Westpac, UnionPay enter ATM agreement

April 7, 2014

Australian bank Westpac and Chinese bankcard provider UnionPay have announced an agreement that will allow UnionPay cardholders access to Westpac ATMs.

First Data, MasterCard announce EMV common AID agreement

April 3, 2014

First Data and MasterCard have announced an agreement under which the First Data Star Network will employ MasterCard's common U.S. debit EMV solution.

FIS licenses Visa EMV debit solution

April 1, 2014

FIS and its wholly owned subsidiary, NYCE Payments Network LLC, have entered a licensing agreement that will make the Visa EMV debit solution available to all…

Cash for me -- and I won't be quiet about it!

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

I have a confession to make: I love cash! Further confession: I don't really care how it is delivered, just that it is!

Acquirer Systems qualifies end-to-end D-PAS test solution

March 27, 2014

Dublin-based enterprise test and validation specialist Acquirer Systems has announced that its end-to-end certification solution has been qualified with…

Collis test tool OK'd to simulate TCI test cards for JCB

March 27, 2014

UL has announced that its Collis Brand Test Tool has been qualified by JCB to simulate the terminal check for implementation test card (version 1.2). Acquirers…

Research: Strong growth continues in China's e-payments market

March 25, 2014

When the Chinese electronic payment market truly opens to international competition, international payment players are likely to find a relatively mature…

ICard4 packs a PC into a payments card

March 17, 2014

Taiwanese display card developer SmartDisplayer Technology Co. Ltd. has announced its next-generation smart card — iCard4. The card secures both card-present…

Fiserv, MasterCard reach EMV debit routing agreement

March 12, 2014

Fiserv Inc. and MasterCard have reached an agreement to make the card company's U.S. common debit EMV solution available for the Fiserv Accel debit network.

New scheme puts gamblers' winnings on prepaid card

March 10, 2014

You might call it a very risky way to transfer cold hard cash onto cold hard plastic: You pay money into your online betting account at Ladbrokes, and if…

Visa, MasterCard unite to advance EMV migration

March 7, 2014

MasterCard and Visa have formed a new cross-industry group intended to increase payment system security, the companies announced today. Initially, the group…

EMV card issuance made safe and secure

Securely issuing EMV cards requires a multilayered approach to both validation and system management.

We are at war, and I'm cashing up!

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

We are at war and I'm cashing up!

Visa, First Data partner on EMV common AID

February 27, 2014

Visa Inc. and the First Data Star Network have announced an agreement to share Visa's common debit solution. Collaboration on the license agreement will help…

Airtel Money card gives Kenyans access to ATM cash

February 21, 2014

Airtel Money has partnered with Visa and Chase Bank to offer its subscribers an Airtel Money Visa card. The card allows subscribers to withdraw cash from their…

Community FIs reissue 4M cards in the wake of data breaches

February 19, 2014

Following a spate of high profile card data thefts, America's community banks have so far reissued more than 4 million bank cards at a total cost of more than…

Make the most of your debit card program

by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM

A ruling on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s appeal of the Leon decision that overturned the cap on debit interchange could take up to a year. While the majority of…

Litigation that may redefine mobile vs. plastic

Private litigation in New York pitting a group of merchants against Visa, MasterCard and a number of large banks could stifle innovation in the mobile space.

The new card

George Wallner, payments pioneer and founder of Hypercom, describes the promise of the "new card" in an interactive environment. (From the ATM & Mobile…

Card issuance, use on the rise in Europe

February 14, 2014

Competition among banks to gain new customers and campaigns to replace low-value cash transactions with card payments have driven significant increases in card…