Future of Payments:
Mobile banking vulnerability highlighted
Analyst firm Ovum has warned of the need to improve security collaboration
Will NFC transform transport payments?
After years of hearing about the potential benefits of paperless
ticketing for public transport, a workable solution
has finally arrived.
The Payments Cloud
Mobile payments are growing in popularity and accessibility, but what are the risks associated with this technology?
MBNA cardholders get new text message-based account checking and fraud prevention system
Bank of America, Europe’s largest credit card provider under its MBNA subsidiary, is offering a new mobile banking text service to European cardholders, via a partnership with Oxygen8 Communications, the micro-billing and mobile enablement specialist
EPC recognises mobile payments’ potential as alternative to cash and cheques
The European Payments Council (EPC) has published a white paper on mobile payments, highlighting its initiatives for this payments form in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
EBA CLEARING and IBERPAY join up for SEPA
EBA CLEARING and IBERPAY have linked up to activate a link for exchanging SEPA Direct Debits (SDD) between IBERPAY and the STEP2 platform
More focus necessary on PCI DSS compliance
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Compliance must be taken seriously, warn experts, with Visa vowing to tighten up its security rules on smaller companies accepting card payments from 1 July 2010
Latest payments research shows DD growing in popularity and ATMs spreading
New report shows that popularity of Direct Debit in the UK has increased over the last 12 months.
Luup and Temenos form strategic partnership
Mobile payments solutions provider Luup has agreed to integrate banking software Temenos’ TEMENOS T24 banking components as part of its growth strategy
New payment card security technology launched
A new payment card security technology has been commercially launched by Heartland Payment Systems, the US’s fifth-largest payments processor, and is available to merchants and business owners across the US

