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Apple Pay adoption continues to rise as 43% of base now registered

25 Feb 19 @ 17:13

In December 2018 on the earnings call for Apple, analysts were given several incremental data points on the usage of Apple Pay. It may seem like an insignificant piece of... read more

Global card expenditure to reach $45 trillion by 2023 – contactless driving growth

13 Feb 19 @ 16:35

Payment cards were used for purchases with a value of $25.1 trillion worldwide in 2017, an increase of 13% on the year before. Although card expenditure is growing strongly, it... read more

SMART Payments: What have we learnt about best practice in mobile payments?

11 Dec 18 @ 10:37

Apple doesn’t release official figures. But earlier this year, CEO Tim Cook told professional Apple watchers that the total number of ApplePay transactions had passed the 1 billon mark in... read more

PCM Report: Payment fragmentation is the “new normal” across all markets

23 Oct 18 @ 08:46

Research published today and sponsored by RS2 examines the payment landscape across a number of global markets, and finds that proliferating payment channels and the expectations of consumers and merchants... read more

Mobile payments – Learning from the Chinese example

28 Sep 18 @ 09:21

When it comes to mobile payments, China is leaving the rest of the world standing. The trillions of dollars in mobile payment transactions that were carried out by Chinese consumers... read more

2018 Debit Issuer Study: Improved Issuer performance and lower fraud losses

17 Sep 18 @ 16:50

The 2018 Debit Issuer Study found that US consumer debit use continued to grow in 2017, contributing to improved overall debit performance, while fraud losses per transaction declined for the second consecutive... read more

Complexities of the German payments market – could mobile payments become meaningless?

28 Aug 18 @ 11:43

Instead of counting notes and coins or entering a PIN, mobile payments on smartphones have the potential to become a popular method of payment in Germany. Google Pay is already... read more

Report: Consumer adoption of retailer mobile shopping apps and wallets doubles

24 Aug 18 @ 11:59

As mobile shopping continues to grow, consumers are downloading retailer’s mobile apps at double the rate of years past and conducting more in-app purchases, according to new findings from Synchrony. As... read more

Invisible banking is in plain sight – here’s what to do about it

23 Aug 18 @ 13:59

In today’s mobile world, financial institutions are working hard to give their digital offerings an overhaul. They are under pressure from several key factors to do so: firstly, because of... read more

Alternative payments crucial to bringing omni-channel shopping in store

23 Aug 18 @ 12:08

While the phrase ‘time is money’ may seem clichéd, it is becoming increasingly relevant as technology-savvy but busy consumers turn to the Internet and alternative payments to make shopping faster... read more

SMART Payments: Step 1 – Simplify payment complexity

23 Aug 18 @ 11:44

The race to digital is rattling the payment ecosystem with more choice for consumers adding complexity across the payment value chain – from merchants to consumers and everyone in between.... read more

Mobile contactless payment users to grow to over 760 million

02 Jul 18 @ 16:16

The number of people using mobile contactless payment such as Apple Pay or Google Pay will continue to grow to more than 760 million by 2020, with Apple’s digital wallet leading the way, according... read more

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Visa turns the card into an identity credential

12 May 26 @ 15:44

Visa has launched a new tap-based authentication technology that could reshape how banks verify customers in mobile banking environments. [caption id="atta... more

Emerging markets accelerate the shift to cashless payments

30 Apr 26 @ 18:03

Cashless payments are becoming an increasingly important marker of financial modernisation across emerging market and developing economies, with new data from t... more

Santander backs Ebury’s next phase with fresh funding

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Banco Santander has reinforced its commitment to Ebury after taking part in a funding round of about £550mn for the cross-border payments and trade finance fin... more