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Want to grow your payments business? Go East – Eurasian payments are heating up

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

How much are European merchants paying to accept card payments?

24 May 21 @ 14:05

In 2020, a study by CMSPI and Zephyre found that, on average, European merchants were paying more to accept each card payments than they had prior to regulation.1 This significant finding was... read more

European payments in 2021: Cards remain No. 1 for consumers

17 May 21 @ 16:04

Amid rising hype about mobile wallets, P2P FinTech challengers and QR-code payments, this year’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks show a card segment in robust health, with business growing strongly.... read more

Visa facing DOJ antitrust investigation over Debit cards

22 Mar 21 @ 15:40

Its all go for Visa right now, having raised interchange fees in the UK, The Justice Department is now investigating whether it is engaging in anticompetitive practices in the debit... read more

Visa follows suit and raises interchange fees for UK card holders

22 Mar 21 @ 13:32

Visa is reported to be following Mastercard’s earlier decision and plans to increase interchange fees on purchases made by British customers from most of Europe. The company is preparing to... read more

Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks Interview: European Payments in 2021

18 Mar 21 @ 16:47

Amid rising hype about mobile wallets, P2P FinTech challengers and QR-code payments, this year’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks show a card segment in robust health, with business growing strongly.... read more

Intuit set to sue Visa and Mastercard over anti-competitive interchange fees

24 Feb 21 @ 17:33

Intuit, a US business and financial software company that develops and sells financial, accounting, and tax preparation software is reported to be suing Mastercard and Visa for fixing interchange fees... read more

Brexit related interchange fees argument rumbles on

09 Feb 21 @ 16:01

Some of the many benefits that were predicted from Brexit may not realise their early promise and interchange fees may be top of that list! The Prudential Regulation Authority talked... read more

Mastercard hikes up interchange fees for non UK merchants

25 Jan 21 @ 11:20

Mastercard has announced that it will raise interchange fees by about five times the current limit when a UK card holder uses a debit or credit card to buy from... read more

Mastercard faces down $18.5 billion UK Supreme Court interchange fees class action

11 Dec 20 @ 14:15

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that it will allow a $18.5 billion (£14 billion) class action to proceed against Mastercard for allegedly overcharging on interchange fees to more than... read more

Banking on the Balkans: Europe’s last frontier of opportunity?

12 Nov 20 @ 17:55

Combining the rapid growth of emerging markets with Europe’s stable governance, the Balkan states represent a great opportunity for traditional card businesses and banks – as well as fast-emerging digital... read more

BRC Payments Survey point finger at card scheme fees – The facts

21 Oct 20 @ 11:20

Over the last couple of days there have been numerous reports around extravagant card scheme fees paid to the major payment networks, retailers had to spend more than £1 billion... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more