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Top Stories

Polish banks prep mobile payments system to take on card schemes

Industry-wide program to develop the New Payments Platform gets under way in Australia

Payments Transformation – EMV comes to the US

 

Payments News

VocaLink to make mobile payments an everyday reality for Brits

ECB report shows fall in card fraud

Contactless helps debit cards dominate UK spending

Thoma Bravo to Acquire Intuit’s Financial Services Business

Amazon.com, 7-Eleven Sue Visa and MasterCard Over Fees

Hungarian consortium preps NFC mobile payments trial

 

Digital Payments News

Kipochi launches first Bitcoin wallet in Africa with M-Pesa integration

MasterCard is Making it Easier for Merchants to Accept Online Payments

BBVA Compass economists examine mobile banking, crowdfunding, other trends in latest quarterly report

America’s Leading Financial Institutions to Collaborate on the Safety and Soundness of Digital Payments

European consumers empowered by mobile banking

PayPal Galactic Initiative to Tackle Payments in Space

Local businesses can now sell online with Square Market

Cryptomathic Enables Secure Issuing of Payment Applications to MasterCard and Visa Mobile Wallets

Mobile Payments Transformed in Mexico with launch of EMV-compliant S-Pay Mobile POS solution

 

Company Announcements A-Z

ACI Worldwide Survey: EMV Will Accelerate Adoption of Mobile Technologies, Industry Monitoring Mobile Wallet Adoption

Banco Sabadell completes the acquisition of the Lloyds Banking Group business in Spain

BPC Launches Mobile Point of Sale Solution

Carrefour Banque, Crédit Mutuel-CIC and Ingenico pilot a SEPA-wide payment solution in France

DBS Partners with ACI Worldwide to Deliver a First-of-its-kind Online Banking Platform to Corporate Practitioners

FIS Payments Network Enables Real-time, Mobile-driven Payments for Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) Members

Gemalto enables EMV payment for Telefónica-MasterCard joint venture in Brazil

Ingenico and Mercury Deliver Advanced Payment Solutions to U.S. Based Specialty Retail and Hospitality Merchants

iZettle First mPOS in Europe to offer JCB Card Acceptance

Lloyds Bank to launch partnership with Monitise to develop mobile card acceptance solutions for small businesses

MasterCard and EBC introduce Egypt’s Mobile Payment Gateway

Monitise and Telefónica enter mobile money partnership

NAB Selects NCR Predictive Services to Maximize ATM Uptime

Nets and Ingenico introduce mobile payment secure solutions for smartphones and tablets

payleven introduces mobile payments to Austria

Raiffeisen Bank International Selects WAY4 for Processing Centre Upgrade

Second MyBank Joining Window sees another 23 financial institutions go live with MyBank

To Boost Mobile Banking Adoption, Engage Branch and Call Center Staff Says Fiserv White Paper

TSYS’ Merchant Services Segment Achieves EMV® Payment Processing Certification

VeriFone and Lenovo to Deliver Windows-based Mobile Point-of-Sale Platform