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Millennials pushing shift from credit to debit and digital wallets

13 Sep 19 @ 09:32

Young people in the UK have become “credit-averse”, according to a major study of shopping and spending habits conducted by YouGov. Instead, they are increasingly hungry for innovations like digital... read more

80% of Canadians count their identity as more valuable than convenience online

13 Sep 19 @ 09:02

Highlighting the differences in regions, a recent study in Canada found that Canadians value their identity highly and want convenience and security when it comes to managing their identity digitally.... read more

Report: The global rise of digital goods and services

12 Sep 19 @ 17:31

Fiserv has released a new study, “The Global Rise of Digital Goods and Services,” which finds that nearly three quarters (74%) of online purchases worldwide are for digital goods and... read more

Nissan joins in-car payments trailblazers with Brazilian roll-out

12 Sep 19 @ 16:53

Following on from recent announcements by BMW and Daimler in the automotive payments arena Sem Parar, a subsidiary of Fleetcor, has partnered with Nissan in Brazil for in-car payments. Under... read more

Mastercard to offer retailers fee incentive to boost cashback in the UK

12 Sep 19 @ 10:04

Mastercard has outlined a new initiative to increase the UK’s access to cash. Local shops and businesses who choose to offer cashback in conjunction with a purchase, will from April... read more

Mastercard and R3 partner on blockchain powered cross border payments

11 Sep 19 @ 10:11

R3 and Mastercard have signed a strategic partnership to develop and pilot a new blockchain-enabled cross border payments solution that will initially focus on connecting global faster payments infrastructures, schemes... read more

PCM Feature: Data Lakes gaining traction with payments businesses in Europe and North America

09 Sep 19 @ 15:54

‘Data Lakes’ are gaining explosive traction with payments businesses in Europe and North America. Proponents say they offer a more flexible, scaleable and cheaper data storage solution than traditional data... read more

Financial threats in H1 2019: Mobile financial attacks rise by 107%

09 Sep 19 @ 14:58

According to a recent report by Kaspersky, the number of mobile financial attacks it detected in the first half of the year rose by 107%, rising to 3,730,378. Analysts at the company... read more

Central Bank of China gears up to launch regulated digital currency

09 Sep 19 @ 08:28

As was recently reported from the China Finance 40 Group, a senior official at China’s central bank announced  that the country will soon roll out its central bank digital currency (CBDC.)... read more

Paypal continues dominant growth but can it be sustained?

06 Sep 19 @ 11:31

Since being shown the door by eBay back in 2018, PayPal, once the most innovative digital payments companies in the world has continued to perform well and dominate the space... read more

SCA survey: Security vs. convenience in the payment experience

05 Sep 19 @ 13:58

With Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) coming into force on 14 September 2019 as the final part of PSD2, many online businesses are required to add additional security measures to large... read more

How to be e-commerce compliant with Strong Customer Authentication on cards

04 Sep 19 @ 07:45

As PCM has reported recently, 40% of European banks will not be compliant with the PSD2 regulatory technical standard (RTS) on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) by the 14th September deadline.... 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

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more