| The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has announced the findings and recommendations from a study on developing an NFC-based mobile money program. Along with laying out requirements for a mobile payment scheme, the study reaffirms Hong Kong's promising … | |
| Hungary is planning to launch a mobile payment system nationwide, according to the Budapest Business Times. The National Mobile Payment System will allow Hungarians to pay for transit tickets through mobile devices. The Nemzeti Mobilfizetési … | |
| Reflecting issues faced by nations worldwide trying to implement mobile payment programs, Ghana's National Communications Authority, the governing body responsible for overseeing that country's telecommunications industry, is working with the … | |
| The playing field for U.S. legal tender and virtual currencies has just been levelled a bit. The U.S. Treasury, through its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, has issued guidance clarifying that while users of virtual currencies (such as bitcoin … | |
| Almost a year after holding a workshop on mobile payments, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a staff report on the issues it believes consumers and companies are dealing with when adopting mobile payment services. The report, like the workshop … | |
 | Mobile payments haven't even been widely adopted in the brick-and-mortar world, but it's never too early to assert intellectual property rights, it seems. For instance, carrier biller PayOne has filed a lawsuit against The Home Depot Inc. claiming … |
| Square seems to have run afoul of state regulators in Illinois. The mobile POS provider has been issued a cease-and-desist order from the state for "transmitting money without a license." The order was brought to light by former Citigroup executive … | |
| Visa wants to make payments easier, or at least easier to understand. The payment giant announced the launch of a new partner program that it said is intended "to accelerate the introduction of innovative payment solutions globally and further drive … | |
| Showing someone a road map is one thing; it's up to them to follow it. And it looks like U.S. merchants, acquirers and processors may not be following the EMV-migration "road maps" issued by the major payment networks. At least that's the … | |
| As President Obama officially submitted Richard Cordray's renomination as director of the CFPB to Congress on Friday, eight states joined a suit challenging the constitutionality of key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act — including its creation … | |
