01 Apr 22 @ 11:00

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its Annual Plan for 2022/23, to go further in making sure payment systems are fit for the future – offering access, protection and... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 13:19

Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, was recently involved in a panel to discus central bank digital currencies at the US Monetary Policy Forum in New... read more

14 Mar 22 @ 13:22

Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the resulting economic sanctions have already impacted European banking in several ways, many of which are indirect. One potential impact is in the form of... read more

11 Mar 22 @ 11:51

Much has been made of the death of cash and more recently the decline of the ATM estate worldwide, but the industry is still expected to reach $29.89 billion by... read more

09 Mar 22 @ 10:41

The global transformation of banking and payments has only accelerated over the past few years, and between web trends and a global pandemic, the industry has seen disruption from all... read more

22 Feb 22 @ 09:30

Berkshire Hathaway, as has been widely reported, sold more than $3 billion in stock in the payment giants Visa and Mastercard – but why? According to a securities filing in... read more

22 Feb 22 @ 09:00

A crisis is emerging in e-commerce. From week to week, new studies are published showing fraud attempts in e-commerce – and successful frauds – are rocketing. Meanwhile, governments in the... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 13:33

The Federal Reserve recently requested comment on a discussion paper describing the potential benefits and costs of issuing a CBDC. The paper is not the ringing endorsement of the concept... read more

09 Feb 22 @ 09:39

The continued roll out of Open Banking is seeing its next major step forward as the nine largest banks in the UK (the CMA9) prepare for the implementation of Variable... read more

20 Jan 22 @ 18:04

Here at Payments Cards & Mobile, it can be hard to keep track of all the good news stories flying around about the “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) segment. Record... read more

18 Jan 22 @ 15:39

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Looking back at 2021 – which promised to be the year that the industry realised the full potential of data-driven transactions, instant... read more

17 Jan 22 @ 12:11

The administrators of the largest illegal marketplace on the darknet, UniCC, renowned or indeed infamous for stolen credit cards, are retiring after making an estimated $358 million (£260 million). The... read more

12 Jan 22 @ 16:41

For years, payments investors focused on consumers’ switch to digital and mobile payments. More recently, investors have shifted to business to business (B2B) payments, where analysts see huge opportunities for... read more

10 Jan 22 @ 10:53

Small and micro-merchants are switching to electronic payments across Europe – banks and payments companies must consider the specific needs of this segment. As a new year dawns, commentators are... read more

17 Dec 21 @ 12:04

Fraud is going off the scale. PCM outlines how well current solutions are working, and what might work better. Even before the holidays have begun, the signs are not good:... read more

09 Dec 21 @ 16:26

Meta’s cryptocurrency wallet, Novi, will now allow users to send and receive money through WhatsApp. The pilot program is open to a limited number of people in the US, Stephane Kasriel,... read more

08 Dec 21 @ 09:26

In their 2021 Global Payments Report, McKinsey and Company identify[1] an $100 billion opportunity to provide small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with new payments services. By offering value-added services to... read more

08 Dec 21 @ 09:01

Eurobank, one of the four largest lenders in Greece, has announced it entered into a binding agreement to sell 80% of its merchant acquiring business to Worldline in an attempt to... read more

01 Dec 21 @ 09:57

The Bank of London, set up to approve and process payments in the UK clearing market, will launch for only the second time in 250 years  as it aims to... read more

30 Nov 21 @ 16:59

Amid hype about alternative payments and digital currencies, prepaid cards are booming – with growth projected to run faster than e-commerce world-wide over the next ten years. Payments Cards &... read more