11 Dec 18 @ 14:13

As online shopping continues to grow, especially through mobile commerce, the UK now has the lowest proportion of high street spending in Europe. According to new research by Mastercard, just... read more

11 Dec 18 @ 10:37

Apple doesn’t release official figures. But earlier this year, CEO Tim Cook told professional Apple watchers that the total number of ApplePay transactions had passed the 1 billon mark in... read more

10 Dec 18 @ 12:17

Amazon is continuing to push tests of its cashierless checkout technology for bigger stores with larger spaces and experimenting with the technology in Seattle. The technology functions well in a... read more

10 Dec 18 @ 10:55

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has referred PayPal’s takeover of Swedish startup iZettle for an in-depth probe over fears it will force up prices for customers and lead to a worse... read more

07 Dec 18 @ 15:31

The UK is now the third largest market in Europe for financial app downloads (with a 19% growth since 2017) yet users currently show significant ‘app-athy’ for technology that can... read more

07 Dec 18 @ 11:57

A decade after the Great Recession a lot has changed in financial services. But much has also stayed the same. Not including regulator-enforced bank rescues, league tables of the largest... read more

07 Dec 18 @ 09:13

Millennium bcp has become the first European bank to issue UnionPay cards in Europe. Chinese President Xi Jinping joined Portugal’s Prime Minster Antonio Costa to witness the signing of an... read more

05 Dec 18 @ 15:33

Travelex has released a study into attitudes towards cash and other payment technologies: Do we really want a cashless society? The study, which looks at cash and cashless technology usage in... read more

05 Dec 18 @ 15:16

PPRO Group has partnered with Mastercard to integrate the Mastercard Pay by Bank app solution into the PPRO alternative payments platform for UK merchants. With mobile commerce having become the most... read more

04 Dec 18 @ 16:46

Visa and Mastercard have offered to cut merchant interchange fees for non-EU credit and debit cards by at least 40% to end an EU antitrust investigation, part of a decades-long... read more

04 Dec 18 @ 16:33

A hacker group named as “London Blue”,  is reported to have compiled a list of 35,000 chief financial officers, many working at the world’s biggest banks and mortgage companies. The... read more

04 Dec 18 @ 01:01

Is it too early to be closing off 2018? Possibly or even proabably – but I know you all love a list of payment predictions – so here is the... read more

03 Dec 18 @ 15:32

According to a new research from Berg Insight, the market for NFC POS terminals continued to show strong momentum in 2018 with annual shipments reaching an estimated 24.7 million units... read more

03 Dec 18 @ 10:45

Quantum computing technology is set to revolutionise computing, providing exponential gains in processing power. But what does this mean for the payments industry and surrounding, supporting industries? How does it... read more

03 Dec 18 @ 09:33

Mastercard and Microsoft have announced a strategic collaboration to improve how people manage and use their digital identity. Currently, verifying your identity online is still dependent on physical or digital... read more

30 Nov 18 @ 17:10

The annual Cyber e-commerce saleathon saw nearly $8 billion in online sales, with a third of them made by mobile payments, according to new (and very well presented) data from... read more

30 Nov 18 @ 16:48

The European Central Bank says it will launch the first pan-eurozone instant payments service, with the primary aim of recouping some lost ground to US and Asian tech giants. The... read more

30 Nov 18 @ 16:24

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) market is projected to be worth over $25 billion by 2024. The need to provide an enhanced customer experience... read more