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Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

13 May 22 @ 09:45

Work is re-shaping as the pandemic wanes. We don’t yet know where things will finally land and stick, but what does seem clear is that for many formerly office-based workers,... read more

Is the crypto market beginning to run out of runway?

12 May 22 @ 16:32

Yesterday there were amazing report about a man, who had never flown an airplane managing to successfully land the plane as the pilot had passed out…he had plenty of support... read more

Google set to bring back its Google Wallet product

12 May 22 @ 14:45

Google is rumoured to be bringing back its Google Wallet product in some form after it made the app part of Google Pay, along with images of the new app... read more

Red flags to look for when selecting payments technology platforms

12 May 22 @ 10:10

A new white paper from Compass Plus Technologies argues that when it comes to payments technology platforms modernisation strategies, there is a lot more to consider than just investing in... read more

BNPL: The market, the risks and the road ahead

11 May 22 @ 17:23

In part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of alternative payment methods have been on the rise in recent years – see Payments Cards & Mobile’s Why are “Alt... read more

Interview: RS2 a single platform enabling global commerce

11 May 22 @ 11:53

Headquartered in Europe, RS2 have launched a new service as a global full-service payment provider. We spoke to Radi El Haj, RS2 CEO, to find out what this move means... read more

The problems with online payments in Europe — and how to solve them

11 May 22 @ 09:38

Let’s face it: online payments in Europe are far from perfect. Countries such as France, Spain and Ireland still rely heavily on outdated card payments. And even newer methods such... read more

Merchants see substantial losses from unoptimised payments strategies

10 May 22 @ 17:20

A survey of Senior Payments Professionals has found that merchants across a range of industries are seeing substantial losses as a result of unoptimised payment strategies. In the Great Payments... read more

New payment types unlocking the potential of Latin America

10 May 22 @ 11:56

In a region where about half the population still doesn’t have a bank account, new payment types are unlocking the potential of the Latin American market for online merchants as... read more

QR code payments to hit $3 trillion globally by 2025

09 May 22 @ 13:34

A new study has predicted that the global spend using QR code payments will reach over $3 trillion by 2025; rising from $2.4 trillion in 2022. This growth of 25%... read more

Results of the 2021 BIS survey on central bank digital currencies

09 May 22 @ 12:52

Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than half are now developing them or running concrete experiments. In particular, work on retail... read more

Sustainable payments – How green is my card?

06 May 22 @ 10:30

As cash use drops around the world and micro-merchants go digital, card payments are using more electricity than ever, to say nothing of crypto’s voracious energy appetite, so are sustainable... 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

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... 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