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Shoppers Could Soon Use Their Veins To Authenticate Payments
Fingopay from Visa Europe Collab uses finger vein pattern authentication technology to provide more secure authentication
Amazon Pulls Its Credit Card Reader
Register is the latest Amazon project on the scrapheap
Worldpay Wants To Use Your Face To Stop Card Fraud
Facial recognition technology in new ‘PED Cam’ set to be used to combat crime
Hilton Investigates Major Card Security Breach Claims
Hilton Worldwide said it is investigating claims that is the latest hotel chain to be affected by a credit card breach
HSBC Suffers IT Glitch On Pay Day
HSBC customers are struggling to get paid following unspecified IT error
Telefónica Mobile Alerts To Prevent Fraud And Blocked Cards Abroad
‘Travel Alerts’ service created with TeleSign lets users verify their location with their mobile, avoiding fraud and inconvenience of blocked card
Can One Atom Change The Banking Arena?
Nic Merriman from Avanade UK tells us why the latest entry to the UK banking scene could be a major catalyst for change
Mastercard Wants To Use Your Face To Pay For Things
New facial-scanning authentication security process hopes to launch later this year
The Critic’s View – Cashless Payments Top Cash Transactions In The UK For The First Time
The UK is edging closer to ditching physical money – but what do the experts think?
Worldpay – It’s Time We Retired ‘E-Commerce’ For Just Plain ‘Commerce’
WorldPay’s Kevin Dallas tells TechWeekEurope how the UK is helping evolve a dynamic and growing online payments industry
UK ‘Cashless’ Payments Overtake Physical Money For The First Time
Cash is dead, long live ‘non-cash’, Payments Council figures find
5 steps to optimise PCI DSS compliance across the supply chain
Kurt Mueffelmann, CEO at IT security firm Cryptzone, explains how you can optimise Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance (PCI DSS)
Gmail Brings Google Wallet Online Payments To The UK
Emailers can now send or request money using Gmail
HSBC Rolls Out Paym Mobile Payments Service For Business Customers
Companies will now be able to receive money directly to their accounts using just a phone number
Fujitsu Looks To Secure Card Payments With Biometric Data
Fujitsu PalmSecure ID Match adds two-factor authentication capabilities for retailers and organisations in regulated environments
Snapcash Lets You Snapchat Money To Your Friends
Snapchat partners with payments provider Square to provide fast payments alongside self-destructing selfies
Mastercard Offers Contactless Card Users Free Friday Tube Travel
Customers using their contactless Mastercard to pay for travel on London Underground this 'Fare Free Friday' will have their journey refunded
Mastercard – We’re Killing Off The Password
Payments company says the end is nigh for password authentication thanks to updated 3DS 2.0 protocol
Mastercard Launches Fingerprint-Enabled Credit Card
Card provider teams up with Zwipe to launch new contactless payments method
Facebook Is About To Enter The Money Services Market
The social network is negotiating with Ireland’s central bank to become a licenced financial services operator
Amazon Shares Fall Despite Rise In Quarterly Profits
A 20 percent rise in sales still led to the company failing to meet expectations on its profits
Amazon Plans Move Into Physical Payments
Online retailer could offer a Kindle-based checkout systems for use in physical shops
Co-Founder Of Liberty Reserve Will Spend Up To 75 Years In Prison
Vladimir Kats pleads guilty to money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting charges
eBay To Buy Braintree For $800m
PayPal and Braintree tech to be combined for über payments business
PayPal Launches ‘Hands Free’ In-Store Payments
PayPal unveils another technology aimed at making payments "all but invisible", launching Beacon
Facebook Plans To Launch Its Own Payment Platform
The yet unnamed service enables mobile payments with Facebook credentials
PayPal Tests Payments Authorised By A Photo
PayPal looks to make the wallet-less high street a reality
Uniqul Launches First-Of-A-Kind Face Recognition Payment System
The start-up wants to disrupt the wallet market
MasterCard The First To Lift “Banking Blockade” Against WikiLeaks
For the first time since the diplomatic cable leaks in 2010, Wikileaks officially accepts credit card donations