17 Aug 20 @ 15:30

BitPay has launched the BitPay Card, the first Mastercard Prepaid card for crypto users in the US. The card enables customers to instantly convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency, which is... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 13:26

Long described in some quarters as an over-bloated industry buzzword, McKinsey and Co and The Harvard Business Review have recently come out in favour of omnichannel as the customer experience... read more

06 Apr 20 @ 12:16

Apple’s mobile wallet is growing rapidly and taking a chunk out of card payments around the world as it goes. Apple Pay accounts for about 5 percent of global card... read more

13 Feb 20 @ 09:36

Fraud has been a problem since coins were introduced more than two thousand years ago. In today’s digital age, the problem won’t go away – indeed, it’s getting worse despite... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:33

New research from Global Card Payments Data shows that there were 16 billion payment cards in circulation at the end of 2018, up by 10 percent over the past year.... read more

18 Dec 19 @ 15:26

Loup Ventures (LV) recently completed its third annual Apple Pay merchant adoption check. This involves checking the desktop websites, mobile websites, and iOS apps of a cohort of 100 top... read more

14 Oct 19 @ 08:36

Since being shown the door by eBay in 2018, PayPal, once one of the most innovative digital payments companies in the world, has continued to perform well and dominate the... read more

14 Oct 19 @ 08:35

Retail has increasingly become a mobile function to meet the needs of a constantly on-the-go consumer base, especially with the rise in popularity of mobile e-wallets. The introduction of 5G... read more

13 Oct 19 @ 21:36

Both challenger and traditional banks are growing their focus on helping consumers save money. As customers increasingly look to save money for a rainy day and become more fiscally responsible,... read more

13 Oct 19 @ 14:09

Commerzbank has partnered with Daimler Trucks on a pilot to use a blockchain e-money wallet called the Daimler Truck Wallet to make payments with e-euros from Commerzbank. Once the e-euros... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 11:32

The tenth anniversary edition of AT Kearney’s Retail Banking Radar describes an industry which has changed radically, with a quarter of Europe’s bank branches in 2008 now closed. At the... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 11:24

The EU, US, Japan and China are among 76 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that took part in a January launch of negotiations to set future rules and... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 09:36

Monerium has received a license from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Iceland to issue e-money on blockchains through its subsidiary, Monerium EMI. The full license is the world’s first e-money... read more

03 Jun 19 @ 14:25

105 organisations representing the full distributed ledger technology (DLT) ecosystem, including a number of big names from the financial services sector, announced their commitment to a new platform, the International... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 14:29

Visa and MasterCard are reported to be planning to increase interchange fees as well as fees that card networks charge financial institutions for processing card payments for merchants. Though merchants... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:39

Curve says it is considering legal action against American Express after the card network blocked its customers from using Curve’s services this week. Curve enables users to load all of... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:38

Yoyo says it has combined its in-store digital payments and loyalty experience with a unique e-commerce solution, enabling retailers to deliver integrated and rewarding omni-channel buying experience for customers, in-store... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 13:11

Successive waves of Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals are “sunsetting” – no longer receiving software updates – leading to significant upgrade or replacement costs for retailers. Meanwhile, non-POS methods of payment are... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:12

Blockchain has been called the most over-hyped innovation in the world today, with the hysteria surrounding it sometimes compared to the infamous “dot.com” bubble of 1999-2000. PCM Editor James Wood... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:41

Speaking at the recent Money2020 conference in Las Vegas, a number of industry experts predicted that public concern over recent data security breaches and rising fraud on existing payment systems... read more