02 Nov 21 @ 13:19

A new report, The European Payments Landscape in 2030: Implants, embedded ethics and a ‘post-payments’ world, examines the potential issues and innovations that may emerge in the next decade of... read more

11 Oct 21 @ 09:04

The enforcement deadline for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) has passed for most European countries and the latest data from the CMSPI Failure Rate Tracker for August 2021 suggests a European... read more

05 Oct 21 @ 16:11

UK-headquartered brands hold higher revenue expectations of embedded finance than their European counterparts, according to a new report. Over the next five years, UK brands expect to generate £230.48 billion... read more

01 Oct 21 @ 12:00

A group of seven central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Sveriges Riksbank and Swiss National Bank), together with the Bank... read more

01 Oct 21 @ 11:46

PSD2 took its time to be implemented across Europe, but now that the legislation has been adopted and transposed into most markets, it’s beginning to deliver on what it promised.... read more

08 Sep 21 @ 08:15

PayPal has agreed to acquire Paidy, a leading two-sided payments platform and provider of buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions in Japan, for ¥300 billion or approximately $2.7 billion, principally... read more

07 Sep 21 @ 07:31

Trustly is a world leader in account-to-account payments with an unmatched banking network and consumer reach of over half a billion. Here’s their view of the increasing popularity of Online... read more

26 Aug 21 @ 09:48

Klarna’s losses increased significantly in Q2 as the BNPL company continued the pace of growth ahead of a possible IPO. Recently valued at $46 billion in an investment round led... read more

26 Aug 21 @ 08:53

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced the inaugural minting of Jamaica’s first batch of central bank digital currency (CBDC). A total of J$230 million dollars in CBDC will be issued... read more

24 Aug 21 @ 09:43

The pandemic has drastically shifted consumer retail habits, including payment behaviour and preferences. Here’s three ways retail decision makers can thrive in this new age:  

13 Aug 21 @ 11:42

In the last eighteen months, even formerly “anti” gurus such as JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein have changed their tune on cryptocurrency. Having previously described the... read more

09 Aug 21 @ 10:55

Sainsbury’s has reached a settlement with Mastercard over over interchange fee that the UK’s highest court ruled are unlawful last year. British courts ruled last year that so-called interchange fees... read more

07 Jul 21 @ 10:20

The New Payments Architecture (NPA) will aim to offer various benefits for businesses and personal clients residing in the United Kingdom, which may assist with improving the way they control their professional... read more

25 Jun 21 @ 12:14

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 Report 2021,... read more

22 Jun 21 @ 12:57

European e-commerce had a buoyant year in 2020. Not only did digital retailers see exceptional revenue growth, but they gained exposure to whole new markets and consumers. It was not... read more

14 Jun 21 @ 14:59

The European Commission has taken Luxembourg to court, asking the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to impose penalties, on a daily basis, for failing to put new EU AML (Anti... read more

10 Jun 21 @ 09:46

BC Card, the biggest payment processing company in South Korea, has done a deal with NSPK, a Russian national payment company, to process card payment of Mir system in South Korea.... read more

08 Jun 21 @ 16:18

11 banks have participated in a trial of blockchain based FX intraday swaps. NatWest, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Ireland, Banca Mediolanum and seven other banks participated with $14.5 trillion in combined... read more

08 Jun 21 @ 14:37

As some of you may be aware, many of the world’s largest global e-commerce retailers including Amazon, eBay and Etsy were hit by the global web outage this morning. Major... read more

18 May 21 @ 11:46

Prepaid Financial Services is in the regulators sights again just two months after being named and fined for a cartel involving Mastercard, Allpay, Sulion and Cashplus. Shares in PFS’s Australian... read more