04 Mar 24 @ 17:27

Although the rapid rise of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services has been accompanied by a growing chorus of concern about runaway consumer debt, the customers who are using these... read more

04 Mar 24 @ 17:10

The Irish Central Bank has published its National Payments Strategy, and amongst other initiatives such as the protection of cash, it has taken a swipe at home grown ambitions to... read more

04 Mar 24 @ 15:07

A new white paper from global digital banking infrastructure leader RS2 claims instant payment schemes are going to dominate both domestic and cross-border transactions within a decade. The paper also outlines... read more

01 Mar 24 @ 15:00

Worldline shares have suffered a 15% loss as the company announced that its full-year net loss after it took a €1.15 billion ($1.25 billion) impairment in its merchant services division... read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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