09 Aug 18 @ 14:39

Visa and Mastercard are reported to be close to settling a 13-year-old legal challenge over interchange fees, according to people familiar with the agreement. The two companies and banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:37

A new report by the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee has found in favour of supporting central bank digital currencies, which they define differently from cryptocurrencies. While cryptocurrencies use cryptographic... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:37

A “very rare partial failure” of a hardware switch caused a Visa Europe processing outage at the beginning of June. The disruption lasted ten hours and affected five million transactions,... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:34

The mobile POS terminal market is to reach $55 billion by 2024, according to a new research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights. The... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:33

NatWest is reported to be trialling a new payments system with Carphone Warehouse enabling consumers to make e-commerce transactions directly with NatWest Pay from their bank accounts without the need... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:33

Use of P2P mobile payment apps, such as PayPal and Venmo, vary significantly by generation, according to a new survey from The Manifest. 29 percent of millennials (18 to 34 years... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:32

WhatsApp is already the largest messaging app in the India with over 200 million active monthly users. Over the past few months, it has quietly rolled out its payments feature (WhatsApp... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:28

The number of people using mobile contactless payment, such as Apple Pay or Google Pay, will continue to grow to more than 760 million by 2020, with Apple’s digital wallet leading the way, according... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:27

By the end of this year, a quarter of US smartphone users — 55 million people to date — over the age of 14 will make an in-store mobile payment,... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:25

India (27 percent), Philippines (51 percent), Colombia (45 percent) the UAE (33 percent) and China (27 percent) are some of the fastest growing e-commerce markets in terms of percentage growth,... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:24

The Internet of Things (IoT) is already being used across many industries. It is ushering in an era in which smart things can seamlessly collect, share and analyse data. It... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:02

It has been a busy couple of months for deals within the payments world. PCM rounds up the latest news and looks behind the headlines. Consolidation in the payments industry... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 14:01

Mastercard says it will launch Mastercard Send in the UK. Mastercard Send is a payment service that allows financial institutions, FinTechs, digital customers and other businesses to send real-time payments... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 13:52

Ingenico announced that its Axium D7, the world’s only payment device to fulfil the Google Mobile Services (GMS) requirements, achieved the PCI-PTS v5 certification, highest security standard in the payment... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:25

Previously existing only on the fringes of finance or computer science, cryptocurrencies are now being discussed more widely. In the future, banks may not be the only ones making money... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:23

The doom-mongers have long been predicting an existential crisis in banking. Banks are being assailed on every side — by FinTech start-ups, Big Tech and regulators. They must maintain 24/7... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:20

Regulators are increasingly using technology to improve regulatory oversight and modernise regulation. They are also using their influence to collaborate, convene and commission, so what is on the horizon for... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:15

Ransomware attacks have doubled since last year and become a key cybersecurity threat for organisations globally, warns Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report. Ransomware locks computers or encrypts files and... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:12

It was a long gestation and difficult birth but Europe finally has new requirements for strong customer authentication. They will apply across the region from 14 September 2019, bringing much-needed... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:10

It was around ten years in the making and may introduce a once-in-a-generation shift in data privacy and protection across Europe and beyond. The GDPR became law across Europe on... read more