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The world can’t get enough of mobile applications. Last year alone there were 102 billion application downloads according to the analyst firm Gartner. And Google research says 84% of shoppers are now using their mobile phone while they shop in the physical world. Banks would be smart to leverage this revolution. And they would be even smarter to ...
14 August 2014 /payments
Max Excell Senior Global Business Development Manager at GBGroup
Virtual currencies are definitely trending. You know that’s true when even the politicians are jumping on the bandwagon. It won’t be long until Ed and Dave are asking if they can pay for their Cornish pasties with Bitcoins. Maybe we’re not quite there yet, but the fact that in the run-up to a general election, the Treasury is looking at measures to...
Martin Ruda Managing Director at Tall Group
As most people in the UK payments space are either on the beach, or wish they were, just who is going to grab the image clearing initiative when the holidays are over? Following HM Treasury's summary confirmation of the responses to the consultation process - an exercise in telling everyone what you have told them, telling them again, and then tell...
A general lack of awareness surrounding framework agreements is obstructing greater uptake of G-Cloud services among local authorities and housing associations in the UK. The G-Cloud framework is a UK government programme aimed at promoting government-wide adoption of cloud computing. The benefits of procuring services via this method are not curr...
13 August 2014 /payments
Pat Carroll Founder/Executive Chairman at ValidSoft
Remote Access Vulnerabilities and “Backoff” PoS Malware to Lead to Potential Next Wave of Target-Style Attacks this Holiday Season Data breaches, identity theft and stolen payment card credentials are the gifts that keep on giving (or taking, depending on your perspective), just ask any of the 100+ million consumers caught up in the wave of sec...
11 August 2014 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
Financial inclusion, banking the unbanked - call it what you will but, in a nutshell, the gist of these initiatives can be expressed as follows: People wish to borrow money only from banks; people wish to deposit their savings only in banks. But, since they can't access a bank, they're forced to dealing with loan sharks and blade companies. To prot...
08 August 2014 /payments /retail
Lee Williamson Research Analyst at Cash Management Solutions
In recent weeks and months there have been reports released on Australia’s payments landscape. The majority of these have been looking into the impact of alternative payment methods and how they have been adopted in Australia, which, as has become more prevalent these days, has led to an attack on cash. In a report this week by the Australian Pay...
07 August 2014 /payments
Following Visa token service key to Apple's mobile payments plans - analysts. A Visa token framework is a global standard to enhance the security of digital payments and simplify the purchasing experience when shopping on a phone, tablet, computer or other smart device. A lot could be said to make it ISO and align most initiatives to ensure consi...
05 August 2014 /payments
For many consumers, the high street bank is still the preferred method of banking; the physicality of a branch is important for both the availability of real people to talk to and the feelings of security and confidence that a bricks and mortar company exudes. However, younger consumers – especially millennials born between 1981 and 2000 – are sta...
Gareth Ellis Account Manager at ACI Worldwide
If you’re a European merchant acquirer, then I should think you are. In case you've not been following the conversations around the new regulations, here’s what we know already: The EU Commission continues its attack on reducing interchange rates and changing the cards business model across Europe There are plans to introduce new card regulation...
29 July 2014 /payments /retail
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