23 Feb 22 @ 12:17

The Riksbank is investigating whether it is possible to issue a digital complement to cash, a so-called e-krona. Just like cash, the e-krona would be issued by the Riksbank and... read more

22 Feb 22 @ 16:49

We’ve made it to 2022, and even though the pandemic lingers in the background, the explosion of digital payments it caused has left a very different world in its wake... read more

22 Feb 22 @ 09:30

Berkshire Hathaway, as has been widely reported, sold more than $3 billion in stock in the payment giants Visa and Mastercard – but why? According to a securities filing in... read more

22 Feb 22 @ 09:00

A crisis is emerging in e-commerce. From week to week, new studies are published showing fraud attempts in e-commerce – and successful frauds – are rocketing. Meanwhile, governments in the... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 13:33

The Federal Reserve recently requested comment on a discussion paper describing the potential benefits and costs of issuing a CBDC. The paper is not the ringing endorsement of the concept... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 10:51

Following the 28 October 2021 announcement that Facebook will be renamed ‘Meta’, the term ‘metaverse’ has truly come out from the back room, where the gamer is consumed by games such... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 09:00

Worldline has entered into exclusive talks with the Apollo Funds on the basis of a binding offer for the purchase of its Terminals, Solutions & Services (“TSS”) business line. Following the strategic review... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 08:00

Amazon.com reached an agreement with Visa to end the ban on accepting its cards across its network, ending the interchange fees standoff between the two that threatened to disrupt e-commerce... read more

18 Feb 22 @ 10:00

You know what? This feels like a good week to start looking for new and exciting opportunities (if you’re interested, of course). There’s a real sense of positivity in the... read more

17 Feb 22 @ 10:41

BPC has announced that Tinkoff has selected its SaaS Cloud payment services for its planned expansion to the Philippines. The project is an extension to an existing partnership between the... read more

11 Feb 22 @ 09:12

We have some really great roles on our job board this month, from advertising and law to some really exciting tech positions. Here’s a bit of a taster of what’s... read more

09 Feb 22 @ 10:49

In the second of a two-part series on partnerships in payments , Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM) caught up with Jonathon Gould, Regional Managing Director, Global Acceptance, Asia Pacific at Discover... read more

09 Feb 22 @ 09:39

The continued roll out of Open Banking is seeing its next major step forward as the nine largest banks in the UK (the CMA9) prepare for the implementation of Variable... read more

08 Feb 22 @ 12:25

New data on card payments and in-app card mobile payments in 2021 have been released by Nets. In the Nordics – a region renowned for being a digital payments pioneer... read more

08 Feb 22 @ 10:49

Remote and contactless payments popularity with consumers grew during the pandemic, which is prompting the need for a robust digital identity infrastructure in the Payments 4.X era.1 In the connected... read more

07 Feb 22 @ 17:21

A new report by European Open Banking services provider Tink finds much positive sentiment about the greater competition and wider palette of services Open Banking will bring. Such breathless optimism... read more

07 Feb 22 @ 15:00

In 2019, mobile wallets overtook credit cards to become the most widely used payment type globally. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic became another accelerant of the continued digitization of the... read more

04 Feb 22 @ 16:12

The 2021-2022 Digital and Card Payment Yearbooks from Payments Cards & Mobile suggest payment card use may be starting to decline, to be replaced by digital wallets, direct-to-account payments and... read more