18 Feb 21 @ 11:23

Data from mobile analytics firm App Annie’s State of Mobile 2021 survey shows financial app use surging through 2020, driven by COVID-19 and the longer-term trend towards mobile as the... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:58

PCM EXCLUSIVE: Amid rising hype about mobile wallets, P2P FinTech challengers and QR-code payments, this year’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks show a card segment in robust health, with business... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:17

Bitpanda is now taking pre-orders for their first physical product – the Bitpanda Card, facilitated by Visa. The card is linked to any asset in a user’s Bitpanda portfolio, allowing... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 10:17

Deutsche Bank is reported to be actively looking for acquisitions and joint ventures to help Germany’s largest lender hit its goal of becoming a major force in Europe’s consolidating payments... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 09:50

A federal judge has invalidated part of a U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule governing prepaid cards and digital wallets, emphatically agreeing with PayPal that the agency overstepped its authority. ... read more

18 Feb 21 @ 09:47

Revolut has applied to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK regulators, for a full banking license to fuel expansion beyond its FinTech roots.... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 12:07

From acquiring to fraud, the role of big tech, mobile wallets and faster payments – PCM’s James Wood asks industry leaders to play Gypsy Rosie Lee and read what’s on... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 11:52

As part of our 2021 preview, we examine the issues facing retail and commercial banks as their customers join the digital economy. When it comes to digital adoption, some banks... read more

23 Dec 20 @ 11:14

In a recent statement, EuroCommerce – the European retailers’ association – has welcomed the EU’s retail payments strategy (RPS) and plans for European banks to collaborate in a European Payments... read more

19 Oct 20 @ 03:46

We’re now less than 90 days away from Brexit without much sign of a comprehensive trade deal. We look at what this means for payments in the short to medium... read more

19 Oct 20 @ 03:27

Recent research has revealed that SMEs are vital to Europe’s economy as the world seeks to recover from the effects of COVID-19. Despite their importance to the overall economy, small... read more

19 Oct 20 @ 03:04

The EC is launching an investigation into Apple Pay, and whether it undermines competition by limiting access to NFC for contactless payment in stores. Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief,... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 11:36

The EC is launching an investigation into Apple Pay and whether it undermines competition by limiting access to NFC for contactless payment in stores. Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief,... read more

17 Aug 20 @ 15:30

Western Union is reported to have made an offer to acquire MoneyGram in a transaction that would bring together the two largest money-transfer service providers in the US. Western Union... read more

17 Aug 20 @ 15:30

BitPay has launched the BitPay Card, the first Mastercard Prepaid card for crypto users in the US. The card enables customers to instantly convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency, which is... read more

21 Jul 20 @ 12:44

Only nine percent of the world’s top tier banks are effectively monetising payments data. Findings from Aite Group’s report “The Payments Transformation Race: Criteria for Success”, commissioned by Icon Solutions,... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 05:20

Digital transactions are taking over. Contactless is booming. Meanwhile, small and medium retailers are under intense cost pressure after COVID and don’t want to upgrade their terminals – while some... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 04:32

New research from Deutsche Bank has gone against the grain of current thinking in payments by predicting both the continuation of cash payments – and what it calls “the extinction... read more

15 Jun 20 @ 03:16

Fresh reports from Link, the operator of the UK’s biggest network of ATMs, say cash usage in Britain has halved since the start of the COVID crisis. The closure of... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 13:37

Digital-only banks, or neobanks, have been a major focus for investors, and are gathering new customers by the boatload. But are they really banking’s future – or just a sophisticated... read more