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Payment cards are dead – Long live the card!

13 Feb 24 @ 18:21

At Payments Cards & Mobile we have long been supporters of a role for payment cards in the overall payments mix, thanks to our own Payment Yearbooks which show card... read more

Banks finally migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud technologies

08 Feb 24 @ 18:42

 NTT DATA has announced a new global banking research report entitled “The Digital Horizon: Banking’s Shift from Mainframe to AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure”. The research has unveiled findings from a survey of... read more

Phygital Payments: What are the trends for 2024

07 Feb 24 @ 19:19

As digital channels grow in importance, a new buzzword rears its head: phygital payments – a blend of the physical and digital – but is phygital  really a thing, or... read more

Growth is out there… so why are traditional players struggling?

05 Feb 24 @ 18:13

New research shows that growth opportunities across the payment sector are better than they’ve been in a long time – but traditional “big players”, from banks to processors and retailers,... read more

€35bn of customer deposits across Europe held by EMIs

01 Feb 24 @ 17:43

A new report on the Electronic Money Institution (EMI) market in the UK and Europe finds that EMIs now hold deposits of €35 billion across Europe—an increase of 84% from... read more

Contactless biometric card provider Zwipe taps out of payments

31 Jan 24 @ 18:01

Since as early at 2015 Payments Cards & Mobile has been reporting on the growing trend of securing contactless cards with biometrics. In 2021 we reported on market research on... read more

How to make phygital happen for your clients – and why it matters

11 Jan 24 @ 14:34

A new white paper from payment technology specialists Giesecke+Devrient outlines the steps banks should take to deliver phygital payments for their customers – and the benefits that will accrue to those... read more

High growth market: Thai potential

10 Jan 24 @ 18:13

As part of new series on high-growth Asian markets outside China, James Wood looks at Thailand, asking what’s next for a country that’s seen P2P and digital wallet payments soar.... read more

Report: Payments preferences of Latin American consumers

04 Dec 23 @ 13:16

The digitalization of the economy has gained more and more momentum around the world and the Latin American and Caribbean region has not been left behind. In an ever-changing world,... read more

Banks are undervaluing their greatest asset – their customers

01 Dec 23 @ 11:14

A new white paper from leading European payments company Nexi says that banks are consistently undervaluing their most precious asset – their customers. By leveraging digital payments, banks can differentiate themselves... read more

Snapshot: UK credit card market report

28 Nov 23 @ 13:27

Following a summer of inconsistent consumer spending and credit card management in the UK credit card market, September 2023 saw the average spend on credit cards fall slightly, albeit it... read more

JCB partners with FrenchSys to boost card acceptance in France

28 Nov 23 @ 10:58

JCB International has announced a partnership with FrenchSys, a subsidiary of CB-Investissements (CBI), to facilitate a greater JCB certification process for payment terminals across France. This alliance helps banks, terminal... 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