14 Dec 23 @ 16:06

Imagine this scenario: cyber criminals manage to inject malicious code into global payments software that spreads rapidly to tens of thousands of partner networks at banks and throughout the financial... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:03

Al Etihad Payments (AEP) a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has announced it will launch a 24/7 instant payments system and domestic card scheme. The central... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:03

A new report reveals that growth in card purchase volume in 2022 was driven by increasing financial inclusion, digitisation and the easing of lockdowns. Global Cards and Payments shows that... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:02

Jeffries recently made a deep-dive analysis of the Nilson Report’s annual Top Merchant Acquiring ranking to compare top players, annual changes and track evolution of payments companies vs. banks. Post... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 15:58

A new white paper from RS2 says soft POS solutions installed on mobile phones, tablets and bespoke devices will become increasingly significant in the global acquiring market. As more merchants... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 15:57

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing to supervise larger nonbank companies that offer services like digital wallets and payment apps. Driven largely by Big Tech and other large... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 15:56

Nordic countries continue to lead the world in their adoption of cashless payment methods, according to a new Nordic Payments Report. Cash use in the Nordics is the lowest in... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 15:48

NAKA has developed a new technology that bridges the gap between the traditional payment industry and the blockchain world. It encompasses a payment scheme running fully on smart contracts and... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 11:35

Despite a long-standing focus on increasing the banked population, PCM Managing Editor James Wood argues African governments need to do more to enable fintechs and banks, especially when it comes... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 11:22

As Open Banking stumbles and consumers increase their digital footprint, mobile payments could end up dominating the landscape. James Wood considers opportunities and risks in money on the move. There... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 10:44

Payments Cards & Mobile Managing Editor James Wood says Elon Musk’s ambitions for Twitter face formidable obstacles. In 1999, a then-unknown Elon Musk purchased the web domain x.com and set... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 10:31

As we write about Elon Musk’s plans for X and the future of Open Banking in Europe, news reaches PCM of an alternative to either the social media giants or... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 10:28

As the latest Konsentus Open Banking tracker reveals a decline in TPP numbers across both the EU and UK, we ask whether progress is stalling across the continent. When Konsentus... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 10:25

Summer 2023 has seen a bumper crop of good news for CBDCs, including transactions using the digital Yuan hitting $250 billion, a new CBDC consortium announced by Mastercard and the... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 10:23

The Managing Director of a global white-label infrastructure firm for payments, NuWeb, has told Payments Cards & Mobile that wearable technologies including biometric security features are the future of point-of-sale... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:57

Ever since the time of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, the question of how to trust that people in other countries would pay you in full and on time has kept... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:55

Justt has released findings from a new study pinpointing a worrying trend in consumer chargeback behaviours impacting merchants in the United Kingdom and the United States. The research shows over... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:52

Back in September 2022, 1,668 retailers and more than 200 trade organisations urged the US Congress to pass the The Credit Card Competition Act, which gives merchants a choice in... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:51

Apple Card has hit $10 billion in deposits since its launch back in May. At launch, the high-yield savings account with Goldman Sachs, saw $990 million in deposits in just... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 09:51

Visa is expanding its stablecoin settlement capabilities to the high-performing Solana blockchain and is working with merchant acquirers Worldpay and Nuvei, modernising cross-border money movement. Through live pilots with issuers... read more