[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] China UnionPay reports transaction volume on its payments network set a new record during the 2016 New Year’s Day holiday (from January 1 to 3). Volume and transactions reached 348.64 billion Yuan and 250 million respectively, up by 26.2% and 16.4% respectively year on year. Among these transactions, offline transactions made…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Atlanta-based Quatrro Processing and Emailage have formed a partnership to empower both parties in leveraging their combined service offerings to provide end-to-end fraud and chargeback solutions that are tailored for merchants of all sizes. Emailage has access to more than 5 billion emails around the world with global coverage for fraud…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida have charged CardReady, a payment processing business with credit card laundering and illegally assisting and facilitating a nationwide debt relief telemarketing scheme that allegedly bilked millions of dollars from consumers. When scammers cannot gain or maintain access to the credit card networks…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] In today’s special mentions: SHIFT4 (EMV); FREEDOMPAY (Microsoft); CARDFELLOW (Square); and SMARTCARD (Bluebird). SHIFT4 – Shift4 has completed certification for U.S. EMV with First Data’s Rapid Connect solution. Merchants can now process chip-embedded credit and debit card payments through Rapid Connect while receiving the security and flexibility benefits of Shift4’s DOLLARS…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] The Financial Obligations Ratio (FOR) for 3Q/15 has declined to 15.31%, the lowest measurement since 1981 and the Debt Service Ratio (DSR) plunged to 10.03%, the second lowest ever recorded in 35 years. According to the Federal Reserve the FOR declined to 15.31% in 3Q/15, compared to 15.33% in 2Q/15 and…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Bank credit card rates are now at their highest levels in four years and poised to head higher in 2016 in the wake of last month’s rise in the Prime Rate. Given more than 90% of U.S issued bank credit cards are based on the Prime Rate, the expectation of further…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] U.K. consumer credit in November grew at an 8.3% annual rate to £178.2 billion. Within consumer credit, credit card lending increased by 6.0% year-on-year (YOY) to £63.1 billion and other loans/ advances increased by 9.6% YOY to £115.1 billion. All figures are seasonally adjusted. The Bank of England says both subsets…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Singaporean payment cards market grew at a CAGR of 3.3% during the period 2012 -2014 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.7% over the period 2015 – 2020. According to a new report from P&S Market Research, the total number of cards in circulation reached 21.3 million by…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] TX-based First American Payment Systems has purchased the entire portfolio of Independent Sales Organization (ISO) accounts and associated contracts from Chase Commerce Solutions (CCS). CCS is the global payment processing and merchant acquiring business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. With 25 years of experience in providing sales and operational support for…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] The Romanian National Police along with Europol and Eurojust nailed an international criminal group responsible for ATM malware attacks. The criminals used Tyupkin ATM malware which allowed the attackers to manipulate ATMs across Europe and illegally empty ATM cash cassettes. This operation, one of the first in Europe against this kind…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Restaurant POS specialist, Toast, has nailed $30 million in second round funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with help from GV (formerly Google Ventures), and private investors. Toast experienced exponential growth this past year. The company recently announced the signing of 1,000 customers in five quarters, and its deployment to fast…
[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] NY-based Crowdster has unveiled a unique mobile donation capability based on ApplePay that enables donors to complete transactions as easy as making purchases on iTunes. Crowdster, is a provider of easy-to-use and low cost online fundraising platforms for non-profits. The Apple Pay application allows donors to use their smartphone to make…
