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World Payments Report: Non-cash transactions continue to rise

15 Sep 23 @ 14:42

Non-cash transaction volumes maintained upward momentum as consumers and businesses adopted digital payment schemes. The World Payment Report 2023 estimates suggest that from 2022 to 2027, non-cash transaction volume growth will... read more

Half of all UK payments now use debit cards

15 Sep 23 @ 09:53

The total number of UK payments (consumer and business) in the UK last year increased to 45.7 billion, up from 40.4 billion in 2021. Payments made by businesses accounted for... read more

X moves into Super App territory with new payments licenses

31 Aug 23 @ 16:09

For several months now Payments Cards & Mobile has been covering the fast moving change in direction of Twitter (now X) from a messaging platform to a mobile payments Super... read more

Canadians leave wallets at home – mobile payments surge

29 Aug 23 @ 15:55

Canadians’ reliance on their smartphones continues to increase. Interac data reveals a 53% jump in the use of Interac mobile payments in stores and a 17% surge in its use for... read more

Study finds Debit Issuers focused on digital payments

22 Aug 23 @ 13:02

The 2023 PULSE Debit Issuer Study, finds consumer demand for digital payments, mobile self-service capabilities and fraud management is commanding the attention of financial institutions. Following the volatility experienced during... read more

Chinese super apps open door to Visa, Mastercard and others

22 Aug 23 @ 09:00

Visa and Mastercard are now to be integrated into the accounts of China’s most popular super app platforms, allowing card holders on the international brands to pay for goods and... read more

From cashless to super apps: Exploring fintech trends

10 Aug 23 @ 13:00

Fintech services continue to change, accelerate and improve the way we conduct our financial practices Technological innovations in fintech are continuing to evolve, as we reach the halfway point of... read more

Is Paze ready to fight Apple and PayPal

03 Jul 23 @ 13:11

Early Warning, the bank-owned operator of the peer-to-peer payments platform, Zelle, officially entered the digital payments gold rush earlier this year when it announced plans to create a new digital wallet... read more

Five ways cards and phones can work together to make payments better

20 Jun 23 @ 14:16

Industry hype is focused on digital wallets and alt-pays – but in a new white paper, Nordic payments leader Tietoevry outlines five ways the mobile phone and payment card can work... read more

Banks can improve profitability and customer service with phygital

19 Jun 23 @ 11:29

The first blog in this series explains why consumers love phygital payments – the blend of physical and digital payments that delivers superior convenience, flexibility and security. Now global security technology... read more

Report: Business Payments Barometer 2023

15 Jun 23 @ 14:41

Bottomline, in their annual Business Payments Barometer report, reveals that finance leaders in Great Britain and the United States are facing a tough operating environment, with over 80% of businesses... read more

Spoiled by war – Conflict hits Eurasian payments market

14 Jun 23 @ 17:16

Payments Cards & Mobile’s exclusive research into payments markets in 10 Eurasian countries reveals seismic change in the Eurasian payments market caused by the war in Ukraine. As our research... read more

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ETC Mining and the anatomy of a crypto scam

02 Mar 26 @ 11:25

Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more

Takeover talk swirls as PayPal’s valuation slumps

24 Feb 26 @ 12:45

After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more

Visa and Mastercard accelerate agentic payments through bank pilots

18 Feb 26 @ 13:35

The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more

Stripe and PayPal combination could redefine payments

25 Feb 26 @ 17:55

Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the he... more