January 13, 2015 - The Smart Card Alliance Payments, Mobile and NFC, and Transportation Councils made significant headway in 2014, educating the industry on the security benefits of smart card technology for a wide variety of payment applications and use cases.

January 12, 2015 - Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE:HPY), one of the nation's largest payment processors, today announced it is the first company to offer a comprehensive warranty that protects businesses from payment card breach losses in the event of a breach.

January 12, 2015 - As the infrastructure for widespread use of in-store mobile payment locks into place across the U.S., the industries involved can accelerate adoption by better educating consumers on the performance and ease of use of mobile pay services, a recent survey by Verifone of U.S. consumer attitudes suggests.

January 8, 2015 - The global technical body, EMVCo, will increase its scope to lead the payments industry in advancing the next generation of 3D Secure (3DS), the online authentication protocol, to support new and emerging technologies in the remote payment environment.

December 22, 2014 - A group of Russian cybercriminals which specialises in gaining access to the internal payments networks of banks has stolen more than $18 million over the past six months.

December 19, 2014 - Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, is today delivering remarks on the new, revised, proposed New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) BitLicense framework for regulating virtual currencies, as well as broader trends and issues in payments technology, at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.

December 19, 2014 - The UK's Payments Council has committed to explore options for incorporating richer data sets alongside business and consumer electronic payment transactions.