M-Commerce

24 Mar 22 @ 13:35

There are rumours circulating that Apple has, or is in the process of, purchasing Credit Kudos with an eye to launching its Apple Card in the UK market. The company... read more

23 Mar 22 @ 10:34

Unauthorised financial fraud losses across payment cards, remote banking and cheques totalled £783.8 million in 2020 according to a report by UK Finance, the industry body. In addition, UK Finance... read more

22 Mar 22 @ 10:07

A new study has found that the volume of global e-commerce transactions made via OEM Pay will exceed 30.7 billion by 2026; rising from 6.1 billion in 2022. This outstanding growth... read more

22 Mar 22 @ 09:37

In late December troubling reports emerged surrounding the European Payments Initiative (EPI) as some European lenders were holding off their plans to join the project. EPI Interim Company, tasked with... read more

21 Mar 22 @ 15:53

Alongside a host of other Western companies, PayPal, Mastercard, Apple and Visa have pulled out of the Russian payments market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with major banks such as... read more

21 Mar 22 @ 15:00

Merchants experienced more fraud in 2021 than 2020, with new types of fraud affecting 62% of merchants. Online payment fraud continues to be the biggest threat with 20% more businesses... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 15:58

Cross-border e-commerce was growing even before the pandemic struck. Lockdowns, travel restrictions and the wholesale disruption of existing brand loyalties over the last two years have given it a further... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 12:44

A new report by card industry body Payments Europe claims Europeans would welcome government intervention to mandate electronic payment. The report also says that, while instant, or account-to-account, payments are... read more

14 Mar 22 @ 15:52

German prosecutors have charged Wirecard’s former chief executive, Markus Braun, and two other former senior executives with suspected market manipulation, fraud, breach of trust and accounting manipulation of the company’s... read more

11 Mar 22 @ 10:49

The GSMA have produced the Mobile Money Regulatory Index (MMRI), a unique tool for the assessment of the effectiveness of mobile money regulatory frameworks. Mobile money provides arguably the most economically viable... read more

10 Mar 22 @ 16:21

US consumer spending maintained positive momentum in February, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment. Overall retail sales excluding auto increased 8.7%... read more

09 Mar 22 @ 12:21

The Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) has called on Congress to investigate Visa and Mastercard’s anticompetitive interchange fees and dominance over the US credit and debit card markets, citing President Biden’s... read more