22 Mar 23 @ 20:09

In the years between 2017 and 2021, the electronic payments industry grew at 30% and 13% CAGRs in volume and value of transactions respectively; for card acquiring specifically, the volume... read more

22 Mar 23 @ 19:42

Checkout.com has announced it will launch Checkout.com Issuing allowing customers to create payment cards for their own customers. The company has been testing Checkout.com Issuing for a while, and millions of... read more

21 Mar 23 @ 15:53

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) usage continues to grow, but not all these payment plans are experiencing the same level of customer engagement. By the end of 2021, shoppers had... read more

21 Mar 23 @ 14:21

EBA CLEARING says its systemically important payment system EURO1 has successfully migrated to ISO 20022. The RTGS-equivalent payment infrastructure closed its first business day operating on the new message standard.... read more

20 Mar 23 @ 17:35

National Australia Bank (NAB) appears to be going head to head with its own Central Bank in a race to launch its own stablecoin AUDN. Earlier this month, Payments Cards... read more

20 Mar 23 @ 16:38

The last three years have seen considerable change in how the UK financial services sector operates. The expectations of consumers have shifted, prompted by the pandemic and a need for... read more

20 Mar 23 @ 13:26

It has not been a good week for the global banking community. Starting with Silvergate Bank and ending (so far) in emergency purchase of Credit Suisse, the underlying lack of... read more

17 Mar 23 @ 17:27

Rumours are flying that ACI Worldwide is being reviewed for purchase by the FinTech strong private equity firm Motive Partners. Motive has been seeking financing in recent weeks for a... read more

17 Mar 23 @ 16:03

In a blow to the two biggest networks in payments, the $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement, in which more than 12 million retailers have accused Visa and Mastercard of improperly... read more

17 Mar 23 @ 13:27

Mastercard announced it is now certified under the United Kingdom’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) as an Digital ID provider. Mastercard can now offer ID, its digital identity... read more

17 Mar 23 @ 11:31

The big news that rocked the tech sector this week has been, of course, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), along with the twin failures of Silvergate Capital and... read more

15 Mar 23 @ 09:45

The Entrust Cybersecurity Institute has surveyed 1,450 global consumers to explore their experiences with passwordless authentication, hybrid identities, and ownership over personally identifiable information. In short, the report, The Future... read more

14 Mar 23 @ 14:07

As the contagion from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank rips through the markets, European countries are rushing to reassure the market that their banks pose... read more

14 Mar 23 @ 13:35

A new study has found the value of payments via CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) will reach $213 billion annually by 2030; up from just $100 million in 2023. This... read more

13 Mar 23 @ 16:34

Last week, after Payments Cards & Mobile reported on the failure of Silvergate Bank, an even bigger failure began to unfold for Silicon Valley Bank. On the 9th March shares... read more

13 Mar 23 @ 13:17

Swift says it will continue to progress on its experimental solution for interlinking Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), reporting that 18 central and commercial banks found “clear potential and value”... read more

10 Mar 23 @ 10:28

Worldline has launched a Metaverse shopping mall that enables merchants, banks and service providers to easily enter the Metaverse. In the future, it is currently assumed that the Metaverse will... read more

09 Mar 23 @ 16:36

Aite-Novarica research reveals that payment technology is an important area of growth and innovation within the commercial banking space, and legacy systems cannot support end-user demand for better payment capabilities.... read more