Cash rules the day when Telstra outage cripples ATMs, payment systems across Australia

July 12, 2019

Cash was king for three hours on Thursday in Australia when ATMs and Eftpos went down across the country due to a Telstra outage.

NCR acquires D3 Technology to expand online, mobile banking for large financial institutions

July 2, 2019

NCR Corp. announced the acquisition of D3 Technology Inc., a provider of online and mobile banking for financial institutions. 

Discover enters alliance with Bulgaria's Borica AD on payment card acceptance

June 10, 2019

Borica AD, the owner of Bcard, the national payment system in Bulgaria, announced an agreement with Discover Financial Services to provide acceptance of the…

Mobile banking app Step raises $22.5 million in Series A funds led by Stripe

June 6, 2019

Step Mobile Inc., a mobile banking app for teens and families, said it raised $22.5 million in Series A funds led by Stripe.

FOMO Pay working with Discover to increase acceptance for cardholders

June 4, 2019

FOMO Pay, an integrated payment solution provider to merchants in Singapore, and Discover Global Network, which has more than 44 million merchant acceptance…

Paysafe study shows consumers still favor passwords over biometics

June 4, 2019

Paysafe Group issued a new report showing a majority of consumers feared that the switch to biometrics would expose them to a greater risk of identity theft…

JCB enters agreement with Arkea on merchant acceptance, ATM access

June 3, 2019

JCB International Co., a unit of Japanese charge card provider JCB Co., said it entered a strategic alliance with Arkea to allow the French banking group’s…

Mastercard offers Friday fare refunds for cardholders who use MTA tap-and-pay terminals

May 31, 2019

As the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority prepares to launch tap-and-go on some city subways and buses tomorrow, Mastercard is announcing the…

Fintwist from Comdata gives employees access to wages, financial tools

May 31, 2019

Comdata has launched Fintwist, a digital payment tool that allows companies to give their employees easy access to wages and financial management tools…

FitBit to test wearables in NYC pilot of contactless transit payments

May 30, 2019

FitBit Pay will be part of a Metropolitan Transportation Authority contactless payment pilot test that will allow riders to use mobile devices to pay their…

2019 Payments Trends

These four 2019 Payment trends will impact banks, payment providers and customers.

How Payment Providers Should Use Financial Technology

Payment Providers can use modernized financial technology like a unified platform to keep up with the many changes in global payments.

Translate Tech into Value for a Competitive Edge

Shift from selling banking products to guiding your customers with solutions leveraging machine learning and AI.

Comforte AG debuts data security solution for payments industry

May 22, 2019

Data security provider Comforte AG has introduced a new data security solution and practice for the payments industry. 

Contactless cards not likely to make much difference in mobile payment adoption

May 17, 2019

A widening rollout of contactless cards has been accompanied by speculation that increased comfort with the technology will spur mobile payments, but it might…

Technavio projects global market for wearable smart devices to reach $35.6B by 2023

May 14, 2019

The global wearable electronics market is expected to post a CAGR of more than 15% to reach $35.67 billion by 2023, according to market research by Technavio.

San Francisco puts the kibosh on cashless retail, restaurants

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

San Francisco has become the latest city to say no to cashless retail and foodservice as advocates for vulnerable populations demand equal access to shopping…

InComm integrates prepaid cards with wearables

May 9, 2019

InComm Inc. an Atlanta-based payments firm, has announced the integration of its MyVanilla prepaid Mastercard with Fitbit Pay and Garmin Pay mobile wallet…

JCB International, Viva Wallet enter joint licensing deal in Europe

May 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…

Sainsbury's tests Scan, Pay and Go in London grocery

April 30, 2019

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…