Nordea, SEB and Swedbank are the First Banks in Sweden to Issue the MasterCard Digital Wallet for Simple and Safe Shopping Online

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MasterCard launched the global digital wallet MasterPass in Sweden – the first Nordic country to do so. Nordea, SEB and Swedbank are the first banks to issue MasterPass, making the digital wallet available for Swedish consumers. With MasterPass, consumers can easily store all their cards and shipping addresses digitally, making their online shopping safe, simple

UnionPay, La Plus Vaste Société De Carte de Payment Mondiale S’installe Dans Les Pays Francophones D’Afrique

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UnionPay International, la plus vaste société de carte de payment Mondiale avec 5 milliards de cartes en circulation à annoncé un accord avec le groupe bancaire et services financiers La Société Générale qui lui donne une entrée immédiate dans huit pays Francophones: Madagascar, Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Guinée, Sénégal et Chad. Les cartes

Mahindra Comviva Wins Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2015 for Innovation in mCommerce and mMoney

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Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility and financial solutions, announced that it has received the top honors at the prestigious Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2015 for bringing in innovations in both mCommerce and mMoney categories for its mobiquity Money Merchant Payments and mobiquity Money interoperability solutions. The awards were presented to Mahindra Comviva by Dr. Jitendra

Verifone Teams Up With Danish Swipp App to Bring Mobile Payments in Store

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Verifone and Swipp, a leading Danish mobile payment app, announced an agreement to integrate Swipp as an accepted payment method for more than 30,000 Danish merchants using Verifone devices. The development of the app has been supported by more than 70 banks in Denmark. Based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, the service will allow

Will the Interchange Cap on Consumer Cards Boost Commercial Cards?

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Commercial cards, consisting of Business, Corporate, Purchasing and fuel cards, benefit businesses by controlling expenditure and reducing cash handling costs. Nevertheless, according to RBR’s new study Commercial Cards in Europe 2015, in many countries the sector is still not well established, and represents a major, unexploited opportunity for banks. Looking ahead, the issuance of commercial

Vogogo Now an Authorized Electronic Money Institution

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Vogogo announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vogogo EU Ltd, has obtained final authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s banking and financial services regulator, to operate as an authorized Electronic Money Institution (EMI). As an authorized EMI, Vogogo has also established safeguarding accounts with a commercial bank based in Europe and transaction acquiring

Chase Visa cardholders can now use Samsung Pay

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Chase Visa cardholders can now use Samsung Pay to make simple and safe mobile payments, the companies announced. “Samsung Pay gives our customers another convenient way to pay with their Chase Visa credit, debit or Chase Liquid cards,” said Gavin Michael, Head of Digital for Chase. “They choose how they want to pay.” Starting today, Chase

The Safest Ways to Pay for Online Merchandise

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Most people choose online payments over conventional payments. With online trade on the rise, we take a look at some of the safest online payment methods. In the early days of e-commerce, or online payments, there were a lot of worries among people using these services. Fraudulent transactions, identity thefts, were the most serious worries.

CardFlight Announces EMV Approval and Certifications via TSYS for Mobile Point-Of-Sale Solution

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CardFlight, a leader in mobile point of sale (POS) technology announced that its suite of mobile solutions has been certified by TSYS, a leading global payments provider, to accept EMV “chip card” payments. This will enable merchants who process payments through TSYS to accept EMV payments on iOS and Android devices. Effective October 1, 2015,