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Mastercard signs international remittances deal with Alipay Wallet

25 Mar 24 @ 16:53

Mastercard has continued to expand its cross-border remittance reach with a new connection to Alipay, China’s leading digital wallet, making it one of the fastest-growing cross-border payment offering. The move... read more

Digital wallets lead a new era in global payments

25 Mar 24 @ 10:41

The 2024 edition of The Global Payments Report from Worldpay shows digital wallets continuing their lead as the world’s fastest-growing payment method. Last year, wallets accounted for 50% of global... read more

Fighting Big Tech – banking’s biggest threat

22 Mar 24 @ 17:06

As funding dries up for neo-banks and questions arise over their capacity to secure account balances from the many customers who have opened digital-only accounts in recent years, it looks... read more

Global Payments Report 2024: Digital wallets to hit $25 trillion

22 Mar 24 @ 14:25

The continued rise of digital wallets is heralding a golden age in payments, marked by the swift adoption of new technologies and driven by consumer preference according to new research... read more

Crédit Agricole and Worldline announce the launch of their JV

22 Mar 24 @ 13:59

Back in April of 2023 Payments Cards & Mobile reported that Worldline and Crédit Agricole announced the signing of a non-binding exclusive agreement regarding a strategic partnership to create a major player... read more

Mobile financial services critical for future MNO growth

21 Mar 24 @ 19:57

Ericsson has released a new report providing insights into the dynamics of Mobile Financial Services (MFS) and transformative opportunities for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) globally. The What Will Drive Mobile... read more

Cross-border surge: 54% of consumers increase international shopping

21 Mar 24 @ 18:10

While 54% of global consumers expect to increase their cross-border purchasing over the next six to 12 months, they need flexibility and transparency in the digital payment experience to make... read more

MoneyGram enable cardless money transfers from Europe

21 Mar 24 @ 15:10

MoneyGram International has teamed up with Trustly. Through this strategic alliance, MoneyGram will introduce cardless money transfer payments for millions of its users across Europe. When sending international money transfers... read more

Rise of Pay by Bank – Consumer willingness to embrace new payments

20 Mar 24 @ 17:37

The way consumers pay is changing, and Pay by Bank is emerging as an appealing choice, ranking as a top three payment method in the UK, Netherlands, Finland, Spain and... read more

“Peak payment card” might be closer than we think

20 Mar 24 @ 17:08

Last year, US merchants paid a record $161 billion in processing fees to accept nearly $11 trillion in payment cards value according to the Nilson Report, which also notes that the... read more

New super chips to push AI further, faster

20 Mar 24 @ 13:36

The chief executive of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, took to the stage at its annual developer conference displaying the Blackwell GPU and announced that the Blackwell graphics processing units would massively... read more

Generative AI threats driving momentum for biometric identity

19 Mar 24 @ 18:13

By 2026, attacks using AI-generated deepfakes on face biometrics will mean that 30% of enterprises will no longer consider such identity verification and authentication solutions to be reliable in isolation,... read more

Levelling up: Payments power the gaming industry

19 Mar 24 @ 17:38

Gamers want to enjoy their favourite activity without the hassle of complicated payments processes, while publishers and distributors need to efficiently manage transactions and ensure security. But dynamic and integrated... read more

From niche to mainstream: How Virtual Cards are accelerating crypto adoption in online payments

19 Mar 24 @ 12:15

In the rapidly evolving world of online commerce, the quest for more secure, efficient, and globally accessible payment methods has led to significant innovations. Among these, virtual cards and cryptocurrencies... read more

As instant payments go global, new risks emerge: banks must prepare

18 Mar 24 @ 18:05

A new white paper from global digital banking infrastructure firm RS2 describes the rapid adoption of Instant Payments world-wide, predicting that one in three consumer payments will be instant by 2029.... read more

Worldline partners with Cassa Centrale Group in Italy

18 Mar 24 @ 15:38

Cassa Centrale Group is set to pursue a long-term partnership in the acquiring world, involving the provision of services along the value chain of digital payment acceptance and international acquiring... read more

Stripe passed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023

18 Mar 24 @ 15:19

Stripe announced in its annual letter that it surpassed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023, up 25% from 2022. The milestone, which comes 15 years after the company was... read more

Report: Consumer-to-Business payments – A strong growth outlook

15 Mar 24 @ 11:16

Retail payments is a rich and promising industry, earning what Bain & Company estimates as $356 billion in global revenue in 2021, with projected annual growth of 6% to $480... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

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

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

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

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more