04 May 21 @ 09:15
Digital wallets and account-to-account payments are growing fast – but contactless cards are currently Europe’s most popular way to pay, and will remain central to the payments mix. By now,... read more
04 May 21 @ 09:00
As eBay further distances itself from its PayPal relationship and looks to consolidate its payments inhouse, the e-commerce monster has signed a new deal with Payoneer. Payoneer says it is... read more
03 May 21 @ 05:00
Can you actually believe April is over? 2021 is not messing around. The weeks and months are flying by, and that means that brighter times are coming! (Quite literally, summer... read more
30 Apr 21 @ 12:23
As part of its strategy for addressing fraud risks in the context of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes the European Payments Council (EPC), has elected to develop... read more
30 Apr 21 @ 11:06
The internet has changed the shape of how we live our modern lives and is an incredible thing, and something that continues to develop and improve year on year. But... read more
29 Apr 21 @ 16:22
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have announced that they will integrate their individual countries real-time payments rails to facilitate faster cross-border transfers. The... read more
29 Apr 21 @ 16:03
The Chinese e-commerce market is predicted to grow at a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.4% from CNY13.8 trillion ($2.1 trillion) in 2021 to CNY19.6 trillion ($3.0 trillion)... read more
28 Apr 21 @ 16:18
What will the post-pandemic world look like for retail banks? With low interest rates, closed branches, increased risk of SME bankruptcies, consumer delinquencies, and eroding market share, traditional banks are... read more
28 Apr 21 @ 15:49
While most of the world can’t travel across borders just yet, we can certainly shop across them. Data shows that almost 24% of e-commerce purchases in Europe are international. As... read more
28 Apr 21 @ 08:43
American Express doesn’t issue debit cards in the US but it is gearing up to issue debit cards in China as it extends its position in the country. AmEx was... read more
27 Apr 21 @ 13:03
A new study has found that the value of losses due to e-commerce fraud will rise this year, from $17.5 billion in 2020 to over $20 billion by 2021; a... read more
27 Apr 21 @ 12:44
POS Finance, which is composed of BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) and ePOS Credit, is set to exceed $760 billion e-commerce transaction value in 2025. BNPL alone will see $258... read more
26 Apr 21 @ 08:00
Are you looking for a new role at the moment? If so, then you’re in luck, folks. We have compiled a list of some of the most exciting open roles... read more
23 Apr 21 @ 15:36
In the same week that the UK’s highly influential Bank of England announced it was getting ready to trial CBDC, Norwegian central Bank, Norges bank has also announced its intention... read more
23 Apr 21 @ 11:07
A new study finds that digital domestic money transfer transaction values will rise from $2 trillion in 2020 to $3.4 trillion in 2025; driven by growth of mobile money transfers. Mobile... read more
23 Apr 21 @ 09:00
With the global digital payments market set to be worth some $8,059.3 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 20%, payments are undergoing a rapid period of growth and transformation. New... read more
22 Apr 21 @ 16:08
According to research senior financial services executives overwhelmingly agree that implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be the key competitive driver of success over the next few years. In fact, 83% agree... read more
22 Apr 21 @ 14:09
Facebook Pay recently announced it will expand the service by launching P2P payments via QR codes, allowing users to scan a friend or family member’s QR code, and instantly transfer money.... read more
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
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
15 Oct 26 @ 19:41
Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more