consumer payments
RSS consumer paymentsElectronic ticketing on the cards for Atos Origin?
News Atos Origin is looking for future growth through its UK card payments and ticketing businesses.silicon.com Financial Services He said: "One of our largest areas of operations is payments in the transport vertical. [29 Jul 2008]
NFC payments to reach tipping point in three years?
News The market for contactless mobile payments using near field communications (NFC) is set to reach a tipping point over the next three to five years, according to a new report by Juniper Research. But NFC take-off is still dependent on the mobile... [18 Jul 2008]
Gelco Delivers B-to-B eCommerce Trade Management Solutions
White Paper Together, Gelco solutions provide an innovative approach to immediate, online trade funds payment and tracking; business rules validation; seamless field/headquarters coordination and management of the entire trade promotion process, including... [03 Jul 2008]
Mobile payments to hit $300bn by 2013
News The annual gross transaction value of payments made via mobile phones to buy digital and physical goods is set to grow more than fivefold over the next five years, analyst house Juniper Research is predicting. [01 Jul 2008]
Faster payments ends wait for bank clearance
News According to analysts, because of the tradition of free banking services and the consumer desire for greater transparency, faster payments services will most likely be offered free to consumers, leaving banks with little opportunity to recoup... [27 May 2008]
Developer Security Best Practices
White Paper This paper provides information about payments industry security initiatives and other best practices that are recommended to developers for incorporating the highest levels of data protection in their various payment applications. [13 May 2008]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment In other words, for customers who use the bank purely for payment transactions, settle credit card payments in a timely fashion, and do not overdraw their accounts beyond agreed limits, the bank's services - which could include cheque, credit card... [12 May 2008]
Faster Payments Service: Impact on IT Systems and Testing for Compliance
White Paper The existence of Faster Payments Service (FPS) demonstrates the ability of the financial sector to listen to the concerns of consumer bodies and respond to these concerns without the need for recourse to legislation. [24 Feb 2008]
Mobile malware: The threat exists
News Users are most concerned about the security of mobile banking and payments services (55 per cent), followed by multimedia services and mobile tickets/vouchers. More than 86 per cent of mobile users have at least some level of concern relating to... [11 Feb 2008]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News This is after a major regulatory reform has been accomplished and plastic cards make more in-roads into cash payments. Gartner's forebodings for cash were made real with a number of commitments from credit card companies to introduce small-payments... [17 Dec 2007]
Nokia-Qualcomm licence deal runs out
News As such, the arbitration demand states Nokia must continue its payments to Qualcomm. But the payment has not been entirely welcomed by Qualcomm, which said: "Nokia has no more right to unilaterally set a price than the average consumer has a right... [10 Apr 2007]
Mobile banking rings the changes
News I think the areas that will go offshore are the back office functions for payments, consumer credit applications and mortgage processing. More mobile banking options and a rethink of bank offshoring are two of the big changes that are likely to hit... [05 Apr 2007]
Cash still king - but contactless cards challenge
News Sandra Quinn, director of communications at payments industry body Apacs, which carried out the research, said despite the consumer's continuing love affair with cards, cash remains the first choice for small value payments. [13 Mar 2007]
Leader: Why cash will be weighing us down for years
Leader And now rather than hand over some cash or write a cheque it is possible to make a purchase by tapping a teller's till with your wallet or mobile phone using contactless and near field communications (NFC) payments. [12 Mar 2007]
Leader: Let's make everyone tech-literate
Leader And yet still a third of us can't manage to programme one, according to a survey commissioned by online payments company PayPal. Amazing though it may seem, video recorders have been a widespread consumer gadget for 27 years now. [25 Jan 2007]
