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Just "me, me, me!": although there are some "contactless EMV" standards, each card scheme (Visa, MasterCard and Amex) requires separate testing and certification of contactless te...
Many UK companies within the financial services sector are realising the potential benefits of business process outsourcing (BPO) as an effective way of achieving savings and operating efficiencies, a...
Today innovation in banking has almost become a byword for what the next big use of mobile technology will be in helping people and businesses bank more easily and more flexibly. From m-commerce appli...
Leading the update to invited industry participants organised by the Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA) on 29 July, Assistant Governor Dr Malcolm Edey pointed out that the Reserve Bank of...
The European Commission (EC)’ s long awaited proposal for a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) published on 24 July 2013, has been overshadowed by its proposal for the regulation of Multilate...
Chrysler Corporation recently issued a vehicle recall, it’s twelfth since June this year, affecting 840,000 of its automobiles around the world. Chrysler said it’s a pre-emptive measure, and cited a ...
Is the UK payments space about to undergo a revolution? That is now a distinct possibility with this week’s announcement from the European Commission (EC) of its new payments service directive (PSD2) ...
PayPal are bearish on cards - "Plastic Credit Cards Will Become Obsolete in 5 Years". Surprise, surprise! Considering that MasterCard are introducing a digital wallet fee which will affect m...
Teenage children of our friends taught me the most typical response they often give to their parents - stretched out index fingers and thumbs forming "W". "Whatever..." (If you the...
In part 2 of my “Card Acceptance Matters” blog article, I discussed how card acceptance can lead to greater revenue consistency. In this article, we’ll take a look at how card acceptance can increase...
Today’s environment, corporates are able to process various types of payment transactions and submit them to the Bank for processing of Cash Management transactions. An Integrated Payments platform wi...
Mobile payments are changing the checkout experience. This is valid for both in store transactions and for online ones. Payments, once limited to passive instruments like cash, checks and cards, can