One-Time Passcode Cards Still Seeking To Authenticate Their Niche
January 28, 2010 As more consumers use the Internet to shop and bank, display card companies say the need to improve security through better...

For Card Networks And Processors, Micropayments More Than A Game
January 27, 2010 More companies are looking to expand their services to capture small-value electronic payments gaining in popularity among...

Tracking Contactless Payments Growth in Europe
November 20, 2009 Reliable data is hard to come but if current reports are any indication, even a partial migration to contactless payments by...

NFC 'Add-On' Links Smart Phones, Contactless Pay
November 23, 2009 PARIS — The start-up technology vendor Zenius Solutions Inc. has developed a way to add contactless payment capabilities...

Life's Inevitables: Taxes, And Cards
November 19, 2009 As more governments seek greater revenue, many are beginning to let consumers use cards, ATMs and even mobile phones to pay...

Prepaid Voucher Firms See An Opening In Online Transactions
October 27, 2009 When Ukash began selling its prepaid vouchers in Ontario, Canada, in early October, the British firm's first push into North...

U.S. Stays On Sidelines As Other Nations Make EMV Game Plans
October 23, 2009 A few years ago, asking whether the United States ever would move to the EMV antifraud standard for chip cards was all but...

TSYS Debuts Acceptance System For Smart Phones
October 14, 2009 Total System Services Inc. has launched an application that enables merchants to accept card payments through smart phones.

Europeans Prepare to Vie With Visa, MasterCard Networks
August 10, 2009 European payments executives are developing at least three networks that would compete with the systems operated by Visa...

Contactless Payments: Smooth Sailing, So Far
December 1, 2005