E-Commerce

15 Jun 21 @ 15:24

Rapid growth in card issuance and usage, a fast-expanding POS network and growing economies. The Eurasian payments market holds exciting opportunities for all kinds of payments players – so why... read more

11 Jun 21 @ 15:03

The last time the banks and infrastructure providers in the European payments market tried to build a payments network capable of taking on the US companies that dominate the sector,... read more

08 Jun 21 @ 14:37

As some of you may be aware, many of the world’s largest global e-commerce retailers including Amazon, eBay and Etsy were hit by the global web outage this morning. Major... read more

07 Jun 21 @ 16:27

The Bank of England has published a Discussion Paper which aims to broaden the debate around new forms of digital money and seek views on the Bank’s emerging thoughts on... read more

07 Jun 21 @ 15:10

The financial services industry is in the midst of a significant transformation, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. And given the key role digitisation plays in the financial lives of more and... read more

04 Jun 21 @ 15:35

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Europe’s economy. European Union[1] data shows that SMEs account for 99% of all businesses by number across the bloc, while in... read more

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

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

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

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

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

25 May 21 @ 16:23

TikTok is reportedly working to test in-app commerce in Europe, a move that will intensify its competition with Facebook and further blur the line between social media and online shopping.... read more