Matt White, Senior Manager in KPMG’s cyber security practice, comments on new research on smartwatch security. Read more here.

MasterCard has opened its digital security facility, located in the UK, to its customers, driving further collaboration on key issues that can deliver greater payments peace of mind. Read more

Travellers on the London Underground can withdraw Euros at improved rates from Raphaels Bank cash points until 18th August 2015.  To celebrate its second summer providing Euros on the Tube,

The Euro Currency Card by easyJet, which has been managed by PCT since 2013, has been announced as a nominated finalist for the Best Foreign Exchange/Travel Money Retailer in the

Advanced Payment Solutions (APS), a leading challenger to traditional banking service providers, have announced that they are partnering with TradePoint Building Supplies, the trade arm of B&Q. This will provide

Carta Worldwide has been selected to make tap-and-go payment services available to HP customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Canada. Read more here.

What are the implications of the new EU anti-money laundering rules? Check out Credorax’s useful Smart Acquiring blog post here.

DigiSEq has developed the technology to remotely personalise wearable devices for contactless payments. DigiSEq is the first to have developed this technology and gained approval from MasterCard using the M/Chip™ Advance

Mike Laven, CEO of Currency Cloud was recently interviewed by FINSMES. Read more here.

First Data has acquired digital gift card pioneer Transaction Wireless, the San Diego-based enterprise digital gift card distribution platform. First Data now provides its gift card clients, distributors, partners and resellers

Pannovate has release its new Vid-AU Card web platform with everything you need to build a fully interactive card: from creating Vid(eo)-AU(dio) Card and editing content to Management and Analytics.

One of the finest qualities of the emerging payments community is its entrepreneurial spirit. Nowhere is this more evident than among programme managers (PMs). With low barriers to entry, programme

Cubits have announced their partnership with non-profit fundraising serviceWikando to bring Bitcoin to some of the world’s biggest charities. Wikando pioneered the concept of fundraising-as-a-service in 2008 and has attracted big

First Data has launched a tablet-based system dubbed Clover Mini. Aimed at small businesses, the Clover Mini is a small point-of-sale, which will accept NFC-based payments from mobile wallets like Apple Pay,

Based on the recent Gartner report, Limonetik has been included in their list of “Cool Vendors” in Digital Commerce 2015”. Companies selected for the “Cool Vendor” report are all innovative, impactful

MasterCard and leading pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational Inc. (Ecobank) have signed a landark multi-country agreement to bring MasterCard’s payment solutions to more than 32 sub-Saharan African markets. It is a move that

MasterCard is to offer tokenization services to merchants with app, eCommerce, and recurring billing card-on-file programs, further protecting consumers and increasing convenience when storing MasterCard cards in merchant databases. By expanding

Optimal Payments has partnered with RentMoola, a Vancouver-based service that transforms conventional rent and condo fee payments of cash and cheques to virtual currency for tenants, property managers and owners. Through

PrePay Solutions’ prepaid travel money card was among five of the best travel gadgets for making business abroad easier, as recently reviewed by the Telegraph. Read more here.

Currency Cloud has raised an $18m Series C investment round, led by Sapphire Ventures and joined for the first time by Rakuten’s Fintech Fund. Currency Cloud currently works with more than 125 payments platforms,

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced a number of key enhancements to its bank-to-customer e-commerce platform, Electronic Trading, to enrich liquidity, reduce

Thames Card Technology Ltd has, in collaboration with long-term partner SIS Software and Services Serbia, won a three year deal to produce over one million EMV® Dynamic Data Authentication chip payment cards

With Apple’s announcement that Britain would be the first country outside the US to offer ApplePay as a payment method, Valitor has became one of six companies from among 150 acquirers

W2 Global Data Solutions are collaborating with Veridu on instantaneous identity verification, using a customer’s global online footprint. Read more here.

Ramparts looks at the key requirements, exemptions and impacts of the new regulation. Read more here.

Jumio has sponsored a Retail Banker research report, based on interviews with eight leading high street banks which analyse and benchmark online account opening processes and technologies as banks and financial

Realex Payments has appointed Gary Conroy as Managing Director, following the recent acquisition of Realex Payments by Global Payments. Read more here.

The Grass Roots Group has released results of its survey of more than 2,300 UK consumers, highlighting what frustrates them most about their bank. The survey reveals that 80 per

Limonetik, the digital payments solutions provider, has opened a new entity Limonetik UK Ltd, to develop business operations, extending its international coverage in English geographies and in Asian markets. For the

The trend towards a cashless society is set to continue and accelerate over the next five years in line with the rapid growth in contactless payment transactions at point of

In a Law360 article, Locke Lord partner Ted Augustinos notes how companies and businesses are facing increased pressure from DOJ and other regulatory agencies to report data breaches. Read more here.

The 28,000 retail outlets in PayPoint’s UK-wide network are set to benefit from a significant new source of additional footfall and sales opportunities as Capita’s payment collection business becomes the

Following the  European Commission’s  proposals on the Digital Single Market, a new report from MasterCard demonstrates how research and innovation in technology can make the Digital Age work for consumers,

paysafecard is now a proud sponsor of the ESL (Electronic Sports League). In 2015, we’re sponsoring the massive ESL One stadium events in Frankfurt and Cologne and making sure that

Following news from the Payments Council that cashless payments have overtaken the use of notes and coins for the first time, read comments from Ray Brash, MD and Chairman atPrePay Solutions here.

Ramparts Law Firm opened its Manchester office in April 2015, provide additional support for our existing clients and partners who do business involving the UK. Read more here.

Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services, the part of Sodexo responsible for innovative reward solutions, provides the company’s own tailored reward programme for an 81 employee-strong workforce, with staff based in

Synnöve Trygg and Roger K. Alexander were recently elected to the board of Valitor at the company’s Annual General Meeting in 2015. Both have extensive international experience in the payments

Tuxedo Money Solutions is delighted to announce that we can now issue prepaid cards on our own e-money license.  Achieving principal membership of MasterCard demonstrates that we have been successful

The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its State of Innovation website: http://stateofinnovation.com. This is a global destination for authoritative innovation trend data and industry-specific

allpay has selected Carta to launch three new Prepaid programs – an emergency relief program (instant issuance), a travel expense/corporate card, and a government benefits program with ‘SmartConnect’. Read more here.

Callcredit has partnered with one of the UK’s leading mortgage and protection networks, Stonebridge Group. Stonebridge Group’s network of mortgage and protection advisers can now choose to utilise the identity intelligence

Cubits has just released its new, mobile-optimised version of its website. The new mobile-optimised Cubits website puts a full range of account features at your fingertips, making it possible for you

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