Issuing & Acquiring

24 Jun 22 @ 15:30

Credit card reward schemes have been in the doldrums for years. With “alt pays” such as account-to-account payments and crypto slowly replacing cards, we ask what’s happening to reward schemes,... read more

21 Jun 22 @ 16:57

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set out its plans showing how it proposes to carry out two market reviews focusing on card fees. One looks at scheme and... read more

20 Jun 22 @ 10:55

In mid-January 2021 the four of Irelands largest banks joined forces to launch an instant payments digital payment app, dubbed Synch, that they intended to promote to help fend off... read more

17 Jun 22 @ 11:47

The India Central Bank has lifted its restrictions on Mastercard issuing new cards in the domestic market, nearly a year after imposing the ban, after it demonstrated “satisfactory compliance” with... read more

16 Jun 22 @ 10:07

When an American online retailer became the first major merchant worldwide to accept cryptocurrency as payment in 2014, it was big news. Since then, digital currency has entered the mainstream.... read more

13 Jun 22 @ 13:05

Despite more than a decade of non-stop innovation in online and digital payments, the majority of businesses are happy to settle for a “vanilla” off-the-shelf card program that doesn’t fit... read more

10 Jun 22 @ 12:44

After nearly two years of painstaking implementation, P27 will soon be ready to transition from working with prospective participants to actual customers. Instant payments are at the top of P27’s... read more

08 Jun 22 @ 09:36

A new white paper from payments infrastructure specialists Tietoevry Banking argues this industry needs to improve its energy efficiency and reduce its environmental impact. In recent years, a number of industries... read more

07 Jun 22 @ 15:21

Apple has launched a BNPL product, announcing the move as part of a range of product updates at its annual developer conference. With Apple Pay Later, iPhone and Mac users... read more

06 Jun 22 @ 09:15

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) has been a payments phenomenon in recent years – however, regulators are now looking at more stringent legislation to protect consumers. While the success of... read more

01 Jun 22 @ 13:02

Mastercard finds itself in the dock with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which has launched an civil action over alleged anti-competitive pricing activity in the card payments market.... read more

31 May 22 @ 15:20

Mark Zuckerberg just can’t leave it alone! The social media company, despite many best efforts to launch a payments platform, has now submitted trademark applications for a digital assets trading... read more