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SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) – developing a new scheme

02 Feb 22 @ 10:25

At its 24 November 2021 meeting, the EPC Board accepted the Euro Retail Payments Board’s (ERP) invitation to act as Scheme Manager for a new SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA)... read more

74% of consumer payments to be handled by non-traditional financial service providers

31 Jan 22 @ 10:16

According to a new study, 74% of consumer payments will be handled by non-traditional financial service institutions (FSIs) by 2030. This figure is an increase from 60% in 2020, putting... read more

Long Read: Payment predictions for an industry in flux

25 Jan 22 @ 12:07

Thanks to the pandemic, consumers have become accustomed to doing almost everything online, accelerating digital transformation and embedding new behaviours. After a 5% in global payment revenues in 2021, the... read more

Infographic: 2022 top trends in payments

07 Jan 22 @ 16:12

In this post we look at the top payment trends for 2022 – 2021 was a year of transition for the payments industry as we moved towards Payments 4.X −... read more

Merchant Services: Taking the $100 billion opportunity before it’s too late

08 Dec 21 @ 09:26

In their 2021 Global Payments Report, McKinsey and Company identify[1] an $100 billion opportunity to provide small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with new payments services. By offering value-added services to... read more

European FIs: A decade to complete Open Banking objectives

15 Nov 21 @ 18:20

New research reveals that in spite of growing positivity, the complete implementation of Open Banking will take financial institutions many years to realise. The survey of 308 executives across 12... read more

Navigating Digital Payments – Reshaping CX by simplifying complexity

05 Nov 21 @ 16:56

The year is 2030. It is a sunny summer morning and you are just finishing a relaxing breakfast together with your family. The doorbell rings for a delivery of several... read more

PCM Feature: Is there too much investment in payments?

13 Oct 21 @ 17:02

For more than a decade, the shift to e-commerce and mobile has brought huge amounts of investment into payments. As further fresh investment rounds are announced, PCM asks whether a... read more

Banks must urgently embrace next generation payments

13 Oct 21 @ 10:14

Payments are entering a new experience-driven era (Payments 4.X), ushered in by an accelerated transformation timeline due to COVID-19 and the growing digital appetite of customers, according to the World Payments... read more

What does this growth mean for the payments sector?

04 Oct 21 @ 15:39

“Acceleration”, “investment” and “hypergrowth” have all been words associated with the global FinTech industry this year. After bubbling away beneath the surface, building momentum, global investment in the FinTech sector... read more

AISPs and PISPs make their mark in Europe – thanks to PSD2

01 Oct 21 @ 11:46

PSD2 took its time to be implemented across Europe, but now that the legislation has been adopted and transposed into most markets, it’s beginning to deliver on what it promised.... read more

FinTechs approach profitability – but will it last?

17 Sep 21 @ 16:06

The FinTech sector – often hyped as the answer to banks’ digitisation woes – demonstrated resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, with leading FinTechs recording double-digit growth despite sector-wide operational and... read more

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ETC Mining and the anatomy of a crypto scam

02 Mar 26 @ 11:25

Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more

Takeover talk swirls as PayPal’s valuation slumps

24 Feb 26 @ 12:45

After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more

Visa and Mastercard accelerate agentic payments through bank pilots

18 Feb 26 @ 13:35

The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more

Stripe and PayPal combination could redefine payments

25 Feb 26 @ 17:55

Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the he... more