10 Feb 23 @ 13:29

The BNPL payment industry in UK has recorded strong growth over the last four quarters, supported by increased e-commerce penetration. BNPL payments are expected to grow by 20.1% on an... read more

10 Feb 23 @ 11:11

For decades, banks have acted as the trusted custodians of customers’ personal data, with strong Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures, strict regulation, high customer engagement, and best in class security... read more

10 Feb 23 @ 09:43

The job market is shifting globally as well as in the UK, where the previously tight labour market – as seen during the pandemic where there was high demand for... read more

09 Feb 23 @ 18:11

According to sources, Twitter has quietly started to apply for regulatory licences across the US and is working on the necessary software architecture to deploy payments on the platform. As... read more

09 Feb 23 @ 16:08

A new report from Banking Circle suggests that the services currently offered by Payment Service Providers aren’t going far enough to support the shift to e-commerce. The report, The perfect... read more

08 Feb 23 @ 18:34

Surpassing 1.35 billion accounts in 2021, mobile money has now established itself as the key to financial inclusion in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, off these, only 26% of accounts... read more

08 Feb 23 @ 17:24

The Global Payments Innovation Jury has published its 2022 report into the direction of the industry. Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM) caught up with Jury Chairman John Chaplin (JC) to... read more

08 Feb 23 @ 12:34

The UK’s plans for a digital pound to be launched later this decade underscore that digital currencies are the future of finance and strengthen the case for cryptocurrencies such as... read more

07 Feb 23 @ 18:08

Digitalisation has changed, and will continue to change, the way people make payments. Today’s payment options are in some ways unrecognisable from what was available a decade ago. Using a... read more

07 Feb 23 @ 15:00

The UK’s Treasury and the Bank of England have announced a new, bullish timeframe for the build and launch of a digital pound CBDC. The UK Treasury and Bank of... read more

07 Feb 23 @ 14:37

The rate of change in the business world is increasing exponentially. Disruptive companies are upending whole industries by introducing new technologies and business models quickly copied and adopted by their... read more

06 Feb 23 @ 18:24

Payments Cards & Mobile’s exclusive annual review of European payments data from 33 European countries confirms the growth of online payments versus in-person, as well as the dominance of debit... read more

06 Feb 23 @ 12:46

The crypto industry in the UK will fall under the umbrella of mainstream financial services regulation says the UK government. The Treasury said it will unveil a series of proposals... read more

06 Feb 23 @ 11:02

A good payment gateway is the backbone of online businesses. It makes the payment experience both fast and secure. However, it is challenging to choose the perfect gateway with so... read more

01 Feb 23 @ 11:45

Regulators for the European Union banking sectors have announced a stress test to evaluate how banks would manage with an extended period of high inflation and prolonged high interest rates.... read more

01 Feb 23 @ 10:54

In an earlier blog, we explained how the shift to online shopping plus concerns about the environment are driving consumers away from using plastic and towards virtual cards. Virtual cards... read more

31 Jan 23 @ 18:18

Moody’s is reported to be working on the early implementation of a scoring system for stablecoins, the crypto sector’s most traded tokens, as the asset class grows and faces increased... read more

31 Jan 23 @ 13:11

Jana Mackintosh is Managing Director for Payments and Innovation at UK Finance. She is experienced in competition and regulatory policy, having worked across a number of public and private sector... read more