06 Jun 23 @ 11:42

Mobile money is now considered a mainstream financial service in many countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile money enabled millions of people in low- and middle income countries (LMICs) to... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 11:20

Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Bank of America and several other large US banks are set to launch a mobile wallet later this year linked to debit and credit cards. Early Warning... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 09:58

E-commerce card purchases continue to gain momentum as pandemic-driven habits remain popular and e-commerce card payments have become increasingly convenient, secure and widely available. The Global Payment Cards Data and... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 09:57

Worldline and Crédit Agricole have announced the signing of a non-binding exclusive agreement regarding a strategic partnership to create a major player in the French merchant services payment market. The... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 09:56

RS2 says that Iceland’s most innovative bank, Landsbankinn, has launched its own merchant acquiring services using RS2’s payments processing platform.  Landsbankinn business customers can now concentrate all their payment services... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 10:24

PCM’s exclusive research into payments markets in ten Eurasian countries reveals seismic change caused by the war in Ukraine. As our research makes clear, some markets are wearing the chaos... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 10:17

Virtual cards are taking the payments world by storm. We ask why this is happening, what it means – and how long it’s going to last… As a grizzled hack,... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 10:13

In our ongoing quest to get behind the hype, we consider Data Analytics and how much of a benefit this gives banks, service providers and retailers when it comes to... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 10:07

Recent thinking published by HM Treasury and the European Central Bank show divergence between the UK and European Union (EU) visions for digital currency. At present, the UK seems to... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 10:04

For years now, the challenges small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face in payments have not been getting easier. As long ago as 2019, banking infrastructure firm Banking Circle told us... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:59

Recent news that Millennials are using notes and coins to help them budget explains why cash use rose last year – especially in the UK – according to our annual... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:56

Recent weeks have seen a slew of bad news about the ongoing scandal of rising payments fraud – especially in the online environment. According to LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Oxford... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:49

UK financial services organisations are collectively spending £34.2 billion each year on financial crime compliance (FCC), according to the latest True Cost of Compliance report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. This... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:47

Just days after announcing that it is at the “finish line” of winning a UK banking licence and posting its first annual profit, Revolut could be in serious trouble. Revolut’s... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:46

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has announced that it will begin a pilot for its digital yen with commercial financial institutions commencing in April, the trials are expected to last... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:46

10 major Japanese tech and finance powerhouses have joined together to launch the Japan Metaverse Economic Zone. The companies have signed a basic agreement for the building of an Open... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:33

The last year saw substantial change for consumer payments. Both BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later), mobile payments and SoftPOS entered the mainstream, while CBDCs took another major step forward. But... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:30

According to sources, Twitter has quietly started to apply for regulatory licences across the US and is working on the necessary software architecture to deploy payments on the platform. As... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:30

Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany are now able to authenticate payments via an in-car fingerprint sensor. Mercedes bought PayCash Europe back in 2017 with the intent on launching in-car payments. With... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 09:26

Klarna has reported its biggest annual loss in its history but maintained it was on track to return to profitability. The privately held FinTech, whose valuation was slashed from $46... read more