All articles by Ellie Chambers

Ellie Chambers

Allied Wallet and Paysafecard partner to accept more payments

Allied Wallet has teamed up with Paysafecard, allowing its merchants to accept payments made with the prepaid cards online.

EFT Source and Grand Valley Bank team up for instant issuance

EFT Source and Grand Valley Bank have partnered to provide the Colorado-based bank’s customers with instant issuance.

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 is expanding. Ellie Chambers reports from Canada as the scheme gears up for full deployment on the Toronto Transit Commission network (TTC)

Country Survey: Lithuania

Economic slowdown, concerns over card fraud, and a decline in popularity led to a fall in card payments in Lithuania between 2008-2012. Despite the slow, however, forecasts remain positive for the 2013-2017 period, CI reports

Adobe cyber attack saw 38m credit card details compromised

Software company Adobe has admitted that a cyber attack that saw hackers seize customers credit card details was much worse than they originally disclosed.

Royal Bank of Canada and Free the Children launch virtual debit card

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Free the Children have launched a virtual Visa debit card that allows consumers to support the charity.

MasterCard partners with Worldline to roll out MasterPass

MasterCard and Worldline have announced their partnership on the integration and rollout of MasterPass, MasterCard’s digital platform.

Western Union, MasterCard and Lottomatica launch Italian prepaid card

Western Union, MasterCard and Lottomatica, a gaming solution provider, have announced the launch of a reloadable prepaid card in Italy.

South African banks in massive card data breach

A strain of malware has cost South African banks tens of millions of rand in what is already being called one of the worst breaches of customer card data in the country’s history.

ATM fraud up by a third – European ATM Security Team

Fraud attacks on ATMs have risen by nearly a third in Europe, according to a report by the European ATM Security Team (EAST).