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Westpac one of first banks to roll out Tap to Pay on iPhone

19 May 23 @ 11:00

Australia’s Westpac says it will enable Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone contactless payment technology for business customers. Tap to Pay on iPhone accepts all contactless payments, including Apple Pay,... read more

Report: The European payments landscape for 2023

24 Apr 23 @ 09:49

Payments Cards & Mobile’s exclusive annual review of European payments data from 33 European countries confirms the growth of online payments versus in-person, as well as the dominance of debit... read more

Can payments be a profit lifeline for banks?

14 Apr 23 @ 13:16

Think about banking, and you might think Tom Cruise or Michael Douglas in Wall Street – or, more recent movies like The Big Short. Either way, your mental image will... read more

JCB partners with Fiserv to access European merchant network

06 Apr 23 @ 09:57

JCB International says that merchants in multiple European markets will be able to accept JCB Cards, both at the physical point of sale and for e-commerce transactions with participating merchant... read more

Global Payments Report 2023

03 Apr 23 @ 17:08

In 2022, account-to-account (A2A) payments continued to grow across the globe, with the expansion of real-time payment systems helping to provide faster, safer and more convenient payments for consumers at... read more

Kalifa Review is “Work in progress” at two-year anniversary

29 Mar 23 @ 16:04

Launched by former Chancellor and now Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the Kalifa Review into the future of the UK fintech sector outlined five core recommendations: policy and regulation; skills and... read more

BFI: €17.9 billion spent using contactless payments made in 2022

28 Mar 23 @ 11:44

Almost €17.9 billion in contactless payments were made 2022, the highest level recorded since 2016 and a jump of 31.4% on 2021. Online and mobile banking payments continued to surge... read more

Tietoevry Banking finalizes major new payment solution upgrade in Serbia

24 Mar 23 @ 10:00

Tietoevry has completed a major systems’ upgrade for Chip Card, member of Payten, one of the leading payments processors in the Republic of Serbia. With electronic payments becoming more popular... read more

Virtual card transaction volumes to surpass 121 billion by 2027

16 Feb 23 @ 16:18

A new study has found the number of virtual card transactions, randomly generated card numbers linked to a payment account, will exceed 121 billion globally by 2027; increasing from 28... read more

Q&A: 2023 in payments – digital wallets, SoftPOS and CBDCs

14 Feb 23 @ 17:09

The last year saw substantial change for consumer payments. BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later), mobile payments and SoftPOS entered the mainstream, while CBDCs took another major step forward. But what’s... read more

SPACE study: How do Europeans pay and want to pay?

07 Feb 23 @ 18:08

Digitalisation has changed, and will continue to change, the way people make payments. Today’s payment options are in some ways unrecognisable from what was available a decade ago. Using a... read more

Feature: The European payments landscape for 2023

06 Feb 23 @ 18:24

Payments Cards & Mobile’s exclusive annual review of European payments data from 33 European countries confirms the growth of online payments versus in-person, as well as the dominance of debit... 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