service that lets online shoppers use their log-in details to make purchases on other e-commerce sites.
09 October 2013
The November tablet edition of Wired is to feature new technology from MasterCard which enables readers to purchase items direct from advertising and editorial pages without leaving the app.
08 October 2013
A new association designed to promote interoperable card-linked customer offers has been set up by industry players including Microsoft, Bank of America, Discover, Facebook and First Data.
07 October 2013
Visa, MasterCard and American Express want to overhaul global e-commerce security, ditching account numbers in favour of digital tokens for online and mobile transactions.
01 October 2013
PayPal parent eBay has confirmed that it has agreed an $800 million cash deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree.
26 September 2013
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