03 Nov 21 @ 10:29

A proactive and forward-thinking e-commerce business can get ahead by using data for fraud prevention and chargebacks. Online transactions surged in the last year. Ninety-seven percent of CEOs know that... read more

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

27 Oct 21 @ 11:50

Two new studies have revealed the huge and growing problem of chargebacks, or disputed transactions, in the payments business – yet neither offers a convincing methodology for how to fix... read more

27 Oct 21 @ 11:39

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

27 Oct 21 @ 11:21

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

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:  

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 @ 09:03

There are now some 479 electronic money institutions (EMIs) across the European Union and a further 235 in the UK. EMIs store cash for their customers in a digital format... 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

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