Issuing & Acquiring

22 Mar 21 @ 17:30

With fraud shooting up during COVID-19 and consumer concerns about hygiene and theft on the rise, biometric cards are the best way to secure the contactless transactions now used for... read more

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

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

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

15 Mar 21 @ 18:52

A little over a year ago, rumours started circulating in the press, in which people speculated about the merger of paydirekt and Giropay. The Kwitt service, according to the rumours,... read more

15 Mar 21 @ 17:11

The ECB has recently petitioned European Union lawmakers  saying that they expect to have veto power over the launch of stablecoins and other potentially disruptive cryptocurrencies such as Facebook’s Diem... read more

12 Mar 21 @ 09:08

Two years since its launch, Belgian instant payments are making real inroads in the country. Today, 20 banks process instant transfers, accounting for 95% of all current accounts in the... read more

08 Mar 21 @ 18:21

FICO has released its analysis of UK card trends for January 2021 which highlights a mixed – and perhaps confusing – picture of UK consumer finances. Furlough and forbearance appear... read more

05 Mar 21 @ 13:09

Australia’s eftpos has released details for a national QR code payments network rollout, which aims to provide Australian consumers and merchants with a data-rich payments experience online, on mobile or... read more

01 Mar 21 @ 11:30

New market research on contactless cards from TietoEVRY shows that UK and European consumers are concerned about infection risk when paying in-store, with worries about theft and fraud growing as... read more

25 Feb 21 @ 17:05

European commercial card spending rose by 11% in 2019 to €366 billion and accounted for 8% of the total value of card payments. Charge cards, where transactions must be paid... read more

23 Feb 21 @ 17:00

Throughout history, innovations in money have challenged and altered the structure of the financial system, but perhaps non more so than the concept of a digital euro. Time and time... read more