UnionPay Takes Top Spot From Visa in $22 Trillion Global Cards Market

Payment cards worldwide increase by 8% to reach 13 billion in 2015 New research from RBR shows that the number of payment cards in circulation worldwide increased by 8% last year to 13 billion. Although still impressive, the growth rate fell from 11% in 2014, following a slowdown in the expansion of the Chinese market.

4 Trending Digital Payment Methods: Is Your Business Ready For Them?

diverse and prominent generation in the US population. As a generation heavily influenced by technology, their buying habits and expectations are all formed via the immediacy that smartphones, Internet, and modern conveniences engender. Businesses and consumers alike are interested in faster, safer, and more convenient payment methods, as cash is becoming obsolete and credit cards

How Financial Services Can Capitalise on the Gold Mine that Sits within Big Data

So what do Data Product Managers do? These rare individuals combine expertise and skills across six fronts: big data and analytics; commercial acumen; agile execution; design; digital; and customer experience. Working across the product lifecycle, they help to translate the output of a data scientist into authentic intelligent experiences for the customer. In concert with

Easier Online Transactions for Consumers using AXS Internet and Mobile App, with Masterpass

How it works: on the homepage of the AXS m-Station, there are two new options on the main menu – “Pay by Masterpass” and “Pay by Mastercard”. For consumers new to Masterpass, they can click on the link at the bottom of the screen for a one-time registration and create their Masterpass wallet. Once a

Mahindra Comviva’s New and Upgraded Mobiquity Wallet 2.0 Enables Trusted Digital Payments Ecosystem

Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, announced the release of the new and upgraded mobiquity Wallet 2.0.  The second generation of mobiquity Wallet will offer digital wallet providers the flexibility to adapt quickly to evolving customer needs, meet business and regulatory expectations and focus on monetization strategies. Pioneers in the mobile financial

Payment Community Engagement in the Development of the EMV Specifications Increases

Associates Programme has increased significantly over the past twelve months. Twenty-five new organisations have joined the programme, which enables them to actively participate in discussions to manage and evolve existing and future EMV Specifications for payment technologies. New Business Associates: APCA, Merchant e-Solutions, Netflix, Worldline. Business Associates comprise of merchants, payment networks and other organisations