POS Terminals

08 Apr 22 @ 06:30

Worldpay has become the first global merchant acquirer to offer merchants the ability to receive settlement directly in USD Coin (USDC), a fully reserved dollar digital currency. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies... read more

06 Apr 22 @ 16:09

BNPL products are a payments phenomenon, with Grandview Research[1] valuing the global market at €3.6 billion in January 2021, rising to €17.9 billion by 2028 for year-on year growth of... read more

06 Apr 22 @ 11:08

Demystifying Crypto – Shedding light on the adoption of digital currencies for payments in 2022 is a new report, pointing to increasingly positive trends in the adoption of cryptocurrencies for... read more

01 Apr 22 @ 11:33

Whether it’s global warming, resource depletion or the rapid exclusion of populations and communities from resources, our planet is in crisis. In a new white paper, we outline the pressures... read more

30 Mar 22 @ 18:30

As the number of merchants looking to accept digital payments shoots up, cheaper and more capable acceptance systems based on mobile devices are growing fast. James Wood looks at the... read more

25 Mar 22 @ 10:00

7-Eleven stores in Japan are now trialling a new holographic POS system that allows customers to make contactless payments using a holographic screen projected from the self-checkout terminal. Developed by... read more

24 Mar 22 @ 16:40

Nexi has recorded a 122% increase in in-store mobile payments transactions using smartphones in Italy in 2021. The PayTech, which last year processed around 70% of all mobile in-store transactions... read more

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

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

16 Mar 22 @ 15:51

December 2021 card spending data from UK Finance reveals that the average amount spent per contactless card transaction rose by almost 30% following the contactless spending limit increasing from £45 to... read more