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17 May 22 @ 16:36

The competitive playing field for banks is evolving quickly, introducing agile new competitors and challenging traditional formulas for success. Customers, not products or business lines, are the centre point of... read more

17 May 22 @ 16:10

Mastercard says it will trial a biometric payment system for physical stores, using facial recognition biometrics rather than contactless cards, smartphones or memorable PINs. The Biometric Checkout Program, as it... read more

17 May 22 @ 11:30

It was widely reported that the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), designed to reign in Big Tech in Europe, has been delayed and will now come into force in early... read more

16 May 22 @ 17:59

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) financing has become hugely popular over the last few years. However, as the industry grows and providers expand their offerings, BNPL fraud is likely to... read more

16 May 22 @ 11:14

The crisis engulfing one of the world’s biggest stablecoins has worsened, inflaming regulators’ concerns over the assets that underpin the global cryptocurrency market. The episode has poured fresh fuel on... read more

13 May 22 @ 13:00

New data from PCM’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks 2022 reveals the overwhelming dominance of debit cards across the continent, with around seven in ten of all cards issued in... read more

13 May 22 @ 10:40

With a combined population of 27 million digitally-savvy consumers, the Nordic region is rapidly becoming a FinTech hotspot. As the Yearbooks outline in detail, the frenetic buzz of activity around... read more

13 May 22 @ 09:45

Work is re-shaping as the pandemic wanes. We don’t yet know where things will finally land and stick, but what does seem clear is that for many formerly office-based workers,... read more

12 May 22 @ 16:32

Yesterday there were amazing report about a man, who had never flown an airplane managing to successfully land the plane as the pilot had passed out…he had plenty of support... read more

12 May 22 @ 14:45

Google is rumoured to be bringing back its Google Wallet product in some form after it made the app part of Google Pay, along with images of the new app... read more

12 May 22 @ 10:10

A new white paper from Compass Plus Technologies argues that when it comes to payments technology platforms modernisation strategies, there is a lot more to consider than just investing in... read more

11 May 22 @ 17:23

In part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of alternative payment methods have been on the rise in recent years – see Payments Cards & Mobile’s Why are “Alt... read more