Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov described the implications of the Russian ruble’s devaluation in fall 2014 for the Kazakh economy. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.tengrinews.kz

MPD CEO Karen Webster spoke with OT’s CEO Didier Lamouche on how 2015 has been for the company whose name is synonymous with EMV and securing digital identity. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

U.K.-based payments processor Worldpay is testing out finger vein technology (FVT) in a three-week proof-of-concept trial for use in a high-transaction volume environment. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Ingenico and Aava Mobile partnered to launch a new POS product that runs on Intel technology. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Hidden deep within the recent Google Maps update for version 9.17 are subtle hints that Google is planning to expand certain commerce functionality, specifically around its current gas pricing and amenities search features. This has the tech public speculating wildly…

Blackstone may be gunning for a 15 percent stake in NCR. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Apple is reportedly in talks with major banks and is planning a mobile P2P payment service that would compete with PayPal’s Venmo service. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Remember the QR code? You know, that weird-looking, black-and-white, pixelated image you can scan with your phone? When it first emerged in the U.S. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

The PYMNTS team caught up with experts in the payments field to ask them their views on industry trends, predictions for the coming year and what their ideal payments system looks like. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

5,686,755That’s the number of registered notifications, according to Kaspersky Security Network’s data, of attempted malware infections aiming to steal money through online bank account access in Q3 of 2015. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com