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INNOVATION: FINNOVATE 2014

Stars of Finovate 2014 Finovate Europe, London's biggest annual fintech event took place on 11 and 12 February and drew presenters…

UK’s first bitcoin ATM to launch soon: Report

UK's first bitcoin ATM is, reportedly, set for launch soon, enabling British investors to trade the virtual currency in London.…

Proxama teams up with Crypthomatic to launch a contactless payment product

London-based NFC mobile commerce company Proxama has teamed up with Crypthomatic, a global provider of security software solution, to launch…

UK card spend boosted by Chinese visitors during February

London retailers enjoyed a boom in credit card spend fuelled by Chinese shoppers during the first weekend of Chinese New…

London buses will not accept cash payments from summer 2014

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that London buses will no longer accept cash payments from summer 2014. TfL reported that…

Big Issue vendor becomes first in UK to accept card payments

A Big Issue seller in London's South Kensington has become the first to accept card payments for the £2.50 ($4)…

Mobile versus Mobility – A Digital Banking Club Event

The future of mobile was the theme of the latest Digital Banking Club live event, held at the prestigious Gibson…

Multicom debuts new payment facility with Ixaris

UK-based travel software specialist Multicom has joined forces with Ixaris to debut its new online card payment processing facility, MultiCommerce,…

A touch of magic on the Toronto transit system

Following in the footsteps of Seoul's Upass, Hong Kong's Octopus and London's Oyster card programmes, Ontario-based prepaid transit card Presto…

New UK bitcoin exchange opens

Coinfloor, a new London-based bitcoin exchange has opened its doors in an attempt to bid for a market for high-frequency…

Russian TCS hopes to raise $750m in IPO on London stock market

Russian credit card entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov has made an initial public offering of Tinkoff Credit Systems (TCS) on the London…

Multi-channel consistency key to driving revenue from loyalty

The Digital Banking Club's second live event explored how banks can turn loyalty into revenue by stepping up their digital…

PFS launches Pocket to Pocket mobile app

London based prepaid solutions provider Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) is to launch a Pocket to Pocket mobile application for Apple…

WorldPay to become payments processor for entrepreneurs

London-headquartered payment processor WorldPay has teamed up with UK government-backed scheme Start-Up Loans to become the "recommended" payment provider for…

Contactless payments on the rise on London buses

More than 700,000 London bus users have used contactless cards to buy a ticket to ride since the launch last…

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