US-based digital banking start-up Simple has been acquired by Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina (BBVA) for USD117m in cash.

Ingenico and Samsung have teamed up to offer an integrated mobile payment solution. The new alliance will enable merchants and retailers to benefit from a seamless mobile payment system.

NCR has entered a multi-million dollar agreement with Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the Middle East. The five-year agreement will look to change banking services in Dubai with NCR software platforms and innovative retail banking solutions.

ABnote, a card manufacturer and provider of NFC and Trusted Service Manager (TSM) based solutions, has announced it will integrate its existing TSM service with SimplyTapp’s Host Card Emulation (HCE) platform.

Proxama, the platform provider of mobile proximity marketing, mobile wallet and payment solutions, has announced its partnership with Cryptomathic, to launch a mobile contactless payment solution, called EMV Tokenised Transaction (EMV-TT).

SecureKey has been chosen by the Royal Canadian Mint to provide device-based multi-factor user authentication for its new MintChip cloud-based digital currency.