16 May 22 @ 11:14
The crisis engulfing one of the world’s biggest stablecoins has worsened, inflaming regulators’ concerns over the assets that underpin the global cryptocurrency market. The episode has poured fresh fuel on... read more
13 May 22 @ 13:00
New data from PCM’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks 2022 reveals the overwhelming dominance of debit cards across the continent, with around seven in ten of all cards issued in... read more
13 May 22 @ 10:40
With a combined population of 27 million digitally-savvy consumers, the Nordic region is rapidly becoming a FinTech hotspot. As the Yearbooks outline in detail, the frenetic buzz of activity around... read more
13 May 22 @ 09:45
Work is re-shaping as the pandemic wanes. We don’t yet know where things will finally land and stick, but what does seem clear is that for many formerly office-based workers,... read more
12 May 22 @ 16:32
Yesterday there were amazing report about a man, who had never flown an airplane managing to successfully land the plane as the pilot had passed out…he had plenty of support... read more
12 May 22 @ 14:45
Google is rumoured to be bringing back its Google Wallet product in some form after it made the app part of Google Pay, along with images of the new app... read more
12 May 22 @ 10:10
A new white paper from Compass Plus Technologies argues that when it comes to payments technology platforms modernisation strategies, there is a lot more to consider than just investing in... read more
11 May 22 @ 17:23
In part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of alternative payment methods have been on the rise in recent years – see Payments Cards & Mobile’s Why are “Alt... read more
11 May 22 @ 11:53
Headquartered in Europe, RS2 have launched a new service as a global full-service payment provider. We spoke to Radi El Haj, RS2 CEO, to find out what this move means... read more
11 May 22 @ 09:38
Let’s face it: online payments in Europe are far from perfect. Countries such as France, Spain and Ireland still rely heavily on outdated card payments. And even newer methods such... read more
10 May 22 @ 17:20
A survey of Senior Payments Professionals has found that merchants across a range of industries are seeing substantial losses as a result of unoptimised payment strategies. In the Great Payments... read more
10 May 22 @ 11:56
In a region where about half the population still doesn’t have a bank account, new payment types are unlocking the potential of the Latin American market for online merchants as... read more
09 May 22 @ 13:34
A new study has predicted that the global spend using QR code payments will reach over $3 trillion by 2025; rising from $2.4 trillion in 2022. This growth of 25%... read more
09 May 22 @ 12:52
Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than half are now developing them or running concrete experiments. In particular, work on retail... read more
06 May 22 @ 10:30
As cash use drops around the world and micro-merchants go digital, card payments are using more electricity than ever, to say nothing of crypto’s voracious energy appetite, so are sustainable... read more
06 May 22 @ 09:45
New technologies are dramatically changing the banking landscape: thanks to digitalisation it’s now possible to bypass the high street banks and instead use your phone for most of the things... read more
06 May 22 @ 09:00
Alongside a host of other Western companies, PayPal, Mastercard, Apple and Visa have pulled out of the Russian market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with major banks such as JP... read more
05 May 22 @ 10:30
New data from Payments Cards & Mobile’s Digital and Card Payments yearbooks reveals strong growth in electronic payments across Russia and the former Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – though... read more
23 Sep 26 @ 14:34
The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more
21 Sep 26 @ 19:41
European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more
24 Sep 26 @ 16:29
Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more