EMVCo Enhances EMV 3-D Secure Specification

Technical body EMVCo has publicly released EMV® 3-D Secure – Protocol and Core Functions Specification v2.1.0. The updated document follows the release of version 2.0.0 in October 2016, and includes additional functionality and enhancements to promote secure, consistent consumer e-commerce transactions across all channels and connected devices, while optimising the cardholder’s experience. This version of

Lipetskcombank Launches New Mobile Banking Service with Help from Compass Plus

Lipetskcombank, one of the largest regional banks in Russia, has completed the implementation and launch of its new LKB Online mobile banking application built on TranzWare Mobile Banking from Compass Plus. The bank is now able to provide its customers with a number of new services such as remote payments, the ability to manage their

Visa ID Intelligence Moves Payment Security Beyond Passwords

Visa has announced Visa ID Intelligence, a platform that allows issuers, acquirers and merchants to quickly adopt emerging authentication technologies and create more secure and convenient ways for consumers to shop, pay and bank on their connected devices. Available through Visa Developer Platform, Visa ID Intelligence offers a curated selection of leading third-party authentication technologies

Mastercard Opens-Up Access to Blockchain API for Partner Banks and Merchants

Mastercard has announced that it will be opening up access to its blockchain technology via its API published on Mastercard Developers. Mastercard’s blockchain solution provides a new way for consumers, businesses and banks to transact and is key to the company’s strategy to provide payment solutions that meet every need of financial institutions and their

NCR Launches Indoor and Outdoor Mobile Payment Solution

NCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, has unveiled its new NCR Mobile Payments solution at the NACS Show, the leading convenience and fuel retailing event, held in Chicago from October 17 to 20. The cloud-based solution enables fast mobile transactions for a variety of mobile wallets and card schemes, allowing retailers of all

NCR Launches Indoor and Outdoor Mobile Payment Solution

NCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, has unveiled its new NCR Mobile Payments solution at the NACS Show, the leading convenience and fuel retailing event, held in Chicago from October 17 to 20. The cloud-based solution enables fast mobile transactions for a variety of mobile wallets and card schemes, allowing retailers of all

Securing Legacy IT Systems in the Financial Sector

The rhetoric surrounding mainframes and their uses in modern enterprises tends to be largely negative. Mainframes are seen by many as outdated legacy IT systems that are, or will be, obsolete in the near future as businesses increasingly move to the cloud. However, these notions are one-sided. The reality is that mainframe computing remains alive

BankservAfrica Takes Payment Systems Learnings from Africa to Sibos

BankservAfrica is a key participant at this year’s global financial industry forum, Sibos, to not only take Africa payments systems learnings to a global community, but to also better understand how other developing economies are embracing digital transformation and modernisation in the payments industry. Hosted in Toronto, Canada from 16-18 October 2017, Sibos is the

BankservAfrica Takes Payment Systems Learnings from Africa to Sibos

BankservAfrica is a key participant at this year’s global financial industry forum, Sibos, to not only take Africa payments systems learnings to a global community, but to also better understand how other developing economies are embracing digital transformation and modernisation in the payments industry. Hosted in Toronto, Canada from 16-18 October 2017, Sibos is the

ACI Announces New Fraud Protection Solution with Adaptive Machine Learning

ACI Worldwide, a global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, has announced the next generation of fraud protection with its UP Payments Risk Management solution. Through state-of-the-art adaptive machine learning and an unrivalled approach to shared intelligence, the real-time payments fraud protection solution delivers banks, intermediaries, merchants and telcos the industry’s most powerful