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New SCA requirements rank low on UK merchants’ list of worries

07 May 21 @ 15:54

Retailers say the coming enforcement of the sweeping online payments regulation – SCA – is the least of their post-pandemic worries, a stance that exposes a stark disconnect with the... read more

Top 20 BNPL nations ranked by e-commerce size and market share

07 May 21 @ 15:16

New research has found that the UK BNPL sector ranks as one of the most valuable on the global stage, despite sitting mid table where e-commerce market prominence is concerned.... read more

New Payments Index: Consumer appetite for digital payments takes off

05 May 21 @ 17:48

As we know, when the world went into pandemic lockdown in 2020, consumers shifted their spending habits to embrace contactless and digital payments and online shopping. As stores closed and... read more

Global smart card market projected to reach $15.7 billion

05 May 21 @ 12:51

The global smart card market size was valued at $10.19 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $15.57 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2020... read more

Banking Circle is already processing 6% of European B2C e-commerce payments

05 May 21 @ 09:00

Banking Circle has reported a significant uplift in payments flow and clients a year after it launched its Banking Licence. At the end of February 2020, Banking Circle received its... read more

Digital Dollar Foundation announces 5 pilots of US CBDC

04 May 21 @ 12:18

The Digital Dollar Project, a non-profit organisation, has announced it will launch five pilot programs over the next 12 months to test the potential uses of a US central bank... read more

The coming crisis in KYC and KYB explained

04 May 21 @ 09:35

A wide range of factors are converging to make Know Your Business (KYB) a major pain point for financial institutions (FIs) in the years ahead. Banks and other FIs must... read more

Biometrics: securing a future for contactless cards

04 May 21 @ 09:15

Digital wallets and account-to-account payments are growing fast – but contactless cards are currently Europe’s most popular way to pay, and will remain central to the payments mix. By now,... read more

Payoneer replaces PayPal in latest agreement with eBay

04 May 21 @ 09:00

As eBay further distances itself from its PayPal relationship and looks to consolidate its payments inhouse, the e-commerce monster has signed a new deal with Payoneer. Payoneer says it is... read more

Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

03 May 21 @ 05:00

Can you actually believe April is over? 2021 is not messing around. The weeks and months are flying by, and that means that brighter times are coming! (Quite literally, summer... read more

European Payments Council requests proposal for real-time fraud platform

30 Apr 21 @ 12:23

As part of its strategy for addressing fraud risks in the context of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes the European Payments Council (EPC), has elected to develop... read more

The future of the internet, e-commerce and payments

30 Apr 21 @ 11:06

The internet has changed the shape of how we live our modern lives and is an incredible thing, and something that continues to develop and improve year on year. But... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more

Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more