Dubai dreams of a cashless society

January 14, 2016

A cloud-based payments product from Quisk requires only a mobile phone number and a PIN to create a new type of digital cash account.

Partnership brings multichannel payment solutions to Indian banks

January 11, 2016

A solution from FSS and Montran can help banks strengthen their multichannel strategy with less regulatory impact on host systems, the companies say.

Take the survey: ATM industry readiness for EMV

January 11, 2016

The 10-minute multiple-choice survey is open to all ATM operators — including both FIs and IADs — regardless of size.

Fearless 2016 projections

No matter where you sit in the payments field, buckle up and be prepared for what could be a wild ride.

NuSource bundles ATM security solutions in anti-fraud package

January 7, 2016

The 'triple-threat' suite brings together a management tool, an anti-malware solution, and comprehensive anti-skimming protection, the company says.

Tangerine bank tries out chat-based financial transactions

January 7, 2016

A new online — and soon to be mobile — service enables customers to interact with a banker personally and conduct transactions privately within the chat box.

MasterCard moves forward with wearables

January 7, 2016

The card network has partnered with Coin to bring MasterCard payments to a wide array of fitness bands, smart watches and other wearable devices.

UnionPay qualifies UL test tool for Chinese market

January 5, 2016

UL says it is is the first provider of acquirer certification test tools to earn UnionPay approval for terminal integration testing within the Chinese market.

NuSource chooses CheckAlt for ATM deposits

January 4, 2016

The CheckAlt solution allows NuSource to offer its customers automated processing and consolidation of items received via image-enabled ATMs.

PCI SSC pushes back SSL-to-TLS migration deadline

December 29, 2015

The PCI Security Standards Council says it was necessary to extend the migration window due to 'a lot of business issues.'

Gartner: Mobile payments to see substantial growth

December 21, 2015

The research firm says that by 2018, half of consumers in mature markets will be making mobile payments via smartphone or wearable device.

Cash or card: How do you pay for Christmas?

For now, it's still hard to get people to part with their cash — except at the tills.

Global Payments buys Heartland for $4.3 billion

December 17, 2015

Global Payments said the acquisition significantly expands its U.S. direct small and medium-size enterprise distribution, merchant base and vertical reach.

Cashless payments outgrowing ATM withdrawals — but not by much

December 15, 2015

Since 2010, the annual growth rate of cashless payments has outpaced that of ATM cash withdrawals by only about one-half of one percent, a new study by RBR…

UnionPay makes inroads in the Arab world with processing agreement

December 15, 2015

Pan-African and Middle Eastern payments processor Emerging Markets Payments has partnered with China's fast-growing bankcard company.

PNB offers ATM fee relief for Chennai flood victims

December 11, 2015

The bank says its 81 branches and 82 ATMs in the city are fully operational in the wake of flooding judged to be the worst to occur anywhere in the world in…

Swedbank, Cryptomathic team to deploy key management system

December 11, 2015

Swedbank, which operates one of Europe's largest payment acquiring networks, has implemented CKMS across its acquirer network and payment terminal management…

Indian banks decline ATM interchange reduction request

December 11, 2015

India's finance ministry has asked banks to cut interchange fees by more than one-third to encourage greater use of ATMs, but FIs say they can't afford to.

Global Processing Services turns to iliad for testing platform

December 10, 2015

Iliad's T3 platform is an integrated solution for testing the functionality and load capabilities of payments systems.

TransUnion buys Trustev in $21M deal

December 10, 2015

TransUnion could pay up to an additional $23 million contingent on Trustev achieving specified retention, revenue and EBITDA targets through 2018.