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7 DECEMBER 2016

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601. WaveCrest secures US$14m investment (Card & Payments World \| News/Corporate cards) WaveCrest secures US$14m investment Almeida named as new CEO B2B payments provider WaveCrest Group has secured a US$14m investment by Vesuvius Ventures, the company’s controlling shareholder, pending ... Tuesday, 20 October 2015 602. Diebold in talks to buy ATM rival (Card & Payments World \| News/ATMs) Diebold in talks to buy ATM rival Companies hope combination will better target new business sectors Diebold has made an offer to buy its German ATM manufacturing rival Wincor Nixdorf in a transaction ... Monday, 19 October 2015 603. P2P lender shuts down over financial irregularities (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) P2P lender shuts down over financial irregularities Blow to burgeoning industry after reports of serious misconduct Swedish P2P lender TrustBuddy has closed down its operations after its newly installed ... Friday, 16 October 2015 604. Chinese "BAT" will be the main global payments disruptor (Card & Payments World \| News/Corporate cards) Chinese "BAT" will be the main global payments disruptor Three companies will have more influence than the blockchain or western payments players, research finds The BAT - internet companies Baidu, ... Friday, 16 October 2015 605. Hyperledger wins start-up challenge (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Hyperledger wins start-up challenge Hyperledger has won the 2015 Innotribe Startup Challenge for innovative fintech products and services. The US company provides a distributed ledger platform tailored ... Friday, 16 October 2015 606. How the IoT can stop payment fraud (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) How the IoT can stop payment fraud Banks told to prepare now for an avalanche of potentially useful data The Internet of Things has the potential to help banks cut payment fraud, according to ... Friday, 16 October 2015 607. paysafecard expands into Middle East (Card & Payments World \| News/Corporate cards) paysafecard expands into Middle East Launch into 'young and internet adept' Kuwait Online prepaid payments provider paysafecard has launched in Kuwait, its first country in the MENA (Middle East ... Friday, 16 October 2015 608. Sibos latest: Will banks be disintermediated? (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Sibos latest: Will banks be disintermediated? Bankers discuss threat from new payments players New fintech companies entering the payments market pose a major threat to bank income, according to ... Thursday, 15 October 2015 609. Italy raises cash use limit (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) Italy raises cash use limit Criticism of 'backward' move by government Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced his intention to raise the limit on cash use in the country from Eur1,000 ... Thursday, 15 October 2015 610. Burning platform or safe pair of hands? (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Burning platform or safe pair of hands? #Sibos report from the #Innotribe panel discussion A question asked at Sibos this week is whether banks are sitting on a burning platform that will be disrupted ... Wednesday, 14 October 2015 611. Sibos report: Everyone is talking about blockchain (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Sibos report: Everyone is talking about blockchain Disruption? It's an opportunity, says Wells Fargo innovation boss Steve Ellis Steve Ellis, EVP, group head Innovation Group, Wells Fargo, is not ... Wednesday, 14 October 2015 612. Worldpay announces offer price (Card & Payments World \| News/Acquiring) Worldpay announces offer price Company lists on FTSE 100 in huge fintech IPO Processor Worldpay has been listed on London's FTSE 100 in an IPO worth £2.5bn. The IPO was priced at 240 pence ... Wednesday, 14 October 2015 613. Sibos latest: Study to develop m-payments in Thailand (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Sibos latest: Study to develop m-payments in Thailand Proposed collaboration based on ISO 20022 standard Thailand’s main interbank payments company National ITMX has started a joint study with UK ... Tuesday, 13 October 2015 614. Sibos latest: 'Disruptive' payments partnership (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Sibos latest: 'Disruptive' payments partnership Companies link up undistributed ledger tech Fintech solutions provider DH Corporation has partnered with Ripple to integrate its Global PAYplus payment ... Tuesday, 13 October 2015 615. UK startup claims blockchain breakthrough (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) UK startup claims blockchain breakthrough 'One billion transactions a day' via test network UK startup SETL says it has established a test network which has broken the 1 billion transactions-per-day ... Tuesday, 13 October 2015 616. SIBOS latest: Jury out on impact of Blockchain (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) SIBOS latest: Jury out on impact of Blockchain A packed session on Day 1 of SIBOS heard some divergent opinions on the likely impact of disruptive blockchain technology on the banking industry. Proponents ... Monday, 12 October 2015 617. SIBOS latest: Payment engine tackles changing global payment patterns (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) SIBOS latest: Payment engine tackles changing global payment patterns Updated tech supports demand for transparency as payments become increasingly virtual B2B payments engine Currency Cloud has ... Monday, 12 October 2015 618. Regulators propose changes to stop global payments fragmentation (Card & Payments World \| News/Regulation) Regulators propose changes to stop global payments fragmentation Increasing KYC and AML requirements cause banks to cut back on their cross-border banking activities Regulators have set out a raft ... Monday, 12 October 2015 619. Payments: The Future is FinTech (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Payments: The Future is FinTech Growing influence of financial technology in transaction banking, finds report Banks must respond quickly and in a number of ways to the growing influence ... Monday, 12 October 2015 620. China starts cross-border payments system (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) China starts cross-border payments system Move to drive global use of renminbi China has launched a cross-border renminbi payments system in a bid to position the currency as r vial to the dollar ... Friday, 09 October 2015 621. Barclays confirms Apple Pay launch date (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Barclays confirms Apple Pay launch date Support confirmed in email response to customer Barclays has said that it will start supporting the Apple Pay system in early 2016. The bank confirmed it ... Friday, 09 October 2015 622. European Parliament adopts PSD2 (Card & Payments World \| News/Regulation) European Parliament adopts PSD2 Legislation is "step towards a digital single market" The European Parliament has adopted the revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2). The new law, proposed ... Friday, 09 October 2015 623. EBA Clearing starts latest stage of pan-European instant payments (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) EBA Clearing starts latest stage of pan-European instant payments Request for technical services providers EBA Clearing has launched a Request for Proposal (RFP) process for the delivery of a pan-European ... Thursday, 08 October 2015 624. M-payments hack 'did not affect Samsung Pay' (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) M-payments hack 'did not affect Samsung Pay' Samsung issues denial after attack on payments subsidiary Samsung has denied that a hack of its LoopPay subsidiary has compromised the Samsung Pay m-payments ... Thursday, 08 October 2015 625. Blog: An alternative view to NFC (Comment/Comment) Blog: An alternative view to NFC Optimised Bluetooth-based offer a different mobile payments option to NFC says Vadim Maor, CEO of WiseSec The unveiling of Apple Pay in October 2014 appeared ... Thursday, 08 October 2015 626. Global report: Non-cash payment increases accelerate (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Global report: Non-cash payment increases accelerate Hidden payments increase in importance Market continues to evolve at pace China moves up to fourth for transaction volumes Non-cash payment ... Wednesday, 07 October 2015 627. Mobile Innovations Awards 2015 Winners announced (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Mobile Innovations Awards 2015 Winners announced Entrants from across the EMEA region and as diverse as Adrian Belew, telcos, a police force and the Centre for Domestic Violence were among the winners ... Tuesday, 06 October 2015 628. Challenger banks to benefit from new Faster Payments model (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) Challenger banks to benefit from new Faster Payments model Introduction of 'pre-funding' to eliminate shared risk A more simplified way has been introduced to guarantee settlement between banks ... Tuesday, 06 October 2015 629. My local UK post office has an Apple Pay sticker (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) My local UK post office has an Apple Pay sticker It has been positioned under the long list of other contactless brands that are accepted. It looks unashamedly Apple in design, writes Annich McIntosh. ... Monday, 05 October 2015 630. iZettle rolls out restaurant tech (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) iZettle rolls out restaurant tech Partnership for mPOS service in Europe Cloud-based POS platform Lightspeed and mobile payment service iZettle have partnered on a service to enable restaurants to ... Monday, 05 October 2015 631. Blog: Brazil embraces alternative payment methods (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Blog: Brazil embraces alternative payment methods Over half eCommerce in Latin America takes place in Brazil and the country is seeing enthusiastic uptake of new online payment types, says Ralf Ohlhausen ... Friday, 02 October 2015 632. Turkey launches domestic card system (Card & Payments World \| News/Card networks) Turkey launches domestic card system System will rival international networks A new national payment card clearing system is being launched in Turkey. The TROY system, operated by bank-owned payment ... Friday, 02 October 2015 633. The future of payments: get ready for a shift in network demands (Features/Payment Schemes) The future of payments: get ready for a shift in network demands As Visa moves forward its decision to reduce floor limits, what will the change mean for merchants – and what steps should be taken now ... Friday, 02 October 2015 634. Alibaba makes new investment in Paytm (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Alibaba makes new investment in Paytm Second funding round this year Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has made its second investment this year in Indian mobile payments company Paytm. Alibaba's financial ... Tuesday, 29 September 2015 635. Payments complexity increases in Asia Pacific (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Payments complexity increases in Asia Pacific Emerging markets outpace developed countries as engines for new payments growth Increasingly sophisticated Gen Y customers in Asia Pacific are driving ... Tuesday, 29 September 2015 636. M-payments: 87% of cybersecurity experts say breaches will increase (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) M-payments: 87% of cybersecurity experts say breaches will increase - Public WiFi is biggest security risk - Security fears not stopping growth of payment method - Cash is safest payment method but less ... Monday, 28 September 2015 637. Is it bye bye to banks? (Features/Customer Insight) Is it bye bye to banks? Faced with competition from new FIs, bank-to-bank transfer services, bill-me-later companies, aggregators and bitcoin, how are banks supposed to operate in this new, disjointed ... Friday, 25 September 2015 638. The battle of the Pays (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) The battle of the Pays Android, Apple and Samsung gather supporters Samsung Pay is first to issue transaction figures What a difference a year makes. This time in 2014, we were reporting on the ... Friday, 25 September 2015 639. Rewards and store cards added to Apple Pay (Card & Payments World \| News/Loyalty/Marketing) Rewards and store cards added to Apple Pay Apple has started to roll out its iOS 9 update which will add store card and rewards functionality for US Apple Pay users. The update means the Passbook ... Friday, 25 September 2015 640. IoT Security foundation launches (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) IoT Security foundation launches New body to tackle mounting cybersecurity concerns The Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) has officially launched and set out its plans to respond to ... Thursday, 24 September 2015 641. Europe 'the last place left' for online fraudsters (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Europe 'the last place left' for online fraudsters Alert as US shifts to EMV Online merchants have been warned that the rollout of EMV payment card technology in the United States will cause a ... Wednesday, 23 September 2015 642. Wearables for payment at London Fashion Week (Card & Payments World \| News/Contactless) Wearables for payment at London Fashion Week Part of the rich tapestry of technological innovation Visa Europe hyped up the interest around wearables and contactless payments on Sunday when it collaborated ... Tuesday, 22 September 2015 643. Interchange: This is how it was (Card & Payments World \| News/Interchange) Interchange: This is how it was Payments professionals will be able to reminisce to their grandchildren how once upon a time, Visa debit interchange was more than 1.75% and credit 1.8% in Germany and almost ... Tuesday, 22 September 2015 644. Indian Tata is ranked top FinTech company (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Indian Tata is ranked top FinTech company Indian company Tata Consultancy Services has topped the 2015 FinTech Rankings from analyst IDC Financial Insights. The rankings evaluate the top 100 global ... Tuesday, 22 September 2015 645. Onwards from mobile into IoT for Dialog (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Onwards from mobile into IoT for Dialog - Company to buy Atmel in US$4.5bn deal - Carrot is encryption, chip security and positioning to take advantage of the future IoT - the next mobile step. - “We ... Monday, 21 September 2015 646. US$20 trillion spent on payment cards in 2014 (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) US$20 trillion spent on payment cards in 2014 Asia Pacific drives global growth UnionPay dependance on home market leaves it exposed The migration away from cash and cheques helped boost worldwide ... Monday, 21 September 2015 647. Worldpay IPO: What does this say about the state of payments acquiring? (Card & Payments World \| News/Acquiring) Worldpay IPO: What does this say about the state of payments acquiring? So Ingenico and Wirecard have failed in their bid to buy what is being valued at a US$6bn company, and Worldpay is to make a public ... Friday, 18 September 2015 648. Worldpay announces IPO plans (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Worldpay announces IPO plans Processor rejects suitors in favour of float Worldpay has set out its plans for a US$1.4bn (£890m) listing on London’s main stock market in October. The UK processor’s ... Friday, 18 September 2015 649. Book your places for The Mobile Innovations Awards 2015 (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Book your places for The Mobile Innovations Awards 2015 100% increase in entries this year Event held at London's historic The Roundhouse venue on October 6 With just over 2 weeks to go to this ... Thursday, 17 September 2015 650. Not to be missed: The Mobile Innovations conference (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Not to be missed: The Mobile Innovations Conference - Industry gathers on October 6 to discuss how to make the mobile relationship work - International audience of innovators and business leaders  ... Thursday, 17 September 2015 651. Visa pilots biometric EMV card (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Visa pilots biometric EMV card Trial of new specification with South African bank Visa Inc is to trial a new specification to use biometrics with chip card transactions at Absa Bank in South Africa. ... Wednesday, 16 September 2015 652. Barclays opts for Android ahead of Apple (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Barclays opts for Android ahead of Apple UK support for m-payments of up to £100 Barclays is to become the first UK bank to enable contactless payments from any NFC enabled Android phone. Barclays ... Tuesday, 15 September 2015 653. Paytm wants to be first Indian 'payments bank' (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Paytm wants to be first Indian 'payments bank' Company claims widespread mobile wallet deployment will give it head start on competitors Mobile wallet provider Paytm says it plans to be the first ... Tuesday, 15 September 2015 654. Funding: Blockchain tech firm raises US$30m (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Funding: Blockchain tech firm raises US$30m Visa among investors Chain, which provides blockchain technology solutions to financial institutions, has raised US$30m in equity funding. The investment ... Tuesday, 15 September 2015 655. Payments trio consider IPOs (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Payments trio consider IPOs Floats may all take place this year Payments companies First Data, Square and Worldpay may all have made initial public offerings before the end of the year. First Data, ... Monday, 14 September 2015 656. Mobile pay - state of play (Features/Mobile/Contactless) Mobile pay - state of play Apple Pay progress so far, and latest from Samsung Pay, Android Pay, Google and Zapp It is almost a year since Apple launched Apple Pay to a welcoming US market, on October ... Friday, 11 September 2015 657. Google's Android Pay finally launches in US (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Google's Android Pay finally launches in US Amex, MasterCard and Visa offer support A year after it was supposed to launch, Google's Android Pay has finally arrived in the US. Like Apple Pay, Google ... Friday, 11 September 2015 658. MasterCard motoring (Card & Payments World \| News/Corporate cards) MasterCard motoring Array of announcements including MasterPass, Bank of Ireland and ASK Italian MasterCard is having a busy week with a succession of new announcements and initiatives. The network ... Thursday, 10 September 2015 659. MasterCard to enable high value contactless payments (Card & Payments World \| News/Contactless) MasterCard to enable high value contactless payments Increased mobile transactions to be allowed across Europe MasterCard is to allow high value contactless transactions on mobile devices across ... Wednesday, 09 September 2015 660. Monitise boss departs (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Monitise boss departs Shares of troubled mobile tech provider fall by 30% The boss of Monitise is to leave after less than 6 months as sole CEO of the struggling mobile banking technology company. ... Wednesday, 09 September 2015 661. What the social web is saying about retail payments (Card & Payments World \| News/Social media) What the social web is saying about payments - Results of global survey on digital payments in retail - Australia is most positive about convenience - Spaniards value safety and security Convenience ... Tuesday, 08 September 2015 662. Payment tech provider buys 50% of Webtools (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Payment tech provider buys 50% of Webtools Acquisition to enable further development of omnichannel solutions Talkingtech, which provides payment technology and customer engagement solutions, has ... Tuesday, 08 September 2015 663. Visa fined A$18m for uncompetitive practices (Card & Payments World \| News/Card networks) Visa fined A$18m for uncompetitive practices 'Clarion call' to international firms Australia's Federal Court has fined Visa Worldwide, a significant A$18m (US$12.55) for blocking a rival currency ... Monday, 07 September 2015 664. Equiniti completes payments tech acquisition (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Equiniti completes payments tech acquisition Purchase of cloud-based platform provider Financial services and technology company Equiniti has bought Transglobal Payment Solutions. UK-based Transglobal ... Monday, 07 September 2015 665. Klarna launches online payments in US (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Klarna launches online payments in US Value of digital payments provider doubles to US$2.25bn Swedish digital payments provider Klarna has launched commercial operations in the US with Overstock.com ... Friday, 04 September 2015 666. Payments UK outlines 'vision' for payments industry (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Payments UK outlines 'vision' for payments industry Document sets out four main priorities to deliver what customers want Payments UK has set out its vision of the enhancements that would ensure ... Friday, 04 September 2015 667. Zapp to combat fraud with behavioural analytics (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Zapp to combat fraud with behavioural analytics Five-year deal with Cambridge tech company Zapp has started a five-year agreement with Featurespace to provide real-time fraud protection for its ... Thursday, 03 September 2015 668. Verifone partners on mPOS system (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Verifone partners on mPOS system Handheld device for enterprise retailers Verifone and Aava Mobile have partnered to launch a handheld mobile point of sale (mPOS) solution The solution is designed ... Wednesday, 02 September 2015 669. India remittances to rocket as rupee falls (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) India remittances rocket as rupee falls 175% in early August Xendpay, the world’s first “Pay What You Want” money transfer service, has reported an increase of 175% in remittances to India during ... Tuesday, 01 September 2015 670. Sub-Sahara remittance levels to slow down (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Sub-Sahara remittance levels to slow down According to a recent report by the World Bank, the growth of remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to slow to 0.9% in 2015, amounting to US$33bn.  ... Friday, 28 August 2015 671. Remittance flows expected to reach US$700bn by 2016 (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Remittance flows expected to reach US$700bn by 2016 214 million users around the world Over the past 10 years, there has been a steady increase in the number of international migrants all over the ... Friday, 28 August 2015 672. Apriva launches mPOS tech (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Apriva launches mPOS tech Partnership for US rollout Wireless transaction solutions company Apriva payment tech provider and Global Payments have partnered to deliver white label mobile payment solutions ... Thursday, 27 August 2015 673. £6bn bid to buy Worldpay (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) £6bn bid to buy Worldpay Rival offer from private equity companies German processor Wirecard is reported to have made a £6bn bid to buy its UK-based rival Worldpay. Wirecard faces competition from ... Thursday, 27 August 2015 674. Worldpay partners in China (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Worldpay partners in China Infrastructure agreement with local software exporter Worldpay has entered the Chinese market through a partnership to provide the complete payments infrastructure for ... Thursday, 27 August 2015 675. CurrentC to delay launch (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) CurrentC to delay launch Further disruption for US merchant m-payment plans CurrentC, the much delayed mobile payment platform developed by MCX, will run a public beta test within the next few ... Wednesday, 26 August 2015 676. M2M technology vulnerable to trivialisation (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) M2M technology vulnerable to trivialisation Too much talk of fridges - what about saving bees? Too much talk of intelligent fridges and thinking washing machines have been criticised by the UK government ... Wednesday, 26 August 2015 677. The balancing act: Ensuring payment security and ease of use (Features/Fraud and Security) The balancing act: Ensuring payment security and ease of use The dramatic surge of emerging payments methods has led to the sense of a "Wild West" in terms of online payment security. Can behavioural biometrics ... Tuesday, 25 August 2015 678. Infrastructure clarity and tech standards will propel m-payments adoption (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Infrastructure clarity and tech standards will propel m-payments adoption New report from TSYS on the opportunities available with NFC and tokenisation Improved clarity around the infrastructure ... Friday, 21 August 2015 679. Thailand is first country to adopt UnionPay standard (Card & Payments World \| News/Corporate cards) Thailand is first country to adopt UnionPay standard Network attempts to go global with chip specification Thailand has become the first country outside China to adopt the UnionPay Chip Card Standard. ... Wednesday, 19 August 2015 680. Target settles with card issuers over breach (Card & Payments World \| News/Card networks) Target settles with card issuers over breach Agreement with Visa Inc MasterCard negotiations continue US retailer Target has agreed a US$67m settlement for the 2013 breach of customer data on its ... Wednesday, 19 August 2015 681. HMRC to be allowed to snoop inside ‘digital wallets’ (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) HMRC to be allowed to snoop inside ‘digital wallets’ It is just a nascent industry, but government intervention looks set to put a spanner in the works of digital wallet development by giving the HM Revenue ... Tuesday, 18 August 2015 682. Mobey Forum releases white paper of comparisons (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Mobey Forum releases white paper of comparisons Attempt to help FIs understand mobile options Mobey Forum, a trade association focused on mobile payments, has published a white paper to help financial ... Monday, 17 August 2015 683. Boku acquires Italian mobile payments provider (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Boku acquires Italian mobile payments provider Purchase by carrier billing company Direct carrier billing provider Boku has acquired mobileview Italia, a provider of mobile payment products in ... Monday, 17 August 2015 684. Prepaid credit programme for Brazil unbanked (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Prepaid credit programme for Brazil unbanked Initiative for small merchants targets 55 million Brazilians without a bank account A new prepaid credit card partnership in Brazil will enable small ... Friday, 14 August 2015 685. Samsung Pay launch date announced (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Samsung Pay launch date announced Not long to wait for battle of the giants Samsung Pay is to launch in the US on September 28. The announcement of a mobile payment method for Android to rival ... Friday, 14 August 2015 686. Mobile fraud is highest on Android (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Mobile fraud is highest on Android Merchants show ‘disconcerting’ lack of concern about risk of mobile fraud The rate of mobile fraud is highest on Android devices, according to a new report, ... Thursday, 13 August 2015 687. Permira funds back pan-European credit management business (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Permira funds back pan-European credit management business Model mirrors Santander, Vodafone and Barclaycard Permira, the international private equity firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire ... Thursday, 13 August 2015 688. European fraud on the rise (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) European fraud on the rise Crossborder crime dominates Card fraud losses across 19 countries in Europe rose by an average of 6% in 2014, according to a new report. But this figure masks a much larger ... Wednesday, 12 August 2015 689. Apple Pay latest figures, partners and consequences (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Apple Pay latest figures, partners and consequences * Rush to launch from competitors * Banks begin massive IT investment * Latest partnerships for Apple Pay * Apple ... Tuesday, 11 August 2015 690. Carphone data attack compromises 2.4m customers (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Carphone data attack compromises 2.4m customers Breaches “no longer a question of if but when” Encrypted card data may have been stolen Carphone Warehouse has been victim of a data breach where hackers ... Monday, 10 August 2015 691. Global card fraud losses to more than double by 2020 (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Global card fraud losses to more than double by 2020 US accounts for nearly half of fraud figure Payment card fraud losses around the world totalled US$16.31bn in 2014, and are predicted to more ... Friday, 07 August 2015 692. BitPay signs bitcoin payment deals on 3 continents (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) BitPay signs bitcoin payment deals on 3 continents Processor partners with PSPs on acceptance of virtual currency Bitcoin processor BitPay has completed several partnerships for the acceptance of ... Friday, 07 August 2015 693. Mobile Innovations Conference – Speakers challenged to answer some big questions (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Mobile Innovations Conference – Speakers challenged to answer some big questions "We are at the start of the new era of payments" "Mobile is changing everything about our lives" "Mobile is the big opportunity ... Thursday, 06 August 2015 694. Skrill takeover gets go-ahead (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Skrill takeover gets go-ahead Regulator approves Eur1.1bn digital payments acquisition Regulators have approved the Eur1.1bn takeover of European digital payments provider Skrill by Optimal Payments. ... Wednesday, 05 August 2015 695. PayPal names new CFO (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) PayPal names new CFO Former United Airlines man joins PayPal has appointed John Rainey is joining the digital payments leader as its new chief financial officer. He will take up the position on ... Wednesday, 05 August 2015 696. Court blows for payment brands (Card & Payments World \| News/Interchange) Court blows for payment brands Interchange and ATM cases go against networks Visa, MasterCard and American Express all suffered legal blows this week in US court cases. A federal appeal court has ... Wednesday, 05 August 2015 697. PayPoint launches advanced payments suite (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) PayPoint launches advanced payments suite PayPoint has launched its 3rd generation ‘Advanced Payments’ platform for mobile and online merchants. The new digital platform includes two flagship products, ... Tuesday, 04 August 2015 698. Wearable payments to top US$500bn by 2020 (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Wearable payments to top US$500bn by 2020 Smart watches, fitness trackers and wristbands will drive transactions Wearable payment transaction volume is projected to grow from US$3.1bn in 2015 ... Tuesday, 04 August 2015 699. Financial regulation to become increasingly automated (Card & Payments World \| News/Regulation) Financial regulation to become increasingly automated Innovation should streamline current ‘alphabet soup’ of regulators Technology adoption in financial markets will require innovation to finance ... Tuesday, 04 August 2015 700. Banks warned 'adapt or die' as m-banking users set to double by 2019 (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Banks warned ‘adapt or die’ as m-banking users set to double by 2019 Those without clear mobile strategies will be left behind The number of mobile banking users will double to 1.8 billion ... Monday, 03 August 2015
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