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UK B2B SMEs missing out on opportunity to use BNPL to grow sales

10 Jan 23 @ 15:39

Coming directly after Santander announced its new platform, research published by Kriya, shows that the leaders of UK B2B firms do not plan to offer BNPL on their e-commerce sites... read more

Digital identity is a must-have for today’s banks – here’s why…

10 Jan 23 @ 12:30

In a new white paper, leading European payment solutions provider Nets, part of Nexi Group, outlines why flexible, modular digital identity systems are core to the digital revolution in financial... read more

ECB study: Cash most frequently used at POS – e-payments volume grows further

10 Jan 23 @ 10:43

Cash is still the most frequently used means of payment at POS, but its share is declining according to the latest study on the payment attitudes of consumers in the... read more

AI4CYBER launches as EU wide cybersecurity research consortium

09 Jan 23 @ 17:33

The newly launched AI4CYBER Consortium will work on AI-based security solutions to ease the life of system developers and operators in managing robustness, resilience and response against sophisticated cybersecurity threats... read more

Santander launches B2B BNPL platform

09 Jan 23 @ 17:00

Santander says it is set to launch a B2B (business-to-business) BNPL service aimed at the corporate sector. In what Santander claims to be the first of its kind, its corporate... read more

Boston Fed and MIT complete feasibility project into US CBDC

09 Jan 23 @ 13:59

A joint research effort between the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into the technical feasibility of a potential CBDC (central bank digital currency) is... read more

Coinbase settles $100 million anti money laundering failures fine

05 Jan 23 @ 15:59

Coinbase has settled on a $100 million fine and improvements package with regulators for anti money laundering failures. The package includes a backlog of more than 100,000 unreviewed transactions and... read more

Amazon accepts Venmo as A2A payments hit mainstream

05 Jan 23 @ 12:00

The news that A2A payments provider Venmo has been added by Amazon as a payment method feels like a watershed moment. For years, industry chat has talked about the potential... read more

Supply chain challenges mean payments industry changes

05 Jan 23 @ 10:00

A global pandemic and war in Europe haven’t just caused inflation to rise. They’ve also led to interruptions in global supply chains, whether that’s Ukrainian wheat not being shipped to... read more

Flexible, sustainable, secure: why virtual cards make sense for all

04 Jan 23 @ 17:24

As consumer attitudes change and technology develops, it’s time for virtual cards to become more prevalent. According to cloud services firm Mambu, two-thirds of consumers expect their bank to deliver... read more

UN pro regulation on crypto – CapGemini sees convergence

04 Jan 23 @ 10:00

New work from the UN’s UNCTAD, a body set up to promote the interests of developing states in world trade, says that while the advent of cryptocurrencies has helped many... read more

The future of UK consumer payments – no CBDC?

04 Jan 23 @ 09:00

A new forecast from UK Finance predicts that debit cards will be the overwhelming favourite way for UK consumers to pay in ten years’ time. It also forecasts the decline... read more

PCM Feature: Payment platform problems – fix or switch?

03 Jan 23 @ 13:21

Today’s leading financial institutions still operate outdated card and payment platforms from the 1990s and need to change. But why are so many opting to patch their systems up, rather... read more

US credit card spending drops, users move to BNPL

03 Jan 23 @ 12:52

For some time, the US credit card business has struggled with burgeoning costs and decreasing profitability. Now a range of factors – including rising inflation, a weakening economy and increased... read more

New white paper: How acquirers can solve the payments puzzle

03 Jan 23 @ 12:28

A new white paper from Tribe Payments outlines the huge opportunities for acquirers in the digital economy. In the last 10 years, the way consumers pay has changed beyond all... read more

Digital wallets: supporting financial inclusion in frontier markets

15 Dec 22 @ 10:30

As one of the world’s most popular ways to pay, digital wallets have had a remarkable impact in the last decade. But as Waleed Khalid, CEO at NassWallet explains, their... read more

Contactless mobile payments to surpass 1 Billion users in 2024

15 Dec 22 @ 09:30

A new study has found that the total number of unique contactless mobile payment users will reach 1 billion globally by 2024; rising from 782 million in 2022, representing a... read more

$89 billion in bank revenues at risk by slow adoption of next generation payments

14 Dec 22 @ 12:49

Up to $89 billion (4.6%) of global payment revenues could be at risk in the next three years for banks that are slow to offer next generation payments options, according... 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

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more