Denmark has moved one step closer to becoming the world's first cashless society, as the government proposes scrapping the obligation for retailers to accept cash as payment. How quickly will other countries such as the UK begin to follow suit?

Data from Worldpay, the UK’s leading payments processor, reflects a significant shift in the way British consumers are paying for goods, with High Street credit and debit card transactions rising just over 6% in 2014, following similar gains the previous year.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that it was named a leader in both the IDC MarketScape: North American Mobile Banking Software Solutions Vendor Assessment (March 2015) and the IDC MarketScape: North American Mobile Banking Payments Software Vendor Assessment (April 2015). Fiserv was recognized due to its broad range of implementations, focus on mobile payments and money movement platforms, and high overall satisfaction levels from references.

Xendpay, the world’s first free money transfer service, has today launched a tailored Nepalese Rupee pay-out option to help friends and families all over the world transfer money to loved ones affected by the recent earthquakes in Nepal.

Macquarie Securities, the institutional equities arm of Macquarie Group (“Macquarie”) (ASX: MQG; ADR: MQBKY), today announced it has selected SunGard’s Fox River Execution Solutions (“Fox River”) electronic trading software and infrastructure in the US. By integrating Fox River with Macquarie’s global execution platform and dedicated environment, Macquarie will provide its clients with an independent trading environment, giving them the ability to customize their trading strategies and differentiate their services.

Cardtronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CATM) today announced an expanded ATM services relationship with CST Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CST).

Apriva, the leading provider of secure end-to-end wireless transaction and information solutions, today announced the release of a new software development kit (SDK) that enables Point of Sale (POS) developers to easily integrate payment acceptance capabilities into new and existing mobile applications. Providing seamless integration with Apriva’s secure payment gateway, the newly released SDK allows Android and iOS developers to support EMV, NFC and a wide array of the latest payment options including Apple Pay via their apps by connecting to Apriva’s secure payment Gateway.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that almost half of the respondents (46%) in its most recent Systemic Risk Barometer Study cited cyber security as their top concern and 80% of respondents rated it as a top 5 risk overall.

PROFILE Software, an international financial services solutions provider, announced today that IMSplus - its flagship solution for Investment Management has won the “Best Technology Solutions for Portfolio Management” by the International Hedge Fund Awards 2015. The awards honour the key influencers in the industry, celebrate excellence and achievement in the emerging asset class.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Moven, the world’s first banking service to provide real-time behavioral feedback to help customers change their spending habits and save more, have signed a services agreement to jointly develop next-generation digital banking solutions. In conjunction with the services agreement, the companies have also entered into an alliance agreement to provide digital banking solutions to banks globally, enabling the banks to launch new digital capabilities faster and more cost-efficiently and deliver innovative digital products and services to their customers.