Gangsters cutting off enemies’ fingers to access secret locations and spies lifting fingerprints from martini glasses - the imagination of...

It’s no secret the payments world is immensely complex. But the extent of the testing and certification behind the card...

After years of predictions and goals set for “2020”, it feels quite surreal to have finally welcomed in the year...

In 2018, we wrote: “Biometric smart cards are emerging as the next innovation in payment cards.” Jump forward a year...

The deadline hanging over Europe is finally here. No, not Brexit, but PSD2’s September 14 mandate for the implementation of...

With 2020 in sight, now is the perfect time to pause and reflect on the past three months and see...

When it comes to new payments technologies, it’s often difficult to know what consumers are thinking, and banks have a...

The UK is at the forefront of the financial services revolution. With one of the world’s highest contactless card adoption...

France has long been the pioneer of smart card technology: from the patenting of the first microchip, to the pivotal...

The smartphone sits at the heart of modern China. With the success of AliPay and WeChatPay – both boasting hundreds of...