14 Aug 23 @ 14:28

A new study has found that the total value of mobile money transactions in emerging markets will reach $2 trillion by 2027, an increase of over $500 billion from 2023.... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 14:27

The 2023 version of The Global Payments Report by Worldpay, has revealed that Account to Account payments are now worth $525 billion globally – and are projected to grow at... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 14:21

Visa has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pismo, a cloud-native issuer processing and core banking platform with operations in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe, for $1 billion in... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 14:20

Enfuce has been chosen by Iceland’s Kvika Bank to modernise its payment services, including the launch of a Visa consumer credit card, integration with Apple Pay and Google Pay, and... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 14:20

RS2 and Rubean AG have announced a strategic partnership to introduce Rubean’s SoftPOS solution on the RS2 global payment platform. With Rubean’s market leading PhonePOS solution, the business owner’s Android... read more

14 Aug 23 @ 14:18

FIS has agreed to sell a majority stake in its merchant payments arm Worldpay to private equity firm GTCR for up to $18.5 billion – one of the largest corporate... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 13:27

Open Banking services are taking off world-wide. But questions remain about how some players – especially banks – can make money out of this new era. As Variable Recurring Payments... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 13:06

As cross-border payment volumes grow and technology becomes more sophisticated, we look at high-risk and lower-volume markets to find out what’s happening. Is now the time for major international players... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 13:02

While corporations and governments tout the advantages of digital ID to simplify access to digital services, consumer concerns about privacy and control of data are surging. Self-sovereign ID (SSI) –... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:59

With more than a third of online shoppers (35 percent) having been a target of fraud over the past year and more than 100,000 consumers in the UK alone falling... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:59

As the number of threats to corporate security grow, company treasurers intend to devote the same or more resources to defending their digital systems and estate – their websites, apps... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:58

The cost-of-living crisis in the UK has hit consumers hard, with a majority saying they expect their financial situation to worsen over the next twelve months, and the number of... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:56

Consumers in the US are following their counterparts in Europe and turning away from branch banking after a slow start. Meanwhile Europeans, who have been more advanced in their digital... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:55

When so many surveys land in an Editor’s inbox, it can be hard to make sense of them all.  Yet a slew of recent data about SMEs – some of... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:54

While UK consumers’ exposure to cybercrime has reduced over the past year, they experience more at cybercrime losses than any other major market in the world – despite being less... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:43

According to polling company Gallup’s annual “Confidence in Institutions” survey, before then SVB crisis last year only 27 percent of Americans reported to have a “great deal or quite a... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:43

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it is consulting on commitments offered by Google which would give app developers the freedom to break away from Google Play’s billing... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:42

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is in the news for three reasons: first launch of a pilot phase offer, a double acquisition and the addition of four new shareholders. At... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:39

Mastercard has announced that the US Justice Department (DOJ) is conducting an antitrust investigation of its US debit program and competition with other payment networks. The company says it had... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 11:46

Fabrick and its subsidiary Axerve have released a new whitepaper, “Alternative payment solutions: how they are changing the payment scene”. The paper explores the ways in which alternative payments are... read more