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France's national interbank network, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires CB, is evaluating the use of biometry in payment transactions and is expected to approve a new authentication standard based on fingeprints before the end of the year
16 June 2014
BlackBerry has struck a three year deal with Canadian telco-owned mobile payments joint venture Enstream to provide a secure platform for transactions between banks and their customers.
13 June 2014
Australia's Bendigo Bank has teamed up with Samsung to launch a QR code-based instore mobile payments system that gives customers 'cred' that can be donated to charity every time they make a purchase.
12 June 2014
Digital commerce outfit Powa Technologies has acquired Hong Kong-based MPayMe in an all share deal it says is worth $75 million.
A Zimbabwean technology firm has developed an in-store payments system that lets shoppers pay at the point-of-sale through a sound emitted by their mobile phones.
11 June 2014
Barclaycard is preparing to jump on the wearable tech bandwagon through the launch of a contactless payments wristband.
09 June 2014
Russia's Sberbank is preparing to introduce both Secure Element- and Host Card Emulation-based mobile NFC payment wallets in a decision that reflects the different "risk profiles" of the two technologies.
Cash usage may be on the slide but notes and coins are still the UK's most commonly used buying tool, accounting for more than half of all payments last year, according to new figures.
06 June 2014
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
Harris + Hoole (H+H), a UK coffee shop chain part-owned by Tesco, has launched a mobile payments app that lets customers get their caffeine fixes without taking their phones out of their pockets at the till.
02 June 2014
Payments and customer analytics startup Swipely has raised $20 million in a series c funding round led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
29 May 2014
Payments firm Square is moving into the lending business, offering its merchant customers cash advances.
28 May 2014
European mPOS contender SumUp has launched its own proprietary chip and PIN reader after deciding that the white label offerings on the market were not up to scratch.
Speculation is again bubbling up that the iPhone 6 will see Apple finally embrace NFC, with Morgan Stanley analysts predicting the technology will be a "core part" of the tech giant's mobile payments strategy.
21 May 2014
Coupon giant Groupon has is stepping up its assault on the point-of-sale market through the launch of a new iPad-based platform that uses Bluetooth to recognise voucher holders as they walk into the store.
19 May 2014
Circle Internet Financial has unveiled a free platform for buying, storing and paying with bitcoin, promising to bring the crypto-currency to the masses.
16 May 2014
A former Subway franchise owner has admitted to remotely hacking point-of-sale terminals at the sandwich chain and topping up gift cards to the tune of $40,000.
15 May 2014
Six months after launch, American telco-backed mobile payments venture Isis is picking up steam, claiming 20,000 new wallet activations a day over the last month.
14 May 2014
The installed base of mPOS devices is set to make up to 46% of all point-of-sale terminals in circulation by 2019, according to forecasts by ABI Research.
Payment processor Vantiv has agreed a $1.65 billion deal to buy Mercury Payment Systems from private equity firm Silver Lake Group.
13 May 2014
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