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Decoding Response Codes: How to boost payments performance

04 Jun 21 @ 09:39

Payments can fail for multiple reasons. The challenge merchants face is understanding why. The best way to gain that understanding is to have access to the response codes generated by... read more

Russia’s Mir demonstrates excellent growth – supported by State mandates

03 Jun 21 @ 11:38

Mir – a payment service provider introduced in Russia in late 2015 – is carving a place in the market as a serious provider. Since it launched it managed to... read more

Important: As ransomware demands explode cyber insurance companies rethink premiums

03 Jun 21 @ 11:08

Cyber attacks began to climb last year, but big ransomware strikes over the past two months have convulsed the insurance market. Ireland’s healthcare system, a key US fuel pipeline and,... read more

EU planning on launching 27 state-wide digital wallet for private and public services

02 Jun 21 @ 11:23

As the race for digital ID supremacy hots up, the EU is set to unveil detailed plans for a bloc-wide digital wallet following requests from member states to find a... read more

US leads UK in 3DS2 use for payment authentication

02 Jun 21 @ 09:59

The US is beating the UK in the rollout of the 3D Secure 2 (3DS2) multi-factor authentication protocol, new data from Ravelin shows. 68% of transactions in the US now... read more

Signicat acquires Encap to create digital identity and authentication powerhouse

02 Jun 21 @ 09:00

Signicat has acquired Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) specialist Encap Security from AllClear ID. With Encap’s secure mobile app-based authentication solution, Signicat ensures SCA compliance across the full customer lifecycle. The acquisition... read more

Paytm plans India’s biggest ever IPO at $3 billion

01 Jun 21 @ 11:56

India’s leading digital payments provider, Paytm, is planning to raise about $3 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) in India later this year, in what would be the country’s... read more

Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

31 May 21 @ 08:00

Have you been thinking about making a change lately? We don’t blame you! Having spent almost 18 months in some form of lockdown, it feels like now is the right... read more

Worldline continue acquisition spree with purchase of Greece’s Cardlink

28 May 21 @ 14:08

Worldline has announced the signing of a bidding agreement for the acquisition of 92.5% of the share capital of Cardlink, the leading Network Services Provider in Greece. Greece: an attractive payment market With a cash... read more

eBay allows sales of Non-Fungible Tokens on platform

28 May 21 @ 11:15

eBay has announced it will allow the sale of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) for digital collectibles like trading cards, images or video clips on its platform, the first e-commerce company to... read more

Another week – another Central Bank CBDC feasibility test

28 May 21 @ 11:05

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced it will explore the feasibility of a general purpose or retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). South Africa was one of the... read more

Cashless countries: Which are the forefront of the cashless revolution?

27 May 21 @ 09:42

Using data from the World Bank and the largest debit and credit card providers, money.co.uk can reveal the most cashless economies in the world. The company indexed the following five... 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