May 14, 2019
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced that is seeking input from the public on the impact of a rule passed in 2011 that prohibits financial…
read nowMay 7, 2019
JCB International Co. and Viva Wallet announced a joint licensing agreement that allows JCB payment cards to be used at the POS and online at 108,000 merchants…
read nowMay 7, 2019
Mastercard and Edenred, a provider of payment solutions via mobile apps, online platforms and cards, have launched the first regional test of biometric card…
read nowMay 2, 2019
The Taxi Alliance of Ireland entered an agreement with eComm Merchant Solutions, an Irish fintech, to equip cabs serving Dublin Airport with in-car payment…
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Sainsbury's has launched what is says is the first till-free grocery store in the U.K. at its Holborn Circus location in London, where customers can check out…
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The European Commission has announced its acceptance of legally binding five-and-a-half year commitments from Mastercard and Visa to cut interregional…
read nowApril 18, 2019
New York's Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is calling on consumers to boycott cashless retail stores and restaurants at the city's newly opened Hudson Yards…
read nowApril 5, 2019
CPI, a provider of financial and EMV chip card production and related services, has announced that its instant issuance solution experienced year-over-year net…
read nowby David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group
Mark Bunney, director of market strategy at Ingenico, recently spoke with Mobile Payments Today editor David Jones about the current state of the global…
listen nowApril 3, 2019
Thales has finalized its acquisition of Gemalto, creating a global enterprise in digital identity and security. The deal, worth 4.8 billion euros ($5.…
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Wells Fargo & Co. has announced the launch of contactless consumer credit and debit cards that will allow customers to tap and pay at millions of retail…
read nowMarch 25, 2019
Apple has announced a major expansion into the digital payments space with Apple Card, a payment card built directly into the Apple Wallet app on iPhone that…
read nowMarch 15, 2019
Barclaycard, the processor of nearly half of all credit and debit card transactions in the U.K., has entered an agreement with China's Alipay that will allow…
read nowMarch 15, 2019
The consumer market is expected to reach approximately 1.26 billion fingerprint sensor shipments by the end of 2019, with a 10.3. percent 5-year CAGR increase.
read nowMarch 14, 2019
Most (82 percent) millennials believe society will eventually become cashless, even though they're the generation most likely to favor cash when traveling…
read nowMarch 13, 2019
State Bank of India is partnering with Financial Software and Systems, a payment and fintech company, to implement a "One Nation, One Card" program meant to…
read nowMarch 8, 2019
Visa and financial wellness fintech provider PayActiv, have teamed to provide early access to earned wages through the Visa Direct push payments platform…
read nowMarch 8, 2019
Credit card debt in the U.S. reached a record $870 billion by the end of 2018, according to a report by Bloomberg.
read nowMarch 1, 2019
Kroger has announced that its Smith's Food & Drug Stores division will no longer accept Visa credit card payments at the chain's 142 stores and 108 gas…
read nowFebruary 22, 2019
Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have announced plans to launch a joint credit card combined with an iPhone that gives customers the ability to manage…
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