US and Iraqi authorities revealed a complex scheme involving prepaid cards that funneled illicit funds to Iranian-backed ...

Armed groups lost access to dollars when a banking loophole was closed. They quickly pivoted to exploit a currency-exchange ...

QRIS has become the king of digital payment channels for local transactions. Visa–Mastercard’s position remains dominant for cross-border payments.

Commuters in Metro Manila will soon be able to ride trains without the hassle of long ticket lines or reloading stored-value ...

The company will also provide license plate readers for parking enforcement employees to check for passes purchased in the app.

Apple users are starting to get ways out of the iPhone maker’s so-called “walled garden" which imposes restrictions and fees ...

The group, which is comprised of AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, plans to bring its contactless payment system to the Utah merchants in “early to mid-2012.” Isis also announced a working ...

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ISIS steals livestock; sells foreign fighter passports; taxes minorities and farmers and truckers; runs a sophisticated extortion racket; kidnaps civilians for ransom payments; loots antiquities ...

ISIS’ estimated assets as of the fall of Mosul in June 2014 $875 mil. ISIS’ estimated major revenue sources in 2014 $600 mil. Extortion and taxation in Iraq $500 mil.