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Alipay+ integrates 10 Asian e-wallets enhancing cross-border mobile payments

27 Sep 23 @ 16:36

Ant Group has integrated 7 new leading e-wallets and payment apps from Asia to the Alipay+ Program (A+China Program). Users of mPay (Macao SAR, China), Hipay (Mongolia), Changi Pay (Singapore),... read more

Mercedes-Benz introduce in-car payments with Mercedes pay+

26 Sep 23 @ 14:44

Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany can now start the fuelling process directly from their vehicle and pay digitally by fingerprint, eliminating the need to enter a PIN or authenticate via mobile... read more

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

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Visa turns the card into an identity credential

12 May 26 @ 15:44

Visa has launched a new tap-based authentication technology that could reshape how banks verify customers in mobile banking environments. [caption id="atta... more

FCA probes Paypal, Mastercard and Visa competition

07 May 26 @ 16:30

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has opened a competition investigation into PayPal, Mastercard and Visa, examining whether commercial arrangements linked... more

Bank of England Warns DLT Complexity in Settlements

18 May 26 @ 17:07

The Bank of England has found that distributed ledger technology could improve aspects of wholesale payments and settlement, but only at the cost of significant... more