Payment Security
Visa amends rules to help airline industry fight CNP fraud
June 9, 2015 - Visa Inc. announced at a recent meeting of the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC)-sponsored Credit Card Working Group (CCWG) that effective October 2015 it will accept airline-supplied flight manifests as a remedy for fraud payment card chargebacks.
Compass Plus survey reveals industry expectations for mobile technology are immobile
June 8, 2015 - Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has revealed the results of their recent research shows industry professionals believe mobile payments, NFC and contactless technology will reach mass adoption within five years despite previous results indicating they should already be mainstream.
BNY Mellon launches payments analytics
May 18, 2015 - BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has expanded its analytical support for treasury services clients with the launch of Payment Analytics.
US shift to EMV gathers momentum
May 4, 2015 - America will have finally completed the shift to EMV chip cards by the end of 2017, according to a trade body set up to push the migration from magstripe plastic.
Mobile fintech investment soaring
May 29, 2015 - Fintech may be all the rage, but it is in the mobile arena where the biggest bets are being placed, with over $1.1 billion raised globally across 58 financings in Q1 alone, according to data from CB Insights.
17% increase in card fraud losses in Germany - Fico research
May 7, 2015 - New analysis from FICO, the predictive analytics and decision management company, shows that credit card fraud increased last year in Germany.
Payments security groups join forces on chip-education programme
April 30, 2015 - The Payments Security Task Force today joined with the PCI Security Standards Council and the EMV Migration Forum to launch a chip education curriculum and "pre-qualification" program to help streamline and simplify the EMV testing and certification process for Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).
Visa bids to streamline integration between mobile tech companies and banks
May 29, 2015 - Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced a new program that connects financial institutions and technology companies to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of new payment and commerce services.
EMVCo Reports 3.4 Billion EMV Chip Payment Cards in Global Circulation
May 6, 2015 - Number of EMV chip cards deployed in 2014 jumps by 1 billion, reflecting 43% year-on-year increase;
Majority of banks are investing in new payments technology - ACI-Ovum research
April 29, 2015 - The overwhelming majority of banks, retailers and billing organisations worldwide are currently investing or planning to invest within the next two years into new payment technologies and infrastructure, a global survey by payments provider ACI and Ovum has revealed.
Tsys and PAX Technology team on EMV certification offering
May 26, 2015 - Tsys (TSS), a leading global payments provider, and PAX Technology, Inc., a global provider of electronic payment solutions, today announced a new semi-integrated solution that can help simplify the EMV certification process.
MasterCard introduces US chip card migration programme for small biz
May 6, 2015 - MasterCard today announced a new campaign to help the approximately nine million U.S. small businesses already engaged in electronic payments prepare for EMV or chip card technology.
SWIFT paper explores the changing landscape of real-time payments
April 23, 2015 - A new research paper by SWIFT assesses the global real-time retail payments systems (RT-RPS) landscape, provides analysis on the key drivers and trends, and identifies the different approaches, barriers to entry and critical success factors. The paper, entitled 'The Global Adoption of Real-Time Retail Payments Systems' highlights two key interlinked themes; the variety of different adoption speeds and the relationship with core drivers which are leading to the adoption of such systems:
