15 Jan 24 @ 17:48

The Managing Director of a global white-label infrastructure firm for payments, NuWeb, has told Payments Cards & Mobile that wearable technologies including biometric security features are the future of point-of-sale... read more

15 Jan 24 @ 16:53

The mobile market turned the tide in 2023 driven by the creator economy and subscriptions and is looking stronger than ever entering 2024. data.ai’s State of Mobile 2024 Report reveals that mobile... read more

15 Jan 24 @ 16:20

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), has published its latest research report, titled The Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World. This new report builds on the FPC’s... read more

12 Jan 24 @ 16:54

New IDC research finds that people who use biometrics to access online accounts register higher rates of satisfaction than those who don’t. Consumer acceptance of biometrics when used for identity... read more

12 Jan 24 @ 13:36

After a challenging economic slowdown throughout 2022, global FinTech entered 2023 on cautious footing as economists and investors warned that ongoing macroeconomic tumults including lingering inflation, hawkish monetary policies, supply... read more

12 Jan 24 @ 12:57

2023 will go down as a transitional year for cybersecurity and information technology in general. Quantum Computing is still in its infancy, and artificial intelligence is still limited to creating... read more

11 Jan 24 @ 16:51

Salesforce has released its latest State of Commerce report with insights from 2,700 e-commerce practitioners across 15 countries, including 200 from the UK, as well as a global analysis of... read more

11 Jan 24 @ 16:29

Global Payments and Commerzbank have announced a joint venture to offer digital payment solutions to small and medium size business customers across Germany. The new entity, Commerz Globalpay GmbH, is... read more

11 Jan 24 @ 14:34

A new white paper from payment technology specialists Giesecke+Devrient outlines the steps banks should take to deliver phygital payments for their customers – and the benefits that will accrue to those... read more

10 Jan 24 @ 18:13

As part of new series on high-growth Asian markets outside China, James Wood looks at Thailand, asking what’s next for a country that’s seen P2P and digital wallet payments soar.... read more

10 Jan 24 @ 17:03

After much stuttering and starting it seems like the European Payments initiative – EPI – is starting to get its act in gear. In July 2020 the European Central Bank... read more

10 Jan 24 @ 16:38

A new study forecasts that the global transaction value processed via SoftPOS will reach $11.8 billion by 2028, up from $1 billion in 2023. Growth will be driven by Apple’s... read more

09 Jan 24 @ 16:37

Ever since the time of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, the question of how to trust that people in other countries would pay you in full and on time has kept... read more

09 Jan 24 @ 16:02

Big Tech companies like Apple Google and others that provide digital wallets and payment apps are fighting back from suggested regulatory oversight by US watchdog. Back in September 2023, The... read more

09 Jan 24 @ 13:44

MTN Group have strengthened their partnership with Ericsson to enhance mobile wallet and financial services and financially empower millions of citizens across Africa. The partnership is set to broaden the... read more

08 Jan 24 @ 20:07

As we write about Elon Musk’s plans for X and the future of Open Banking in Europe, news reaches Payments Cards & Mobile of an alternative to either the social... read more

08 Jan 24 @ 16:35

As we move seamlessly into 2024 it is an unfortunate fact that fraud across the payments industry will continue to grow as the industry continues to innovate and mature, but... read more

08 Jan 24 @ 16:13

The increasing speed of international payments in the G20 is not taking into account its enablement of financial crime and enforcement of sanctions against Russia and other states, according to... read more