Fiserv adds real-time money transfer to its P2P service

April 18, 2013

Financial tech provider Fiserv Inc. is revving up Popmoney Instant Payments. Now users can send and receive funds through the service and have those funds…

Fiserv ACCEL/Exchange now just Accel

April 16, 2013

The applications are broader, so the name needed to be shorter. The streamlining of Fiserv "ACCEL/Exchange" to simply "Accel" is the result of a repositioning…

Study: Despite increased use, mobile payments, banking dogged by security concerns

April 11, 2013

A new report from Interactive Advertising Bureau, in partnership with InMobi and Viggle, has found that mobile users are increasingly using mobile devices to…

FTC issues report on increased use of mobile payments

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a staff report titled "Paper, Plastic … or Mobile?" The report, which is based on an FTC workshop, highlights key…

Report offers definition, advice to FIs on mobile wallets

April 8, 2013

Analysts at IDC Financial Insights have announced a new report intended to aid financial institutions navigate the world of mobile payments. The report…

Fed Study: Mobile banking a rising trend

April 2, 2013

The Federal Reserve Board has released results from its second survey of mobile and financial services and the results show that mobile banking is on the rise.

Future of Payments: ATM & Mobile Executive Summit 2013

An intriguing dynamic is playing out in the payments landscape: The demand for both cash and mobile financial services is increasing concurrently. Mobile…

Study: Mobile wallets: the US landscape

March 28, 2013

Growing consumer use of smartphones is creating a market for mobile wallets capable of serving many of the same purposes physical wallets served for centuries.

Interac and partners demo Canada's first contactless mobile debit scheme

March 27, 2013

ATM and debit network Interac today heralded the first NFC mobile debit transaction to take place in Canada. But more than a first for Canada, the transaction…

US Bank gives mobile photo billpay a shot

March 8, 2013

U.S. Bank announced in December that it was partnering with San Diego-based Mitek to bring a remote capture billpay solution to its customers. Now the two have…

Will the Apple cash app bear fruit?

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

I have to admit that initially I thought it was an early April (or do I mean Apple?) Fool. The news I am referring to is the plan by Apple to launch a…

Square concedes to need for cash

February 28, 2013

Mobile point-of-sale provider Square seems to have concluded that something was missing from its high-tech mobile POS business model — a low-tech component…

Acculynk, PULSE partner on P2P payments

February 20, 2013

ATM and debit network PULSE has announced it's enabling Acculynk's Payzur debit-based peer-to-peer payment solution across its network. The upshot of the…

UK Payments Council foresees mobile eclipsing plastic

February 19, 2013

The Payments Council, an organization representing the interests of the U.K. payment industry, has released a new report on the way Britons pay for things.

Banks, credit unions get white label P2P solution from FIS

February 11, 2013

Bank tech provider FIS has announced a new peer-to-peer mobile payment product called FIS People Pay, a white label product aimed at financial institutions.

FIS acquires mobile banking startup mFoundry

January 31, 2013

Add mobile banking to the list of services FIS will offer to FIs. The banking and payments technology giant announced today that it has agreed to acquire…

NACHA council issues guidelines for QR code use in bill payment

January 29, 2013

ATM operators who offer bill payment at their machines — or plan to — should take note of newly released guidelines for the use of QR codes for bill payment…

Cybercrime: What can we expect in 2013?

by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com

The cybercrime landscape is always growing and changing as hackers look for new ways to make money. Last year was no different as McAfee Labs found huge growth…

Cardtek USA adds NFC mobile to EMV support capabilities

January 8, 2013

Cardtek USA, a division of financial transaction software provider Cardtek Group, has added NFC mobile expertise to the technology support capabilities at its…

SCA summit keynotes to address progress on EMV migration

December 18, 2012

In keynote speeches, senior execs from American Express, Discover, Isis, MasterCard, Visa and the Utah Transit Authority will discuss the progress of EMV…