Visa has announced the launch of a threat awareness programme that looks to assess and combat cyber attacks that constantly threaten payment systems around the world.

The merchant liability shift that came into force this month has caused a number of EMV firms to apply for certification. New York-based Creditcall becomes the latest payment firm to do so, enabling its merchants to become fully EMV-compliant when making cashless transactions.

With the online shopping season about to start, PayPal is lending a hand to millions of consumers by announcing the expansion of its payments platform, whereby the processor will refund return shipping costs to consumers on select online purchases.

TD Canada Trust’s website has left a rather large clue that Canadian citizens could soon have access to Apple Pay, after listing the service as a ‘way to pay’ on its website.

Zwipe, the biometric authentication company, has raised $5m in equity from Photon Future Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the high-tech Chinese holding company Kuang-Chi Group.

European ATM-related fraud incidents went up 15 per cent in the first six months of 2015, compared to the same period in 2014, driven by increases in card trapping and transaction reversal fraud, a new report has revealed.