09 Aug 23 @ 11:29

In a new podcast, Payments Cards & Mobile Managing Director Alex Rolfe is joined by Roy Prayikulam, SVP Risk and Fraud at Inform. The two discuss the present and future... read more

09 Aug 23 @ 11:12

Last month Payments Cards & Mobile covered news that the NFC Forum and its members launched its technical roadmap outlining its ambitions to extend NFC Standards to support additional NFC... read more

02 Aug 23 @ 10:45

While a lot of the conversation surrounding AI is focusing on the threat automation poses to jobs—the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 found that AI is expected... read more

29 Jul 23 @ 09:00

A study from Grand View Research suggests that more than half of US businesses will be using soft POS systems by 2030 as both SMEs and large corporates take advantage... read more

28 Jul 23 @ 09:42

The global blockchain market is set to grow $163.83 billion by 2029, up from $7.18 billion in 2022, exhibiting a CAGR of 56.3%. That being said, blockchain is still viewed... read more

18 Jul 23 @ 11:30

Point of Sale (POS) payments have come a long way since the introduction of the first credit card in the 1950s. Today, consumers have a plethora of payment options to... read more

18 Jul 23 @ 11:07

Block has hit Visa and Mastercard with a new interchange fees antitrust lawsuit that alleges the payment companies conspired to overcharge the Square payment platform, causing higher retail prices paid by... read more

17 Jul 23 @ 12:13

In an earlier article I looked at how card numbers and spending on cards grew well above long-term trends across Europe last year – and why this happened. Hans Sjölund,... read more

17 Jul 23 @ 10:47

Back in September 2022, 1,668 retailers and more than 200 trade organisations urged the US Congress to pass the The Credit Card Competition Act, which gives merchants a choice in... read more

14 Jul 23 @ 11:20

2022 was a somewhat paradoxical year for e-commerce. History was made as online retail sales surpassed $5 trillion for the first time, and the market saw more businesses “go global”... read more

14 Jul 23 @ 10:37

The highly anticipated Apple Tap to Pay technology, which turns an iPhone into a SoftPOS reader, has finally been launched in the UK. Apple announced that Tap to Pay has... read more

14 Jul 23 @ 09:39

While a lot of the conversation surrounding AI is focusing on the threat automation poses to jobs—the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 found that AI is expected... read more

13 Jul 23 @ 09:57

After much anticipation, the European Commission (EC) has published its proposed revisions to EU payment services legislation, as well as a proposal on Open Finance/data access in the financial services... read more

13 Jul 23 @ 09:37

A new report from BIS presents the results of a survey of 86 central banks conducted in late 2022 about their involvement in central bank digital currencies work, as well... read more

11 Jul 23 @ 12:16

 Justt has released findings from a new study pinpointing a worrying trend in consumer chargeback behaviours impacting merchants in the United Kingdom and the United States. The research shows that... read more

11 Jul 23 @ 10:29

A year after announcing that it had selected Nexi as its technology partner for the rollout of Synch Payments, the Irish Bank alliance has run into further regulator road bumps... read more

10 Jul 23 @ 16:13

As reported by Payments Cards & Mobile back in June 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Walmart for allowing its money transfer services to be used by fraudsters, who... read more

10 Jul 23 @ 12:41

Amid mounting problems for Revolut which include accounting errors and the very slow acceptance of its highly anticipated banking licence in the UK, a flaw in its US payment system... read more