16 Aug 22 @ 13:25

Customers around the world made 69 billion cash withdrawals in 2021. This marks a small increase on 2020, a year with particularly low demand for cash as COVID-19 lockdowns kept... read more

16 Aug 22 @ 12:03

A new white paper from Tietoevry explains how categories of merchants traditionally reliant on cash are now adapting to a cashless world. After COVID-19, Europe’s long and slow decline in... read more

12 Aug 22 @ 13:55

When Apple launched its Apple Card credit card in 2019, it was touted as a gamechanger, with the usual levels of simplicity and transparency that users expect from Apple products. Behind the... read more

12 Aug 22 @ 13:29

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation wants the government to order state companies to convert their foreign-exchange holdings into the currencies of countries that haven’t joined sanctions imposed by... read more

12 Aug 22 @ 12:04

Global use of cryptocurrencies has increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic, including in developing countries. While these private digital currencies have rewarded some, and facilitate remittances, they are an unstable... read more

11 Aug 22 @ 13:48

Since Merchant Machine’s analysis of the countries most reliant on cash in 2021, countries around the world have seen further changes in their payment methods. In light of this, the research... read more

11 Aug 22 @ 13:35

The Reserve Bank of Australia is collaborating with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) on a research project to explore use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC).... read more

10 Aug 22 @ 12:32

The metaverse is the growing digital realm that uses augmented reality, virtual reality, blockchain, social media, and a host of other technologies to create a vast virtual world. Companies looking... read more

10 Aug 22 @ 11:58

New research from Shieldpay and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) has found that almost 900,000 (882,900) UK businesses are currently selling on online marketplaces, generating an estimated £282... read more

09 Aug 22 @ 13:50

Remittances sent worldwide have increased 64.3% in the past decade, rising from $420.1 billion 10 years ago to $653.4 billion in the last year*, according to research by ACE Money... read more

09 Aug 22 @ 10:29

The US has imposed sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto “mixing service” that they say has laundered more than $7 billion over the past three years and helped North Korean... read more

08 Aug 22 @ 16:26

On 20 July 2022, HM Treasury published a consultation and call for evidence on the government’s approach to reforms to the payments regulation landscape, including the systemic payments perimeter of the... read more

08 Aug 22 @ 12:02

UK consumers are switching back to cash in a bid to keep tighter control on their spending as living costs soar, according to new research by the Post Office. Post... read more

05 Aug 22 @ 10:28

Cybersecurity firm SonicWall has released new data that shows that hackers are increasingly targeting financial firms such as banks and trading houses with cryptojacking attacks designed to use their computer... read more

05 Aug 22 @ 10:01

Since March 2020, consumer spending habits have changed significantly, and that includes the way we use our credit cards online. Almost immediately, fraudsters tapped into this and found new ways... read more

05 Aug 22 @ 09:40

Contrary to (employers’) popularly-held beliefs, pizza parties and free office beers once a month aren’t the benefits that employees yearn for when it comes to what they want from their... read more

04 Aug 22 @ 14:57

A new study has found the volume of domestic digital money transfer payments will exceed 300 billion globally for the first time in 2026, from 207 billion in 2022; representing... read more

04 Aug 22 @ 12:54

The UK is considering the creation of a new category of private property law for digital assets like cryptocurrency which are being used to make payments or represent other assets,... read more