The factors driving digital transformation in financial services fall into three categories: market drivers, consumer behaviours and technology advancements. For market drivers, one cannot ignore the booming fintech sector worldwide, if

VocaLink are sharing their report from a survey of users of British ATMs which took place in April 2015. Read the report here.

Irish Tech News shares Features  sharing business insights and fintech tips from Paul Burmester, ValidSoft CEO, angel investor and serial entrepreneur. Read more here.

Mike Laven from Currency Cloud has been profiled in an interview with Payments Journal. Read more here.

Standard Life, the leading pensions and savings provider, has signed up to use Callcredit Information Group’s CallValidate software to verify the identities of those drawing down their pensions. Read more

Creditcall, a payment gateway provider and EMV migration specialist, and Diners Club International, a business unit of Discover Financial Services and part of the Discover Global Network, have announced a signed agreement that

Optimal Payments Plc  is pleased to announce that change of control approval from the Financial Conduct Authority relating to the acquisition of the Skrill Group has now been received and

Judo Payments, Europe’s only mobile-first payments platform, has partnered with Pennies, the digital charity box by which people can donate a few pence to charity when paying for goods and

MasterCard and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd are extending their global partnership to deliver Samsung Pay in Europe.  Samsung Pay is a mobile payment service that will enable consumers to use their Samsung flagship mobile

Gap is the latest retailer to join Sodexo’s growing retailer network for Money Boost and Simply Gift, now accepting both VISA cards in more than 130 of their Gap and

Following the acquisition by Emerchants Ltd, StoreFinancial Services UK Limited has started the transition to trading as Emerchants Europe and has begun offering the Emerchants suite of products in the

American Express has launched American Express Checkout, a fast and secure way for US card members to check out quickly at participating online merchants by using their americanexpress.com account login. Read

Security First Bank has selected FIS as its new core banking provider. Bank leaders selected FIS to improve service and enhance customer experience. Read more here.

PayPoint has announced a new programme of retail service improvements aimed at helping independent convenience retailers. Read more here.

The way the gaming industry views the payments sector will be an area of great interest for a senior representative of the latter at this year’s edition of EiG in

Wirecard Group has announced a partnership with MyOrder, an mCommerce platform,  for the issuance of contactless mobile cards based on host card emulation (HCE) technology. Read more here.

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.