Walmart Pay ready for a close-up

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

Consumers can access the new system through the retailer's existing mobile app; the system relies on QR code technology to complete a purchase at the physical…

NMI intros fully brandable payment gateway platform

December 9, 2015

The company says its FACenablement offering saves payment facilitators the time and capital required to engineer a payment platform from the ground up.

TMG: Digital payment booms over Thanksgiving weekend

December 8, 2015

The Members Group has seen a steady rise in card-not-present transactions as a portion of purchases over the holiday weekend — from 15 percent in 2013 to 2…

Bank South Pacific to retain Euronet ITM for acquired operations

December 8, 2015

The FI will retain existing Euronet ITM Payment Hubs in Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands following the acquisition of Westpac Bank operations in those…

MasterCard, Visa payment card share rising in Europe

December 8, 2015

A new study by RBR finds that 90 percent of the euros spent via payment card in Europe were on a Visa or MasterCard-branded card — the highest share of any…

Hybrid architecture for ATM networks: It’s music to a CIO's ears!

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

With options, choice, and better use of resources, services at the lowliest ATM can expand in a manner that turns more ideas into greater business value faster.

CUSO logs Cyber Monday network volume 'on par' with 2014

December 2, 2015

At its peak, traffic for ATM, branch, credit and debit activity on the Co-op Financial Services network topped out at 258 transactions processed within one…

5 ways payments will be different in 2024

A study by Payments UK makes bold predictions about changes in the payments mix from 2014 to 2024. (And says cash still won't be dead.)

Cosmos expands ATM, payments capabilities with SmartVista

November 30, 2015

The solution consolidates disparate systems into one platform to increase speed to market for new functionalities and products, BPC says.

JCB EMV application identifier achieves first US certification

November 23, 2015

The company's AID is now set for acceptance in the US by Global Payments Inc.

Chase among latest issuers to add Samsung Pay support

November 23, 2015

Navy Federal Credit Union also is a new Samsung Pay supporter.

Europe's YourCash taps TNS for fleetwide ATM communications

November 20, 2015

Terms of the agreement call for TNS to handle the majority of the transactions and communications from the YourCash ATM estate in the U.K., the Netherlands and…

ATM card activation a snap with new mobile app feature

November 16, 2015

Aussie FI Westpac has added a feature that lets customers activate a new debit or credit card using the camera in their smartphone.

NCR, First Data partner in strategic agreement

November 16, 2015

First Data will offer cybersecurity and payment processing solutions to some NCR customers; NCR will offer ATM hardware and services to First Data FI clients.

Pathways to payment transformation

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Three industry experts discuss compelling reasons and real-world strategies for moving legacy systems into the digital, omnichannel future.

Notes to self: UK ATMs log record number of cash withdrawals

November 12, 2015

The UK's ATM network toted up more than 183 million cash withdrawals in October — translating to a rate of 4,000 dispensing transactions per minute for the…

Switch Commerce, Blue Star team up to offer donation platform

November 12, 2015

The ATM processor has joined with the Dallas Cowboys payment network to offer a free mobile and online donation platform for use by charitable organizations.

FIME tool automates complex EMV terminal integration testing

November 11, 2015

The company says that its Savvi test solution is the first terminal integration tool to provide end-to-end project automation across multiple payment systems.

GPS steps up fraud prevention with StrongHold risk management

November 11, 2015

The multinational processing company says it has teamed with Latvia's D8 Corp. for real-time management of fraud incidents.

Bubbling to the top — champagne time for NonStop!

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

There are few ATM networks today where a NonStop isn't involved, so I expect a big turnout for HPE's NonStop Technical Boot Camp in San Jose, Nov. 15–18.