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Confirmation of Payee reaches 2 billion checks in UK

10 Apr 24 @ 15:57

Pay.UK, the operator of the UK’s national retail payments system, announced that Confirmation of Payee (CoP), has reached 2 billion checks. This is a significant milestone and the volume of... read more

Instant payments significantly boost finances of young adults in Europe

10 Apr 24 @ 15:26

ACI Worldwide has revealed striking new data proving instant payments will boost the financial prospects of young adults in the EU. New research from the Centre for Economics and Business... read more

BANCOMAT and Nexi partner on a new centralized payment infrastructure

09 Apr 24 @ 15:53

BANCOMAT and Nexi have signed a contract for the creation of a new centralised technological infrastructure that will allow BANCOMAT to autonomously manage and optimise the offer of innovative and... read more

Alipay+ builds out International Consumer Friendly Zones program

09 Apr 24 @ 15:13

Ant Group, along with 11 overseas payment partners of Alipay+ and major international card organizations, is set to launch a nationwide program to build International Consumer Friendly Zones across major Chinese... read more

SAMA: E-payments share reached 70% of total payments in 2023

09 Apr 24 @ 15:01

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced that the share of retail consumer electronic payments – one of the Financial Sector Development Program’s KPIs – reached 70% of total retail payments... read more

Visa: Improved dispute resolution vital to e-commerce growth

08 Apr 24 @ 14:04

Online transactions account for a growing proportion of the global economy. While this gives consumers access to a much wider range of goods and services, it also brings an increase... read more

How safe is crypto versus traditional payment methods?

05 Apr 24 @ 12:14

There’s something about talking about internet safety that makes people a little, well, uneasy. One of the major reasons behind it is the fact that it is so easy to... read more

Nuvei agrees to be acquired by Advent International

03 Apr 24 @ 09:30

Nuvei Corporation has announced that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to be taken private by Advent International, one of the world’s largest and most experienced global private... read more

Embedded finance market to hit $228 billion by 2028

02 Apr 24 @ 13:02

A new study has found that by 2028, embedded finance revenue will increase 148%; from $92 billion in 2024 to $228 billion in 2028. This growth is driven by increasing... read more

Huge increase in fake, copycat bank websites

28 Mar 24 @ 18:21

Over 2,000 suspected copycat banking websites masquerading as real banks such as Barclays or HSBC were reported in 2023 as scammers try to part unsuspecting consumers from their money. The... read more

Visa Deep Authorization (VDA): AI infused fraud protection

28 Mar 24 @ 14:39

Visa has announced the addition of three new AI-powered risk and fraud prevention solutions. The new products, part of the end-to-end Visa Protect suite, are designed to reduce fraud across... read more

Card payments no longer the default e-commerce choice for consumers

28 Mar 24 @ 11:53

Boku has released a global research report entitled 2024 Global E-commerce Report: The Changing World of Payments – an in-depth analysis of payment preferences and purchasing behaviours of consumers across the globe. The... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Visa Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure as Credentials Reach 5.2 Billion

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more