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Discover’s partnership strategy: fostering innovation and growth

09 Feb 22 @ 10:49

In the second of a two-part series on partnerships in payments , Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM) caught up with Jonathon Gould, Regional Managing Director, Global Acceptance, Asia Pacific at Discover... read more

Open Banking and Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) – what’s next on the roadmap

09 Feb 22 @ 09:39

The continued roll out of Open Banking is seeing its next major step forward as the nine largest banks in the UK (the CMA9) prepare for the implementation of Variable... read more

8 out of 10 card payments now contactless in the Nordics

08 Feb 22 @ 12:25

New data on card payments and in-app card mobile payments in 2021 have been released by Nets. In the Nordics – a region renowned for being a digital payments pioneer... read more

Digital ID infrastructure is key as payments become transparent

08 Feb 22 @ 10:49

Remote and contactless payments popularity with consumers grew during the pandemic, which is prompting the need for a robust digital identity infrastructure in the Payments 4.X era.1 In the connected... read more

Open Banking will be here sooner than you think – Here’s why

07 Feb 22 @ 17:21

A new report by European Open Banking services provider Tink finds much positive sentiment about the greater competition and wider palette of services Open Banking will bring. Such breathless optimism... read more

Half of the world’s population will use mobile wallets by 2025

07 Feb 22 @ 15:00

In 2019, mobile wallets overtook credit cards to become the most widely used payment type globally. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic became another accelerant of the continued digitization of the... read more

Digital & Card Payment Yearbooks: Cards – past their peak?

04 Feb 22 @ 16:12

The 2021-2022 Digital and Card Payment Yearbooks from Payments Cards & Mobile suggest payment card use may be starting to decline, to be replaced by digital wallets, direct-to-account payments and... read more

European-based crypto apps boomed as downloads soar 560% in 2021

04 Feb 22 @ 15:20

New research from app analytics and marketing platform App Radar has found that 2021 was a record year for crypto apps with over 82.9 million Google Play Store downloads compared... read more

Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

04 Feb 22 @ 10:04

As we emerge from the last few years of lockdowns and restrictions, things are really starting to look positive. The world is somewhat returning to normal, and we couldn’t be... read more

Future of payments: Innovation shifts from consumers to businesses

03 Feb 22 @ 16:11

Increasingly blurred boundaries mean that practically anyone can declare themselves a payment provider, using banking-as-a-service to embed payments. Customers can filter this choice through a lens of preference and habit. For firms, complexity... read more

How Bank/FinTech partnerships enable payments transformation

03 Feb 22 @ 15:11

In the first of a two-part series, PCM finds out from Discover Global Network why creative partnerships between FinTech start-ups and established financial institutions are the future. The rapid integration... read more

PayPal shares plunge as company reports decline in volume

03 Feb 22 @ 10:34

Just days after all three major networks provided the market with monster updates, PayPal seems to be feeling the pressure. PayPal shares fell more than 25% in early trading on... 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