January 21, 2013
Mobile Security: The Downside Of The mPayments Revolution

Mobile payments are becoming increasingly popular as consumers have come to expect and demand multi-channel banking experiences, flexibility and accessibility from their smartphones and tablets. Mobile wallets provide unique experiences...

January 16, 2013
UK Businesses Not Prepared For Cyber Crime

A recent survey conducted by Swivel Secure has found that British businesses have a sloppy attitude to cyber security. According to the research, more than half of all business owners...

January 11, 2013
Shape Security Aims To Change Economics Of Cyber Attacks

Shape Security made headlines last week, securing $20 million in funding in a Series B round from the likes of Venrock, Google Ventures, TomorrowVentures and others. The company raised it’s...

January 09, 2013
Gemalto CEO: Digital Societies Change Lives

As CEO of Gemalto, Oliver Piou oversees a company of more than 10,000 employees active in 190 countries around the world. His company enables clients such as banks, Telcos, retailers...

January 08, 2013
Mobile Payments Struggling In Sweden

Sweden has a very high percentage of smartphone penetration (67%) and a great attitude towards cashless payment methods . Nonetheless Swedes do not seem ready to move to mobile money....

January 08, 2013
Criminals Target EU Cards Abroad

Thanks to EMV technology card fraud has been on the decline in the European Union since 2008. However, in a recent report, Europol has found that it still amounts to...

January 07, 2013
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?

Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or eCommerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...

January 04, 2013
Debunking Some Mobile Payments Myths

Sometimes we take for granted that mobile payments is the way of the future, but for millions of consumers and thousands of small businesses out there, skepticism surrounding the technology...

January 04, 2013
Press Release: FTC confident Google concessions good for competition

In an official press release the Federal Trade Commission has announced a 5-0 agreement to end its longstanding case against Google after the search giant agreed to alter its business...