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Embedded finance market to reach $730.5 billion by 2032

01 Mar 24 @ 12:59

Embedded Finance Market size was valued at $58 billion in 2022 and is estimated to register a CAGR of over 29% between 2023 and 2032. The surge in digital payments... read more

Mastercard and MTN to drive acceleration of Mobile Money in Africa

29 Feb 24 @ 17:17

Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have signed a multi-market agreement that will connect millions of people and small businesses across Africa with digital tools to transact through secure Mobile Money... read more

Report: Future of fraud forecast 2024

29 Feb 24 @ 17:00

Experian has released its 2024 Future of Fraud Forecast, which identifies five fraud threats consumers and businesses should be cautious of this year. Today’s fraudsters are sophisticated and will deploy... read more

We need to rethink cross-border money movement for the mobile generation

29 Feb 24 @ 10:50

Cross-border payments are growing in response to rising e-commerce volumes and an increasingly mobile population. As a result, there’s increasing pressure on providers to rethink how we pay and move... read more

Google shuts down Google Pay in the US

28 Feb 24 @ 11:23

Google has announced that it will shut its payments app Google Pay in the US to simplify app experience for users – in India and Singapore, and other countries the... read more

Safest payment methods for online business

28 Feb 24 @ 10:25

Want to shore up your online business transactions? Choose the correct payment ways. This quick and crucial guide shines a light on the safest options.  Think credit cards, digital wallets,... read more

As Europe consolidates instant payments, could VRP disrupt the party?

27 Feb 24 @ 18:22

News that the European Payments Initiative (EPI) purchased the Netherlands’ successful domestic instant payment player iDEAL – as well as Belgium’s equally successful Payconiq – came at the same time... read more

Banks plan to maintain or increase technology investment in 2024

27 Feb 24 @ 16:35

Over 100 bank executives have been interviewed to gain insights into their bank’s biggest challenges, spending initiatives and tech preferences for 2024. The State of Banking survey shows that bank... read more

American Express launch BNPL service Plan It

27 Feb 24 @ 16:11

American Express is set to launch a BNPL product dubbed ‘Plan It’ for the UK market. Plan It, as per other BNPL products, allows credit cardholders to pay off purchases, or... read more

Country Report: Indonesia – Asia’s next growth story

26 Feb 24 @ 17:37

With the largest Asian population outside China, a swiftly-liberalising economy plus a banking sector that’s growing in dynamism, it’s no wonder international players want to get into Indonesia. Once associated... read more

One in three transactions will be instant payments by 2029

26 Feb 24 @ 10:47

Growth in Instant Payments has been stratospheric over the last decade, hitting 29.1% year-on-year. Data Bridge Research predict[1] instant payments will account for one in three of all consumer transactions... read more

Can carrier billing live up to its true potential?

26 Feb 24 @ 10:09

Carrier billing (CB) has many of the attributes of the ideal payment solution – after all, with more mobile phones in the world than there are people, the reach is... read more

Report: $159 billion lost to fraud and scams

23 Feb 24 @ 16:59

The rise of fraud in the United States continues apace, costing the US $159 billion in one year alone, according to new research. The 2023 State of Scams report by Feedzai in partnership... read more

Capital One acquisition of Discover already in DOJ focus

23 Feb 24 @ 14:38

Earlier this week Payments Cards & Mobile reported on the first mega deal of 2024 with Capital One announcing an acquisition of Discover for $35 billion. It was always clear... read more

How Click to Pay cuts cardholder abandonment

23 Feb 24 @ 14:14

High transaction drop-out and cardholder abandonment rates hit all parties in the transaction process, leading to lower card usage, revenues and profitability. One German retailer estimates[1] they lost more than... read more

Capital One to acquire Discover Financial for $35 billion

20 Feb 24 @ 11:20

Capital One has announced it will acquire its long term rival Discover Financial for $35.3 billion. The acquisition of Discover values the smaller rival’s stock 27% above last weeks closing... read more

The digital euro: Debunking fears about bank deposits

20 Feb 24 @ 10:43

Many banks are worrying their customers might withdraw deposits to hold digital euro instead. These fears are misplaced, argue ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone, Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf,... read more

Payment orchestration platform market to reach $4.83 billion by 2032

20 Feb 24 @ 10:20

The Payment Orchestration Platform Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $848.6 million to over $4.83 Billion by 2032. The surge in digital payments... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more