Payment Methods

News
EMV Migration Forum Offers Solution for Debit Card Transition
May 01, 2014

This framework addresses the fundamental challenge faced by the U.S. debit payments industry: how to implement EMV for debit cards with the flexibility to meet compliance guidelines established by the Federal Reserve.

News
Experts Say Realtime ACH Payments Will Become a Reality Within Two Years
May 01, 2014

Experts Say Realtime ACH Payments Will Become a Reality Within Two Years

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First Data’s Q1 Segment Performance A Mixed Bag
April 30, 2014

Transaction processor First Data Corp.’s first-quarter performance was a mixed bag, as its Financial Services and International segments showed year-over-year revenue gains, while Merchant Solutions (formerly called Retail and Alliance Services) saw revenues drop slightly. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Europe
Contactless Card Use in UK Reach Record Highs
April 30, 2014

UK contactless card transactions reached a record high in March, more than 200 percent from a year earlier.

Alternative Finances
MTN Partners with Tele 10 to Create Mobile Payments Service
April 30, 2014

MTN partnered with Tele10 to add a TV payment service to its payments options.

Alternative Finances
‘Dark Wallet’ for Bitcoin Launches This Week
April 30, 2014

The new eWallet will encrypt bitcoins after a purchase so no one can trace where and who it came from.

Europe
20M British Banking Customers Waiting on mPay Access
April 30, 2014

mPay, which allows users to send up to £250 a day on their mobile phones using only phone numbers and without disclosing banking details, is already available to 30 million British Customers–those who bank with Barclays, Bank of Scotland, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds, Santander or TSB. Get the...

Merchant Innovation
PayPal Volume, Registered Accounts Increase
April 30, 2014

Despite a very active first quarter of 2014 that included, among other things, a very public fight with investor Carl Icahn over the future of PayPal, eBay's Q1 earning came in ahead of analyst predictions. PayPal also enjoyed a very strong Q 1, with total...

B2B Payments
Cards, Regulation and Small Business Financing
April 30, 2014

Thirty percent of SMBs leverage business credit cards to finance their businesses. But the rules and regulations related to interest rates and APRs that protect consumers’ don’t apply to corporate cards. The result is a potentially devastating impact on the ability of SMBs to access...