April 2, 2015 -The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC) has confirmed that its latest data security standard (DSS) 3.1 update, due mid-month, will mandate businesses move away from Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) web encryption because it's no longer considered strong enough.

March 27, 2015 - According to research commissioned by Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, there has been substantial growth in mobile bill pay offerings and usage over the past year.

March 25, 2015 - The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), the new economic regulator for payment systems, today confirmed how it will regulate the industry from 1 April 2015.

March 24, 2015 - The European ATM Security Team (EAST) has just published its first European Fraud Update for 2015.

March 23, 2015 - The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Defra, is enduring a series of embarrassing headlines after its £154 million system to process farmers' EU subsidy payments has been largely abandoned following a number of problems with its online interface.

March 20, 2015 - A bipartisan group of US House of Representatives members have formed a caucus to investigate payment technologies.

March 13, 2015 - Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today launched its 20-city tour to educate small businesses and consumers about payment card chip technology (also known as EMV technology).