All articles by Ellie Chambers

Ellie Chambers

Banca Popolare di Bari and NCR partner for ‘Interactive Banker’ ATM software

Italian lender Banca Popolare di Bari has become the first European bank to announce plans to roll out NCR’s Interactive Banker technology.

Russian Standard Bank and MasterCard launch NFC payments for Samsung users in Russia

Russian Standard Bank, MasterCard and Samsung have teamed up to launch contactless mobile payments on Samsung devices in Russia.

LCL partners with Gemalto for PIN codes by SMS

French bank LCL, owned by Crédit Agricole, has partnered with Gemalto to allow its customers to get their PIN codes by text message.

YouTube accused of failing to block fraudsters’ videos

An internet community called the Digital Citizens Alliance has accused YouTube of failing to block videos selling stolen credit card details.

Proxama and PrePay Solutions bet on store specific mobile apps

Proxama, an international marketing and payments company, has partnered with PrePay Solutions (PPS), to deliver mobile contactless payments to PPS’s customer base.

SumUp launches PIN+ mPOS device across Europe

SumUp has unveiled what it says is the first mobile Chip & PIN device manufactured by a European mPOS company.

The world is your Oyster: open-loop card payments hit London transport network

London’s prepaid transit card system, Oyster, is finally moving to an open loop system, allowing commuters to use their regular contactless credit and debit cards. Ellie Chambers talks to Shashi Verma of Transport for London about the move to open loop, the spectre of card clash and the future of transit cards

Online payments account for 20% of all credit and debit card spend in UK – Barclaycard and IMRG

Online transactions now account for 20% of all credit and debit card spend in the UK, according to Barclaycard and IMRG.

Emirates Identity Authority to pilot retail payments with Emirates ID card

The Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) is about to start testing the use of the Emirates ID Card for retail payments.

Transport for London in second phase of five phase plan to make Oyster open loop

The UK government is only in the second phase of a five phase plan to make London’s transit card network a fully integrated open loop system.