Issuing & Acquiring

17 Nov 21 @ 11:36

Amazon has announced it will stop taking payments from Visa issued credit cards in the UK, citing the high cost of interchange fees imposed by the card company as a row between... read more

15 Nov 21 @ 18:20

New research reveals that in spite of growing positivity, the complete implementation of Open Banking will take financial institutions many years to realise. The survey of 308 executives across 12... read more

11 Nov 21 @ 11:39

Asia is the world’s consumption growth engine—miss Asia and you could miss half of the global picture, a $10 trillion consumption growth opportunity over the next decade. But Asia’s consumer markets... read more

08 Nov 21 @ 10:56

Co-branded credit cards may be in for an uncertain future. While the rest of the payments world is spinning giddily amid a whirlwind of innovation, the co-branded credit card model... read more

04 Nov 21 @ 11:19

Many consultants and analysts have been critical of major retail banks’ performance during the digital revolution. Noting the rise of “digital native” banks built for mobile and internet banking, analysts... read more

02 Nov 21 @ 17:23

Digital wallets are expanding their functionality and credit cards are going to have to evolve to compete. As digitisation gathers pace, mobile devices with digital wallets linked directly to bank... read more

01 Nov 21 @ 14:54

Payments acquirers serving in-store merchants face major challenges, some of which are so significant they need a completely fresh approach. New ways to pay are proliferating, such as digital wallets... read more

18 Oct 21 @ 12:04

There are now some 479 e-money institutions (EMIs) across the European Union and a further 235 in the UK. EMIs store cash for their customers in a digital format for... read more

15 Oct 21 @ 08:51

Cypherium and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have released a joint white paper finding that banks should potentially embrace crypto payments amid the emergence of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and... read more

14 Oct 21 @ 08:30

The Digital Pound Foundation has been launched by a core group of founding members as an independent forum to support the implementation of a well-designed digital Pound and digital money... read more

13 Oct 21 @ 17:02

For more than a decade, the shift to e-commerce and mobile has brought huge amounts of investment into payments. As further fresh investment rounds are announced, PCM asks whether a... read more

12 Oct 21 @ 08:10

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has recently published a technical whitepaper on retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), becoming one of the 82 countries now exploring the move to... read more