Alternative Payments (APMs)

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Western & Central Europe: Current economic and e-commerce trends

13 Jun 19 @ 15:22

After years of low inflation making the exports of some euro members uncompetitive, inflation in the eurozone finally hit the ECB’s (European Central Bank) 2% target in 2018. Despite some... read more

Contactless payments continue to rise – £6 billion per month

21 May 19 @ 08:26

Contactless payments are on the rise. Across all markets that have reached a critical mass consumers are starting to understand the value of Tap and Go payments. In the UK... read more

Fraud & friction: Is the payments market ready for SCA

25 Apr 19 @ 08:59

The combat against fraud was an important and recurring topic at the recent MPE, and not without reason. Card-not-present (CNP) fraud remains a focal point of attention for merchants and... read more

Cars the star: Connected cars sought after by consumers

24 Apr 19 @ 12:15

Car makers, Big Tech and suppliers are all jostling to own customer relationships and data in the era of the connected car. Sound familiar? Everything is miscellaneous but somehow connected.... read more

E-commerce payments in UAE set to reach $12.6 billion by 2022

24 Apr 19 @ 10:29

E-commerce payments in the Gulf states, which have grown rapidly in recent years, are set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.1% from AED 31.5 billion... read more

The future of shopping is connected, virtual and augmented

19 Mar 19 @ 16:34

McKinsey has announced the findings of a future of shopping survey conducted with 2,624 consumers in France, Germany, UK and the US. The research entitled, ‘The Future of Shopping: connected,... read more

Real-time payments and the growing obsolescence of cash

11 Mar 19 @ 17:14

According to the World Payments Report, the global volumes of non-cash transaction volumes grew by 10.1%, reaching 482.6 billion between 2015 and 2016. In addition, McKinsey’s recent Global Payments 2018... read more

Payment Card Yearbooks: European payments continue to rise rapidly

04 Mar 19 @ 12:42

Driven by contactless card payments and by increased card usage, in 2017 the number of card payments continued to grow across the 33 countries covered by our PCM’s Payment Card... read more

Global mobile wallet usage mapped

27 Feb 19 @ 21:22

Forecasts predict that by 2022, just 17% of global payments will be made by cash. Meanwhile, digital and mobile wallet usage will continue to rise, accounting for 28% of all... read more

Apple Pay adoption continues to rise as 43% of base now registered

25 Feb 19 @ 17:13

In December 2018 on the earnings call for Apple, analysts were given several incremental data points on the usage of Apple Pay. It may seem like an insignificant piece of... read more

PayPal CEO: Payments market to hit $100 trillion

25 Feb 19 @ 14:33

Dan Schulman, the CEO of PayPal has gone on record with CNBC and said that the digital payments industry may become a $100 trillion market as the financial technology sector... read more

US spending snapshot: Electronic payments doubled year-over-year

25 Feb 19 @ 14:20

The U.S. Spending Snapshot shows growth in consumer spending via electronic payments like credit cards, debit cards and mobile wallets more than doubled year-over-year from the third quarter (Q3) 2017... read more

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Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more

UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Major UK Banks unite to develop digital verification service

30 Jun 26 @ 07:05

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest Group and Santander UK are working with UK Finance in the development of a voluntary ... more