29 Apr 24 @ 12:22

Cash Matters reports[1] that Germans and Austrians are the most reluctant users of non-cash payments in Europe. Almost one in two (48%) citizens of both countries say they still prefer... read more

26 Apr 24 @ 16:30

As second-generation mobile point of sale (mPOS) devices emerge and consumers continue to gravitate towards mobile as their main shopping channel, it won’t be long before traditional POS devices and... read more

26 Apr 24 @ 16:18

Stripe has announced that it will begin supporting global stablecoin payments. Transactions will instantly settle on-chain and automatically convert to fiat currency. Stripe enabled Bitcoin payments 10 years ago but ceased... read more

26 Apr 24 @ 09:24

The UK employment rate stood at 75% in November 2023 to January 2024, while the unemployment rate was estimated at 3.9% for the same period. That out-of-work figure is a... read more

25 Apr 24 @ 10:04

Kearney has released the sixteenth edition of its annual European Retail Banking Radar, which tracks the performance of close to 90 retail banks across 21 European markets. The study found... read more

24 Apr 24 @ 16:55

New research from Lloyds Bank highlights the importance of UK businesses investing in new payment technology. Two-thirds (59%) of UK Retail, Food & Beverage (F&B) and Hospitality companies were found... read more

24 Apr 24 @ 16:43

For decades now, vendors and analysts have been heralding the death of legacy payments ecosystems, but still, they remain in use. Over the past 20 years, FIs have been threatened... read more

24 Apr 24 @ 15:59

In mid-February of this year Payments Cards & Mobile reported on a major bust up between Hindenburg Research, a prominent investor in Temenos. At the time, Temenos hit out at... read more

23 Apr 24 @ 16:07

Boku has released a global research report entitled 2024 Global E-commerce Report: The Changing World of Payments. The report reveals the increasing preference for local payment methods and the continued decline in... read more

23 Apr 24 @ 15:19

Synthetic identity fraud is most commonly associated with fraud in banking or against credit unions but is often mistakenly overlooked in digital commerce. With fraudsters becoming more clever about how... read more

23 Apr 24 @ 14:11

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and Banque Centrale de Mauritanie have signed an agreement during the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group to jointly explore the development... read more

22 Apr 24 @ 16:24

UK Finance, in association with law firm Addleshaw Goddard, has published a report on the use of model clauses to support the development of the Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) for... read more

22 Apr 24 @ 16:01

In January of this year Payments Cards & Mobile brought you the breaking news that the EU regulator was aggressively pursuing Apple, and in particular, singled out its restricted access... read more

22 Apr 24 @ 12:51

As the clock ticks down to new regulations that will change the face of Open Banking, data access, and security, Alex Reddish, Managing Director of Tribe Payments, takes a deep dive... read more

19 Apr 24 @ 13:25

Having survived the hype cycle, so-called “bank in a box” services will shift how banking and payments work over the next five years, creating new revenue streams for traditional banking... read more

19 Apr 24 @ 12:58

Since the announcement of Capital One’s intentions to acquire Discover in the acquisition of the year to date, the market has been abuzz with rumours of a challenge from the... read more

19 Apr 24 @ 12:17

According to research published in Payments Cards & Mobile[1], more than one in four (26%) of all transactions in major European markets fail because of customer friction caused by complex... read more

18 Apr 24 @ 16:45

The European mobile payment sector is undergoing a period of notable evolution, characterised by its fragmentation and significant expansion. As outlined in a new mobile payments report by Arkwright Consulting,... read more