Issuing & Acquiring

23 Apr 20 @ 15:49

Due to COVID-19, over the past few months, nationwide restrictions on travel, work, and leisure across most European countries have led to a dramatic drop in consumer spend. Meanwhile, repayment... read more

21 Apr 20 @ 19:10

In a global first, all the major UK acquirers have come together to show collective support for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and share their views on what businesses... read more

20 Apr 20 @ 15:46

It has been rumoured that Google is developing a physical and virtual debit card allowing consumers the flexibility to make payments at places that aren’t equipped with POS terminals. The... read more

20 Apr 20 @ 12:09

Payments Europe welcomes that the European Commission has started assessing the impact and consequences of the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) and has written a paper to support this. The European... read more

16 Apr 20 @ 08:30

A UK cybersecurity startup, swIDch, has announced an alternative technology to overcome the limitations of numberless cards by using dynamic PANs (primary account number), thereby creating a new security environment in... read more

15 Apr 20 @ 10:35

Compass Plus has successfully migrated Network Internationals 12 Egyptian issuer processor clients (banks) to Compass Plus software from legacy infrastructures, applying its experience and expertise from similar global projects. Seeking... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 10:15

As an insight to how far digitisation has come, Curve announced that it will no issue a new credit card without numbers printed into its design. The banking platform, which... read more

02 Apr 20 @ 16:08

As the catastrophic human costs of the coronavirus come into clearer focus, so too do the consequences for people’s well-being beyond the immediate imperative to safeguard lives. Taking care of... read more

30 Mar 20 @ 10:25

The adoption of the revised Payment Services Directive, PSD2, in January 2018 first set the stage for Open Banking in Europe. Since that time, Europe has had a unique legal... read more

12 Mar 20 @ 12:37

Nets has announced the acquisition of Polskie ePłatności (“PeP”), a leading Polish merchant acquirer with an installed base of more than 125,000 POS terminals, offering a broad set of payment... read more

05 Mar 20 @ 17:00

It’s one of the largest and most diverse regions on the planet. Nearly 2,000 native languages are spoken. Europe, the Middle East, and Africa is a designation that eludes simple... read more

05 Mar 20 @ 16:46

At first glance, the credit card market looks healthy. In 2018, the average return on assets (ROA) for credit card issuers was 3.8%, more than twice the average ROA of... read more