Mobile payments

09 Dec 21 @ 11:04

Hong Kong is heading towards being cashless as paper money and coins account for no more than 1.6% of POS transactions by 2024, the lowest in the Asia-Pacific region, and... read more

08 Dec 21 @ 09:26

In their 2021 Global Payments Report, McKinsey and Company identify[1] an $100 billion opportunity to provide small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with new payments services. By offering value-added services to... read more

07 Dec 21 @ 09:00

US payments technology is currently lagging behind other regions with lengthy settlement delays, limited mobile money penetration and outdated data management processes. Just 10% of US consumers use mobile payments,... read more

02 Dec 21 @ 17:00

New research reveals an increase in spending among Europe’s financial executives, with 47% saying their Open Banking budgets have risen in 2021. This follows a challenging year in 2020, where... read more

02 Dec 21 @ 10:35

Of the many payment innovations to surface in the past 20 years, the QR code is enjoying a resurgence, having once been viewed as a failed marketing gimmick that became... read more

01 Dec 21 @ 17:20

With inflation surging, consumers’ financial optimism has taken a hit for a second quarter in a row, according to TransUnion’s latest Consumer Pulse study. In stark contrast to the renewed positivity seen... read more

29 Nov 21 @ 18:09

The recent news that a US acquirer had raised concerns about PAX terminal security led a number of Merchant Service Providers’ (MSPs) to ask questions about their approach to next-generation... read more

29 Nov 21 @ 10:07

As we fast approach the peak Christmas period many experts are predicting that the global supply chain crisis is likely to get worse before it gets better. They point to... read more

26 Nov 21 @ 10:02

In-vehicle payments are those where payments are made via vehicle systems, without requiring use of a smartphone to process the transaction. As previously reported by Payments, Cards & Mobile the... read more

25 Nov 21 @ 12:57

Latin America’s digital commerce market is expected to grow by 37% by the end of 2021 and expand at a double-digit pace across the region through 2025. Some of LatAm’s... read more

24 Nov 21 @ 13:18

A significant increase in Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) transactions expected this Black Friday and Cyber Monday is forecast to put businesses and consumers at heightened risk of falling victim... read more

22 Nov 21 @ 16:55

Amazon.com is showing its aggressive side. The e-commerce giant has started a kind of fight with Visa over the costs of using its credit cards, but it won’t confront the... read more