20 Nov 23 @ 00:01
As commerce goes online and governments and regulators gear up for a digital future as part of a wider shift to the digital society, banks must act to deliver secure... read more
23 Jun 22 @ 08:32
As we enter the next phase of digitalisation, how banks differentiate their digital experiences from competitors and provide personalised services to all types of customers is the new challenge. Digitally-native... read more
27 Jan 22 @ 12:01
In 2022, B2B payments are continuing to evolve rapidly. Finance, sales, payments and eCommerce leaders are seeing opportunities to advance their use of payments across industries. From retail and manufacturing... read more
27 Jan 22 @ 11:18
Ingenico has estimated that within the next five years, half of all new payment terminals will be based on the Android operating system. It’s an incredible rate of change, but... read more
12 Jan 22 @ 22:18
Digital payments companies are increasingly attracting interest around the world. By employing new technologies to speed up the transfer of funds, reduce the cost of payments and secure payments channels... read more
05 Jan 22 @ 12:33
The Digital & Card Payment Yearbooks offer a comprehensive statistical and analytical publication covering, on a country level, the whole of the European and/or Eurasian region, Comprising: NEW FOR... read more
17 Nov 21 @ 14:11
Davíð Guðjónsson, CEO of Handpoint, explains how a new generation of super-capable, intelligent terminals is helping merchant service providers (MSPs) to reduce merchant churn and create powerful, flexible new solutions. A distinct... read more
27 Oct 21 @ 09:33
With more people shopping online more than ever before, you’d think checkout conversion rates would improve. Well, think again. Global conversion rates fell in the third quarter of 2020. So where... read more
21 Apr 21 @ 11:16
Open banking is fast becoming a worldwide phenomenon. Open Banking first went live in 2018 in the UK as a means of allowing secure access to and control of consumer... read more
14 Apr 21 @ 09:25
Modern Bank Heists 4.0 This marks the fourth edition of the Modern Bank Heists report, which annually takes the pulse of some of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders. Thank... read more
18 Feb 21 @ 13:19
For several decades, incumbent banks held a comfortable leadership position in the payments business and enjoyed high fees, healthy margins and limited competition. The rapid growth of digital payments has... read more
11 Dec 20 @ 13:02
Payments have been at the forefront of innovation in European financial services over the past decade. New customer offerings such as digital wallets or payment gateways have established themselves alongside... read more
11 Dec 20 @ 12:57
SWIFT plays a key role in helping its community to reinforce and safeguard the integrity of the global financial ecosystem, and maintains a relentless focus on security. As part of that... read more
13 Oct 20 @ 13:28
Payments players are used to operating in an instant and real-time world, but few could have anticipated the crushing speed of the pandemic or its devastating toll. Amid the extraordinary dislocations, the... read more
13 Oct 20 @ 13:23
The payments industry is in full transition due to multiple disruptions, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Impact on digital payments volume is just one aspect of it, while the crisis has... read more
28 Jul 20 @ 08:08
In five years’ time, consumers will combine their banking needs with a trip to their local café or supermarket, opening an account secured with full KYC and AML checks through... read more
03 Jul 20 @ 07:44
Change – in financial services generally, and payments in particular – is happening so fast, there are no guarantees as to what the future will look like. In particular, the... read more
22 Apr 20 @ 12:42
It’s now or never. The financial services industry has been dealing with the impact of open banking since we published the inaugural World FinTech Report in 2017. Fast forward to the... read more
06 Apr 20 @ 16:32
Gain expertise and get granular insights on e-commerce in Central and South America: consumer demographics, payment preferences, cross-border shopping stats and more. As e-commerce continues to grow, it injects new... read more
27 Mar 20 @ 12:56
2019 was a momentous year for the mobile money industry. With over a billion registered accounts and close to $2 billion in daily transactions, mobile money is evolving like never before. Originally a... read more
02 Mar 26 @ 11:25
Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more
24 Feb 26 @ 12:45
After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more
18 Feb 26 @ 13:35
The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more
09 Mar 26 @ 14:45
SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more