09 Nov 22 @ 17:23

The news that Amazon will now allow its US customers to make payments through Venmo alongside the card schemes at its checkout is momentous. While Amazon already offers many payment... read more

09 Nov 22 @ 13:36

The latest edition of the World Payment Report 2022 is now live. As we can all acknowledge, work, shopping, travel, entertainment, services, and commerce all look a bit different from... read more

08 Nov 22 @ 13:45

Worldline has signed of a binding agreement for the acquisition of Banco Desio’s merchant acquiring activities and the planned set-up of a commercial partnership aiming to leverage Banco Desio’s banking network in order to distribute... read more

07 Nov 22 @ 18:02

The FIDO Alliance published its second annual Online Authentication Barometer, which gathers insights into the state of online authentication in 10 countries across the globe. New to the Barometer this... read more

07 Nov 22 @ 11:27

Nearly $2 billion (£1.75 billion) has been spent in the Metaverse on virtual land in the past 12 months, as people and companies race to get a foothold in the... read more

07 Nov 22 @ 10:37

2022 has witnessed biometric payment card adoption reach new heights. Multiple recent launches in the Middle East highlight the technology’s global interest, but what external factors are accountable for this... read more

04 Nov 22 @ 12:18

The BIS Innovation Hub is launching a new project around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) protocols as part of its 2022 work programme. Project Marianaexplores automated market... read more

04 Nov 22 @ 11:30

A new study from FIS finds Millennials in the US are more open to adopting new and digitally-oriented financial experiences, including those enabled through embedded finance experiences than other generational... read more

04 Nov 22 @ 09:45

If Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has taught us anything, it’s that no job—even at C-suite level—is 100% secure. Just ask Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal and other top company... read more

03 Nov 22 @ 18:20

The reshaping of the payments ecosystem over the last two decades can broadly be divided into two symbiotic movements driven by technology; the evolution of how people pay, and the... read more

03 Nov 22 @ 18:05

The European Union is set to be the first major jurisdiction in the world to agree how to regulate the digital asset sector, via its Markets in Crypto Assets regulation... read more

02 Nov 22 @ 18:14

Faced with intense competition and a need to grow market share and raise margins, FinTechs and neobanks are looking to launch new products and services. As Adrian Marinică, Technical Manager... read more

02 Nov 22 @ 11:17

A new study from Tietoevry Banking reveals that European banks will accelerate outsourcing in response to the rapidly changing end-user payment pattern and competitive landscape. The European banking payment landscape... read more

01 Nov 22 @ 17:56

Klarna Australia has added to the already disastrous set of reporting from its main company by reporting $56 million in losses last year. The result has been described as “catastrophic”... read more

01 Nov 22 @ 15:00

A new study from leading banking and payments infrastructure specialists Tietoevry Banking reveals that almost three-quarters (73.2%) of European banks intend to outsource parts of their payments infrastructure over the... read more

01 Nov 22 @ 14:17

New research shows that only a third of UK consumers trust Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services to protect their data having suffered BNPL fraud. The UK study, by Callsign,... read more

31 Oct 22 @ 18:04

Its that time again…and its been another stellar quarter for most of the big payments companies even as the rival Big Tech sector has seen a sell off. Strong consumer... read more

31 Oct 22 @ 17:10

Nets, has published its Nordic Payment Report 2022, revealing a strong recovery for face-to-face payments, particularly in hospitality and transport sectors, as mobile payments gain ground at physical points of... read more