17 Feb 22 @ 14:04

As reported in Payments Cards & Mobile, Amazon announced in November that it would stop taking payments from Visa credit cards issued in the UK, because of sky-high fees. Interchange... read more

17 Feb 22 @ 14:01

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

16 Dec 21 @ 13:20

Gaming is big business – and it’s getting bigger, with payments for items in-game rocketing in popularity. James Wood surveys the latest trends in gaming payments, including reducing customer friction,... read more

16 Dec 21 @ 13:14

Another week, another report noting the massive increase in online fraud. This time, online processor Vesta reports fraud attempts are currently running between 11 and 13 percent of all card-not-present... read more

16 Dec 21 @ 13:12

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

16 Dec 21 @ 13:11

The warning lights have been flashing for Europe’s commercial banks in recent years. Numerous studies have noted growing unhappiness from Europe’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) regarding their banking arrangements.... read more

16 Dec 21 @ 12:12

The US Justice Department is investigating Visa for what is feels may be improper relationships with large FinTech companies as part of its antitrust investigation of the company. Antitrust investigators... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 12:13

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

27 Oct 21 @ 12:01

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the latest buzzword in payments. While these digital instruments linked to blockchain might be rich in possibility, they’re also fraught with risk – as James Wood... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:18

Apple is reported to be working on a service that will let consumers pay for any Apple Pay purchase in instalments in direct competition to other BNPL offerings (Buy Now,... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:15

Credit cards are becoming less profitable for banks even as lower-cost alternatives such as buy-now-pay-later schemes and digital wallets with a credit function are emerging. If credit cards are to... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:11

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. PCM examines the... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:05

The 2021 iteration of the Domestic Payments Jury Report shows domestic schemes morphing into new payments channels in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – and challenging our perception of what... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 08:33

CryptoRefills, in cooperation with Cointelegraph Research, has published the first global research on consumer adoption of cryptocurrencies for purchasing goods and services. This report, Cryptocurrencies in Retail: Consumer Adoption 2021,... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 04:00

Though not widely known in the developed markets of North America and Europe, mobile money services are one of the unsung success stories of recent years. Mobile Money apps offer... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:58

Dire predictions that the UK would collapse after its exit from the EU were as far-fetched as unfounded optimism that it would become Europe’s Singapore on leaving. To date, we’ve... read more

09 Jun 21 @ 03:51

A new study finds that digital domestic money transfer transaction values will rise from $2 trillion in 2020 to $3.4 trillion in 2025, driven by growth in mobile money transfers. ... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:44

As the payments ecosystem expands to include new players and payment methods including account to account and blockchain-enabled payments, we ask how much longer merchants are going to put up... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 13:19

On 25th January, Mastercard announced an increase in the interchange rate for cross-border e-commerce transactions on credit cards between the UK and EU, from 0.3 percent to 1.5 percent. The... read more

01 Apr 21 @ 12:54

European commercial card spending rose by 11 percent in 2019 to €366 billion and accounted for 8 percent of the total card payments value. Charge cards, where transactions must be... read more