23 Apr 24 @ 16:07

Boku has released a global research report entitled 2024 Global E-commerce Report: The Changing World of Payments. The report reveals the increasing preference for local payment methods and the continued decline in... read more

23 Apr 24 @ 15:19

Synthetic identity fraud is most commonly associated with fraud in banking or against credit unions but is often mistakenly overlooked in digital commerce. With fraudsters becoming more clever about how... read more

23 Apr 24 @ 14:11

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and Banque Centrale de Mauritanie have signed an agreement during the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group to jointly explore the development... read more

22 Apr 24 @ 16:24

UK Finance, in association with law firm Addleshaw Goddard, has published a report on the use of model clauses to support the development of the Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) for... read more

22 Apr 24 @ 16:01

In January of this year Payments Cards & Mobile brought you the breaking news that the EU regulator was aggressively pursuing Apple, and in particular, singled out its restricted access... read more

22 Apr 24 @ 12:51

As the clock ticks down to new regulations that will change the face of Open Banking, data access, and security, Alex Reddish, Managing Director of Tribe Payments, takes a deep dive... read more

19 Apr 24 @ 13:25

Having survived the hype cycle, so-called “bank in a box” services will shift how banking and payments work over the next five years, creating new revenue streams for traditional banking... read more

19 Apr 24 @ 12:58

Since the announcement of Capital One’s intentions to acquire Discover in the acquisition of the year to date, the market has been abuzz with rumours of a challenge from the... read more

18 Apr 24 @ 16:45

The European mobile payment sector is undergoing a period of notable evolution, characterised by its fragmentation and significant expansion. As outlined in a new mobile payments report by Arkwright Consulting,... read more

18 Apr 24 @ 15:29

Almost one in three (32%) online transactions in Germany fail due to consumer friction during check out. It’s time to rethink approaches to authentication. As the global economy digitizes and... read more

18 Apr 24 @ 15:00

BIAN, the independent not-for-profit standards association, is announcing that 19 new members have joined the growing organisation, bringing the total number of members to 98. This momentum has helped BIAN... read more

17 Apr 24 @ 15:22

Payment tokens offer massively improved security by turning sensitive personal information such as credit card and account numbers and turning them into a secure “token”, represented by a unique set... read more

16 Apr 24 @ 17:00

With more than one in three UK adults now registered for some kind of mobile payments service according to UK finance, experts predict we’re going to see growing numbers of... read more

16 Apr 24 @ 15:15

A new Retail Banking Report explores financial institutions’ (FIs) strategies for meeting customer demand, and uncovers that the majority (75%) are struggling to take advantage of new payment offerings and... read more

15 Apr 24 @ 17:03

Jamie Smith, commenting on Vitalik Buterin’s “proof of personhood” discussions (which serve to highlight the central importance of digital identity in the new economy), notes that innovation is “so often... read more

15 Apr 24 @ 11:08

Viva.com and BANCOMAT have announced a strategic partnership for Viva.com to enable its Italian merchant network to accept PagoBANCOMAT, shortly followed by BANCOMAT Pay. Future plans include strategic expansion of... read more

12 Apr 24 @ 16:07

For UK e-commerce companies, ignoring website accessibility is an increasingly costly gamble. Even if you can merely ship or sell products into the United States, you could be on the... read more

12 Apr 24 @ 13:09

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) together with seven central banks has announced plans to join forces with the private sector to explore how tokenisation can enhance the functioning of... read more

12 Apr 24 @ 12:32

TSG (The Strawhecker Group), an analytics and intelligence firm in the payments industry, has worked with payments companies to compile the industry’s most comprehensive resource on merchant acquirers. Collectively, the... read more

11 Apr 24 @ 16:24

The havoc to crypto payrolls caused by Binance’s decision to stop supporting the BUSD token shows how quickly a decision by one actor can upset an entire ecosystem. As Central... read more